Writers, how
do you honor God with your work without making him sound like some kind of cosmic literary agent?
how
does it honor god in any way?
Not exact matches
1: Have no other
gods — NOT A LAW = > In
God we trust is on our legal currency 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW = > intellectual property is a
God to many, we have tones of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4:
Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5:
Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under 19.
Working hard is obviously the right thing to
do, because it's literally your job, but it's also a practical way to
honor God in the everyday moments.
God is invisible and doesn't care to be as obvious as math or gravity; we should
honor his decision and treat him like he
does not exist.
If you were a Muslim you could «
honor kill» your whole family and it would be «good in the sight of
God» and all your friends would pat you on the back for
doing such a difficult thing for
God.
In
God we trust is on every dollar you spend trying to force 87 % of America to
do honor your will.
I believe that its important to see inner wisdom and the council of friends and wise and knowledgeable people... but
God, if he / she exists created us — right... oh yes w / brains... we should be
honoring that by using them... I can imagine if
God exists every day he is saying to himself / herself «why
do people keep asking me for things I have not control over, or really could care less about (people are asking for a new shinny house to replace their perfectly fine house while millions are homeless around the world, hungry, sick, etc.)... why are they not using the gifts and skills they have».
Mr. Jones: well your
Honor that is because they didn't have money at the time so
God had them tithe food instead.
Done properly, I believe it is
honoring to
God when we try to learn more about him.
But
God does not want you to go around bragging about what He has given you, and demanding that people
honor you and look up to you the way you think they should.
A pioneering h0m0 activist Frank Kameny celebrated by fellow h0m0 the world over and
honored by big O and his adm - in says the
God of the Bible is a sinful h0m0pho bigot who needs to repent of his sinful h0m0pho.He was integral in pressuring the APA to reclassify gay activities as normal, has written to a pro-family organization that he believes bestiality is fine, as long as the animal doesn't mind.»
God does not
honor such motivation as far as I know.
I
do pray that I will
honor God with the opportunity, that my books will be truthful and that they will mean something to people... but to imply that I write out of selfless concern for humanity makes the whole process sound a lot nobler than it is.
I am not a man of
God so I don't feel like I have to
honor him with my comments.
You don't like Christians having to change their belief system to fit into the current worldview around them; to you it seems like they are trying to please those same people (make them feel comfortable) and at the same time dis -
honoring God (changing His word).
God will
honor our faithfulness when we are
doing things, not while we just sit and wait for Him to give us a «sign.»
To multitudes of people today independence
does not mean Socrates, facing death and saying, «Men of Athens, I
honor and love you, but I will obey
God rather than you»; it means, «The heck with old rules!»
About 10 years ago, before
God and our assembled witnesses of friends and family, we made a covenant with each other to love, cherish and
honor one another till death
do us part, and were joined together as one.
Or is he
doing right by using his talents to produce a
God honoring product?
As long as we are
honoring God in all things that is good, we don't have to agree on everything.
And for those who don't believe in a literal
god, what better way to
honor their humanity and that of their fellow travelers through this universe?
AB, what
do you mean by the phrase «
God honoring product» in regards to this person's work?
Is there any way in which this school's particular way of «having to
do with
God» can
honor and embrace academic disciplines precisely by employing them in its own interests «having to
do with
God»
Tacia that is true one of my favorite verses is if we love him we will obey him thats how we express our love for him he
does nt want sacrifice he wants obedience but not out of fear of judgement but because we love him with all our hearts and want to
do all we can to show that we appreciate what he has
done for us.The woman who offered the few mites gave everything she had the rich people gave out of there abundance.Big difference it wasnt the value it was the attitude she gave her all to
God and
God honored her.The verse that comes to mind that sums it all up that we are to love the Lord with all our hearts mind soul and strength and love our neighbours as ourselves.brentnz
To
do and
do live, love and learn every day as you
honor God's Name in everything you
do.
The creation is always
God's creation; and we
do not
honor him if we assume that he has let it get so completely out of hand that nothing of him is still to be found in it.
It automatically becomes a serious offense to injure or exploit other people, not because of some vague humanist values but because
God has
done man the unspeakable
honor of identifying himself with the human race.
A society that
does not respect and
honor God can not respect or
honor people.
I
honor my wife not by thinking of what she can
do for me — but when I think of how loved she is by
God and what I can
do for her.
In my selfishness, I thought it was just between me and
God.It took the situation with Alicia to wake me up to the fact that when we're not closely listening for the voice of
God, we don't just miss out on the peace and joy we experience from a deeper relationship with the Lord; we don't just miss an opportunity to give
honor and glory to the One who most deserves it; we don't just miss out on answered prayers
God may have had in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.»
They are
doing important,
God -
honoring work that undoubtedly shapes the Kingdom.
You have to be joking???? Thank
God for His Mercy and Patience and the Blood of Jesus that prevented fire coming down from Heaven to consume you...
Do you realize with what fear, awe and respect and
honor the Israelites had for
God; before The Sacrifice of Jesus.
«By what he has
done and suffered for my salvation Christ is my Lord, and by trusting for my salvation to the power of what he has
done for me, I
honor him as my
God.»
As long they are
doing this to
honor God, there should be no reason they should not.
In fact, if they were living in sinful rebellion against
God, we would expect
God to pour out his judgment upon them in the book as he has always
done in times past, but instead, as we will see,
God pours out blessing and
honor upon the Israelites, instead of judgment and destruction.
To
honor the
God - knowing leaders of the past may indeed be worth while, but why, in so
doing, should you sacrifice the supreme experience of human existence: finding
God for yourselves and knowing him in your own souls?
God doesn't know if your partner is suddenly not going to
honor their commitment when challenges arise.
Rom 1:21 For even though they knew
God, they
did not
honor Him as
God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
«Secular things
do not
honor God.»
You don't choose who you are and what you look like, for example, that's Predestination, but you choose what you
do, that's Free Will, which
God DOES NOT interfere with (gives and
honors,) even though He foreknows everything!
It is given so that men and women who have come to faith through its teaching might learn to five in
God's world on his terms, loving and
honoring him in all that they
do and seeking to make known to the world his law and gospel.
Our main purpose in life should be to
honor God and to
do his will, love
God and love others just as we love ourselves.
Christians should mourn Matthew Snyder's death and
honor such servants of
God in the military, not gloat over their deaths as Fred Phelps
did in his reprehensible protest.
I believe we are actually
honoring to
God when we
do engage.
Now this
does not in any way say that works earn you a rightful place in heaven, but that many will claim to be saved, know of
God but continue to be evil, or get saved just to save their butt and not because they truly love and
honor Christ.
Not every way of communication
honors the truth: sometimes the manner in which something gets conveyed subverts reality, as when a preacher says all the right words about
God's love but in a tone of voice and with a concluding string of «oughts» (therefore we ought to
do this and we ought to
do that) that makes you feel guiltier than ever.
For you
honor each other, but you don't care about the
honor that comes from the one who alone is
God.»
Cq: Many Christians have
done things in the past that
God would have never
honored.
That
honors God — didn't Christ spend the most important time in his ministry critiquing the system?