Sentences with phrase «drawing near to»

He keeps parking at them but then every once in while I will catch him drawing near to see who and what they really are.

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About Blog Joanne Ellison is a Christian speaker, author, and founder of Drawing Near to God, a Christian ministry.

As the time is drawing near to NYFW, my mind went to the time when I walked on Brooklyn Bridge.

The oldest accounts do not tell of a miracle worker, who performs as many miracles as possible, but of the proclaimer and guarantor of the coming Kingdom of God; God himself is drawing near to the world, and his nearness is perceived in the fact that through Jesus he speaks, through him he acts, through him he heals.

On the basis of this hypothesis, Käsemann and Vielhauer reject the authenticity of Luke 12.8 f., largely because they believe that Jesus» message was concerned with the Kingdom and with God drawing near to men in the immediacy of the proclamation of that Kingdom, and that, therefore, Jesus could not also have proclaimed the coming of an eschatological figure other than himself in the future.

2 - 3), and whether it is apt to celebrate communion in the morning when Jesus instituted the Eucharist after supper (16.1 - 17.1), the pastor in Cyprian returns at the end of the letter to assure forgiveness to those who may have erred in good faith in the past (18.4), and requesting his people to recognise that since Christ's «second coming is now drawing near to us,» (18.4), it is incumbent upon them to act so that «He may find us upholding what He has counselled, observing what He has taught and doing what He Himself has done.»

The requirement of the five prayers is designed to make one attentive, to enlighten one's spirit, and to cause one to seek happiness and perfection in drawing near to God.

(I Jn.2: 2), that the Lord Jesus as the Lamb of God took away the sins of the world (John 1:29), that God was in Christ reconciling i.e. drawing near to the world (II Cor.5: 19) that the Lord Jesus since he was lifted up draws all men to him (John 12:32) etc..

«Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

That's perhaps why I am so captivated by the incarnation, the metaphor of God drawing near to us through a small baby's humanity, God with us and among us as the truly human.

But drawing nearer to God is more about subtracting.

Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.

If you truly believe that God is everywhere, that the Spirit is always drawing us nearer to God, and that fellowship can happen anywhere, then you must concede that one does not need to be a member somewhere to be «properly» connected.

If this book gives a glimpse into that truth, and helps us draw nearer to His Grace, this book will be of value to each reader.

Trust me when I tell you the Bible has not changed for thousands of years: It is the living Word of God and you can / will definitely get to know God and draw nearer to Him just by reading it for yourself.

They just need to draw near to God and He will draw near to them.

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

The God who draws near to Sutherland Springs is the suffering, sympathetic God - man.

We may experience great religious heights, but it's the valleys and deserts that tend to draw us nearest to God.

Second answer: Amen to all that with the addition that it is that very same God who has drawn near to us and shared our lot in Jesus of Nazareth.

Luke, however, suggests that Judas was not allowed to carry out his hideous intention: «He drew near to Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, «Judas, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?»»

Third answer: Amen to both these claims with the addition that it is the same God — creator — also revealed in Jesus of Nazareth who has drawn near to our fathers and mothers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah and Rachel, and whose presence we ourselves feel here and now, day after day.

Deuteronomy 25:11: «The wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from his attacker, and she extends her hands and grabs his mesuwsiym.»

It actually started drawing me nearer to people.

So every time Jesus drew near to the Mount of Olives, the disciples got excited.

Only for one blissful moment could you draw near to touch freedom; then, that it might be perfected in glory, you gave it to God.

This outlook has represented a prominent strand in theology from the Hellenistic influence apparent in Hebrews 11:6 («Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him»), through the medieval Anselmic and Thomistic arguments for the existence of God, reaching a climax in the 18th century deistic arguments for a Great Designer evidenced by the intricacy and harmony of the universe.

James 4:8 says, «Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.»

Do we draw near to Him?

Because of this Saviour, we can draw near to God and each other (because He is faithful) and find mercy, aid and a deep security in the midst of our present trials.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them (7:25).

It is in intelligent alliance with the rising tides of matter that we shall draw nearer to the Spirit.

... Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need» (Heb.

He does not ask, as he draws near to us: «Do you understand me?»

God promises that He draws near to those who take refuge in Him.

The healing factor that saved the early Christians was the realization that drawing nearer to Christ reduced the importance of human differences and brought the worshipers closer to one another.

The Sufis quote the following Tradition in which God says, «In no way does My servant so draw nigh unto Me as when he performs those duties which I have imposed on him; and My servant continues to draw near to Me through works of supererogation, until I love him.

When a voice reaches him, and when he raises his own, men are again drawn nearer to the Buddha, and a glimmer of «humanity» is again lent to him.

I really feel for those who are struggling with adultery and it seems the reoccuring question is the same.Will God forgive me if i have committed adultery and the answer is yes we all are sinners and we all have sinned no sin is worse than the other to God.If you are feeling bad because for what you have done then it is the holy spirit drawing you to him repent and turn from your sin.God wants all of us to draw near to him to get our hearts right to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.If you feel weak he gives the strength to deal with it rather than trying sort it out on our own.He forgives us because he loves us but we may have to bear the consequence of our sin like David and his family suffered for his choices regarding his affair with bathsheba but God forgave him for his sin.

When we drew near to Him.

And that means letting go of your boyfriend or girlfriend's family who you've also drawn near to.

Even then suffering comes, but love's suffering, which, deepest down, satisfies the self and draws us nearer to God.

Mark and Matthew say it occurred as Jesus was leaving Jericho; Luke says it was «as he drew near to Jericho.»

It is quite possible, however, that as Jesus drew near to Jerusalem there were many who expected him to manifest himself as Messiah there and set up again the kingdom of David.

And it is up to you to draw near to Him first by cleansing your hands and purifying your heart.

The ruler of Hades drew near to listen with his queen.

In many other ways we have developed different norms from those explicitly laid down by the Bible: «When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts [i.e., testicles], then you shall cut off her hand» (Deut.