As we started to grow our family it became really important to us to have siblings that got along, and heck,
even showed love to each other!
If we are going to follow the example of Jesus (and of God), we must extend grace to the point that people accuse us being friends to tax - collectors and sinners, to the point that they complain of how we allow people to get away with anything, of how we liberally shower blessings upon friends and enemies alike, and how
we even show love and mercy upon those who wish to do us harm.
Forget showing love to our enemies for the moment, most of the time, we don't
even show love to our own brothers and sisters in Christ!
«You need to love yourself first before you can
even show love to another person.
Not exact matches
Everyone
loves getting a postcard —
even if it's to
show them the world's largest ball of twine!
«I
Love You, Daddy» screeners have been
showing up on eBay since November (one was
even priced at $ 1,075).
Even if the actual points to take out of it are well hidden, it is inspirational stuff and
shows with the right amount of application, enthusiasm and dedication for the task (plus, I reckon, a hell of a lot of luck) you can make this investing thing we
love into a paying career.
Even if we don't necessarily like cats in real life, most of us tend to
love cats when they're
shown online.
Indeed, I tend to play melodies that regard
show the hugeness of God, His open arms to all mankind, his
love without any conditions, the giving of eternal life to anyone that calls upon him, and his willingness to tolerate all forms of religion...
even my own.
We can talk about wanting to
show love towards women who have been hurt by gender injustice — and this is important — but it's
even more important to challenge the status quo that allows it to happen.
If I worked that many years for god,
even built a wondrous temple to
show my
love and devotion.
And to live by his words he
showed that
even if they tortured him and nailed him to a cross, he still had no hate towards his enemies, only
love.
Love, Peace and make fondness farewells one and all wherever one is to be found here or
even over there and make friendships rather than
showing unfriendly ways and means under one's belts.
God's grace is given and reaches to every one of us and we are to
show that same
love and acceptance to all,
even those that disagree with us.
He is above us in every aspect, and the fact that he
even wishes to have a personal relationship with humans
shows just how much
love he has.
I miss how Doctor Who used to connect a bit more to silliness of current culture — in Army of Ghosts, there was
even a talk
show lady talking about how she
loved ghosts and then a «cleaning product» to make your ghost shine.
First, by singling me out on the day of his resurrection, second by appearing to me by myself, third, by helping me with the fishing, and then fourth, fifth and sixth, by
showing me how much he
loved me
even though he knew I could not return that kind of
love.
I take it simply that you meant that
even while you felt your religious views were reinforced by your sister's STD, that you
showed her
love even though you felt she had brought her illness on herself.
Just saying that maybe if we actually used those hundreds of millions of dollars to meet the needs of widows and orphans to
show them the
love of Jesus, maybe that would be
even more effective.
I, on the other hand, presuppose that God can not be evil; that goodness and being belong inextricably together or else there is no ground for basic trust...
Even Calvinist Paul Helm, a leading evangelical Calvinist thinker, agrees (as I
show in my book) that «goodness» attributed to God can not be totally different from every understanding of goodness (and
love) we know of.»
Also, people who do not behave «Christ - like» see the
love and acceptance that we
show others (
even those who disagree with us), and feel like they can check us out as well if they want to.
Chastity in marriage does not mean abstinence (although abstinence is at times called for), but rather purification: seeking to ensure that what is sought above all is to
show love for one's spouse and not mainly to satisfy one's own appetite for pleasure —
even if that pleasure remains legitimate.
I doubt there is another place on earth where men — 2000 of them — spend as much time beseeching God to
show his
loving kindness to their sisters in the world,
even to those who hate and despise them.
Today, however, her faithful members are asked whether they truly
love the Church, accepting the change
even though it appears strange at first, or whether by their secret or public protest they
show that they have not really
loved the Church herself, but only their idea of her.
But
even more attractive, in my view, than these plausible reasons for Abraham's silent acquiescence in the horrible request are the following: (1) Abraham had learned, in the episode over Sodom, that the pursuit of righteousness may require sacrificing your own; (2) he felt and feared both the awesome power of God and also His righteousness; and, especially, (3) he had understood immediately the meaning of the test, namely, that he was being asked to
show what was first in his soul: Was it the
love of his own (and of the promise and the covenant) or was it the fear - awe - reverence for God?
Everyone has a voice in their head to incline them to feel
love towards a person (to perform actions that
show love), but a lot of people ignore that voice and
even block it out (except for the people they specifically care about).
For some, it is the «mission of the church,» whether they consider that to be helping people, reaching people for Christ,
showing love, or
even more mercenary goals like building a bigger building or increasing bodies in pews.
It is sin that makes us feel separated from God, and this is the feeling Jesus expressed on the cross, and is one reason Jesus went to the cross — to take our sin and bear it away into death so that we can see that God has not left us, has not abandoned us, and has not forsaken us, but has fully entered into our pain, our suffering, and
even into our sin, so that He might
show us how much He
loves and cares for us.
Love is an emotion that
even animals
show and they certainly don't know your god.
so many prove
even in the old testament
shows that He
love so much the world... (For God so
love the world.....)
He's
shown me how
love for this earthly kingdom has been raised to blind
even the elders to the truth.
However, the
love of Jesus, often
shown to them by his followers, was often an
even more important part of the process.
Why when among us comes a man asking us to the light of truth, proving him self to be different from date of birth, and when he
showed us
love, cured our sick,
even brought back to life our dead ones, who was able to tell us what we stored and what is in stored for us.why do we condemn him to death as a transgressor?
Paul's example of the christian life is a great one, encouraging others - building disciples, willing to be punished and
even killed for his convictions, while
showing love to those that were lost as he realized that the Spirit was not revealed to them.
Just as Jesus
shows us what it means to
love, to truly
love even our enemies, wives can
show our partners what it means to
love.
Then in the New Testament we see the God who
shows up to set the record straight, Jesus who destroyed no one, but he who
loves everyone,
even those we might consider unlovely.
To
show how tyrannical any country that aimed at achieving perfect justice —
even at the expense of family, friendship, and the self - consciousness of persons born to
love other persons and die as particular persons — would be, Socrates turned the rulers into gods and most people into animals to be controlled.
It also
shows us we can be unconditionally
loved, to help us to accept that
love even when we know we don't deserve it, which can illustrate to us just how much God must
love us, and to
love God completely when we come to grasp more and more His nature.
I
even humbly ask God to
show me if they are in the «truth» and I am deceived... if I should try and abandon any hope of true
love in exchange for a celibate life.
Are you saying, we have horrible suffering
even though an all powerful good could intervene just so we can
show each other we
love each other.
Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I
love the people and i
love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord
even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the
evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to
show you what he wants you to do
even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit
even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz
Christ
showed supreme
love when he went to the cross,
even though he had asked his Father repeatedly to take it from him.
the first part of the book, pages 1 - 113 goes to great lengths to
show how God can do violent things and
even command Israel to do violence in His name, while still remaining a
loving and merciful God.
There was
even a joke about masturbation... Yeah, that's the Drew Marshall
Show... got ta
love it!
But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century
shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give
even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of
love to concrete issues of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by
love, but which must have other sources.
Beyond these perhaps - obvious vocations, there are vocations to serve those in need, to serve one's friends with the depth of
love Christ
showed to his own friends, to care for aging parents, perhaps
even an artistic vocation to serve God and one's audience by presenting beauty and sublimity.
Now in case repentance grips the merman and he remains concealed, he has clearly made Agnes unhappy, for Agnes
loved him in all her innocence, she believed that at the instant when
even to her he seemed changed, however well he hid it, he was telling the truth in saying that he only wanted to
show her the beautiful calmness of the sea.
The romantic or idealistic
love between a teenage boy and girl (frequently still to be found
even in our modern sensualised world) may also be accompanied by a desire to
show bodily affection - a desire filled with a tenderness and respect that operate as a curb, not only on lust if it seeks to assert itself, but also on bodily expressions of
love which would not be true to the real existential relationship between the couple.
He
loves people who choose to disobey Him, and always invites them to change and be His friend, just like we are to
love and
show kindness
even if people choose to do wrong.
It
shows us how much God
loves us, and that
even if (when!)