Sentences with phrase «facing death so»

Even though everyone knows this is true, why is facing death so difficult?

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I used to look death in the face daily, so those experiences have certainly prepared me to take risks.

Her husband Carl (who's also the company CEO), added: «Most of us have faced hardship, and some of us combat and that «near death experience» Mayor Landrieu spoke of, so we can identify with what New Orleans went through, and how it can distill and clarify for you what you really want out of the future.

In the case that you pass, the policy beneficiaries should file a claim with the insurer, after which point the circumstances of your death will be reviewed and receive the payout (also called a death benefit or the face value of the policy) so long as everything is in order.

The fear of the great nothing is too much for my mind to bear, and I can sleep at night by convincing myself that the absolute nothing we all face one day will instead be full of happy choirs of angels, reward for any suffering I've endured, punishment of the wicked and evil (it pains me to think those who cause so much evil will not suffer for eternity, so hell is a great comfort too), and that I'll get to see all those I currently miss since the death of friends and family are so painful.

So I doubt many will take her views seriously, since the fly in the face of what we have learned through the years about such Christians martyrs as Jim Elliot (speared to death by the Aucas and yet his son went back to be a missionary to them, because he LOVED them, something she might want to consider).

God has redeemed the crucifixion so that we now sing songs about it and listen to sermons about the horrible death of an innocent victim with smiles on our faces.

As he heard the speaker describe the anxiety and resistance of basically affluent people facing death after a comfortable life, he could think only of the many people he knew, like his parents and relatives, who suffer so much so unjustly.

It's just as likely, after all, to find yourself facing some other god than YHWH upon death, so why obsess about just him?

We must face the Anti-Christ (whomever he may be) and undergo the persecution, then at God's appointed time, Christ will take His people up (the Rapture) to be with Him, but the Anti-Christ will remain on earth, and those «left behind» will have an opportunity to accept Christ as Savior, but will face death for doing so.

If refusal to face squarely the fact of death is found so widely in these days, so also is loss of belief in a continuation of human existence, beyond death, in what used to be called the «after - life» It is indeed true that among conventionally - minded church - people and many others there is a vague feeling that when the body dies the «soul» goes on.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

Since death is inescapable, we have every reason to face up to its reality and come to terms with it, so far as we are able.

Our lives become all jumbled, and we push consideration of death and immortality aside, as if by doing so we can avoid facing these negative feelings.

Both men spoke not as private persons but instead quoted from our deepest public memories, which are eloquent in the face of death when we, as solitary individuals encased in our personal experiences of loss, so often are wordless with grief.

I had stared at death in his lifeless face, and so learned, too late, to love him more.

In The Bible Tells Me So, Peter Enns attempts to present an approach to Scripture which allows for us to accept that it has historical and scientific errors and that it contradicts itself at various places, and yet still retain the Bible as an important witness to the theological and spiritual struggles which were faced by our forefathers in the faith, and more importantly, as a historical document about the life of Jesus and how the death and resurrection of Jesus resulted in the transformation of the first century mediterranean world.

You would have said so, even when faced with death.

You used to run into people in the bake shop, the butchers, the candle - stick maker, the church narthex and the women's relief society... So there were plenty of opportunities to discuss all manner of things and to share life, seasons, festivals, deaths... Modern life, suburbia, commuting, everyone working at all hours... has killed much of this face to face life and contact in so many spheres, depending on where you livSo there were plenty of opportunities to discuss all manner of things and to share life, seasons, festivals, deaths... Modern life, suburbia, commuting, everyone working at all hours... has killed much of this face to face life and contact in so many spheres, depending on where you livso many spheres, depending on where you live.

RD.. How path - et - ic to see your hate and fear driving you to death...!?! Man pull your self together and have the courage to face the returns of your deeds... Wars were always there in life whether were religious or not so stop doing it on your self... Beside learn to wish people well whether you agree or disagree with might you succeed in life rather than being a loser... by being a cowered... My posts were meant for the friendly people I had known for some time, whom I found they were full of compassion and not for black hearted one's like you who hate all God creations...

It is the complete reversal of the «natural» order of things a METANOIA — the Greek word for repentance, meaning precisely a turning around of the mind, so that it no longer faces into the past, the land of the shadow of death, but into the Eternal Present.

The bravado of Jesus to stand in front of death and say, «not so» is the ultimatum we must all face and do.

To quote Paul again: «Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses» face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory?

Bottom line is that people don't want to believe they will cease to exist after death so have invented a fairy tale to be able to face the inevitable.

So in the Book of Daniel we find this conviction stated: «Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt,» (Daniel 12:2) and in two late Isaian passages a similar expectation is expressed: «He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh hath spoken it»; (Isaiah 25:8) «Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise.

Satan attacks me in my thoughts day and night and he makesit so i can barely eat i pray to the lord and he consoles me god is REAL i used to e a drug dealer the most violent and disruptive of men and one night i came under attack from satan and felt like satan was makeing me into someone im not putting thoughts in my head of death suicide and sexual immorality then i read the wqordof god and everything felt better when i read the Book «The Advocate» spiritual warfare is real and god can save you from satans tourment do nt let Satan claim the rights to your soul i had trouble believing in god for years my mind worked in science and fact but the fact is that God is real and living and when you leave this earth you Will face Judgement

The most recognized face of any Jewish leader of the past fifty years belongs to the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, even more so today than at his death in 1994.

weak minded morons who are too afraid to face the prospect of their so lovingly maintained body turning to dust after their death create the concept of god and soul to hide their fear.

Then we do look, or we do taste, or we do touch, and once we do, we feel so guilty, we can't face God, we feel like death, and so we decide to just enjoy the sin while we're in it, but that only makes things worse on us in the long run, until eventually, we feel so filthy and disgusting, and get so angry at ourselves for the way we behaved, we come slinking back to God, begging and crying for forgiveness, and we confess our sin to our accountability group, and they forgive us, and tell us to try harder.

The state of Florida is facing an overpopulation of Burmese pythons (17 - foot - long, man - eating, slithering death creatures), so the government is doing the sensible thing and holding a contest to see...

He leaves us perfectly freeâ $» so free that we can spit in his face, as men did; so free that we can put him to death, as men did; and he will never say a word.â $ I am convinced that we need to provide this same kind of freedom to people, including church people.

We perform our «heroics» for them so that we might gain their approval and a sense of our own significance in the face of death and finitude.

Jesus» willingness to face death, specifically death on a cross, suddenly looks anything but arbitrary, and much more like the «wisdom of God» that the New Testament so surprisingly discovers in the crucifixion.

He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch of HIs life, struck with rods, whipped with a weapon that had sharp bones and different pieces tore large chuncks of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the blood dried to it became its own bit of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands and feet, and had a shoulder separated.

So could each of the two teams facing off in Death Valley on Saturday night.

They reminded me so much of our soldiers, the American men and women who face death every day; and of the incredible patriotism and faith that powers the United States of America.

«The union stepped in because it was wrong that workers condemned to an agonising death and their grieving loved ones were facing their compensation being so drastically cut.

Writing in the Times this morning, Willetts continued with Camilla Cavendish's «valley of death» analogy, that «so many great British discoveries in the perilous journey from the lab to the world outside» are set to face.

Not only did Simmons escape the death penalty, the US Supreme Court changed the law so that only those over 18 can face...

«So in the face of a worsening overdose risk, we actually saw a decline in overdose deaths.

I was worried that so early in medical school I would come face - to - face with cancer, and through it, with death.

«I'm fortunate enough to work in the rehab facility, so I get to see people who are facing life and death with addiction.

We learned the sad news of the death of Pattabhi Jois yesterday and so today we set up a humble altar to him during class with a large striking photograph of his ebullient face as the centerpiece.

single dad with a lovely daughter call jessy and she is just 6 years old.jessy is a very friendly child and she always put on a smillig face all the time, but unfortunately her mom died in a gashly motor accident in the 2008, so ever since the death of her mom i have been single searching for mr right...

The comedic presentation does an excellent job at counterbalancing the insurmountable (usually not so glorious) death the player will likely face.

Be without fear in the face of your enemys Be brave and upright so that God love you Speak the truth, always, evenï» ¿ if it leads to your death Safe guard the helpless, do no wrong.

Considering the problems with filming and the fact that so many people were openly attacked on camera, this is like watching Faces of Death, if that was a comedy.

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) has a quirky enough personal life (she faces married life and the death of Kitty this season, not to mention a problem niece — played by Sedgwick's real - life daughter, Sosie Bacon — who overstays her welcome) but what makes the show so good is her loyalty and leadership and the chemistry of her team, a squad we have watched mature into a crack unit of detectives each working at the top of their game.

And the deaths of actors like Shepard, Della Reese, Jerry Lewis, Martin Landau, Harry Dean Stanton, and so many others, all of them legends, were especially poignant for me in a year that was also rife with fresh discoveries, the faces I hope to see carrying Hollywood's legacy forward.

Young people need a community to sustain them, so that they can look death in the face and deal with disease, dread and despair.