Sentences with phrase «follow this way of»

Humanity's fate was cast in atone the day they chose to follow the ways of man, rather then nature.

that is to live by His Word, to follow the Way of Christ and Only His Way.

The prophets were constantly challenging their societies to turn from their wicked ways and follow the ways of the Lord.

Most evangelicals probably agree with Reinhold Niebuhr that in a world infested with well - armed Hitlers, Stalins and colonialists, persons and nations that follow the way of the cross get wiped out.

If you want to defeat evil, if you want to beat an evil empire, the best way is to follow the way of God, which is also the way of Jesus.

I now try to follow the way of unconditional love, of radical hospitality, of loving - kindness, of compassion, of mercy, of speaking truth to power, the way of forgiveness, of reconciliation, and the pursuit of justice.

BUT we will cast away our faith if we follow the way of sin because sins eventual end is unbelief.

For example, for those who choose to follow the ways of God (despite the evil temptations they feel each day) then God will save you and will take you to heaven.

But for those who choose to follow evil and to follow the ways of Lucifer, then when you die, you will go to hell, and shall be cast into the lake.

Those who follow the way of Christ live their lives tragically in the shadow of the cross.

You follow the way of lies, of turning away from truth.

It is when people fill their lives with some of the blessings of life — such as eating, drinking, and marrying — so that they ignore the signs of the times in which they live and the testimony from God about what is coming unless they all heeded the warnings and followed the ways of God (Matthew 24:32 - 33).

A real Muslim is encouraged to follow the ways of Prophet Muhammed (may peace be upon him) and practice» what you like for your brother you should like for yourself».

Jesus gave no precise set of rules for following his way of life.

Are you someone trying to follow the ways of Jesus or have you come to the point of realizing that it is impossible to follow Jesus?

I choose to believe in and TRY to follow the way of Jesus.

Following the way of Jesus, we see Muslims not as enemies, but as people we are commanded by God to love and reach with a life - changing message.

Either way, make sure you follow the way of love and hope as revealed in Jesus rather than the way of fear.

Church should be what ends up happening as a natural response to people wanting to follow us, be with us, and be like us as we are following the way of Christ (p. 30).

Instead, he may follow the way of the «organization man,» who merges his life into the corporate pattern.

It's an insufficient argument to say «Jesus didn't do this during his lifetime so it is something he would never do» (Jesus healed, so Doctor is an OK profession, but he never pulled anyone out of burning buildings, so Firefighters are obviously just following the ways of MAN!).

We haven't embraced the reality that following the ways of Jesus leads to liberation and life more abundant - not only for ourselves but also for the whole world.

The UCC has always prided itself on being conciliatory (ie democratic), but when it comes to carrying a big stick, we just don't know how to wield it responsibly or in a manner that follows the Way of the ancient Nazarean.

I thought this young man was very inspiring, because he reflected the only authentic way to get over childhood traumas and betrayals, whatever they may be, is by following the Way of Christ., which is always about repentance, forgiveness, and living in His Love.

However, as the church, we are the Body of Christ, and just as He suffered as He went about His ministry, so also we will suffer as we follow the ways of Jesus in this world (John 15:19 - 20).

If you don't, pretty soon you will find yourself not reading Scripture, not hanging out with other believers, not following the ways of God, and not having any spiritual input into your life.

Where a congregation lacks knowledge or experience of following the way of Jesus, people can learn to live the Christian life through study and worship.

New Testament stories of disciples learning to follow the way of Jesus are signposts that can guide all would - be followers of Jesus along the way of «saving» faith.

Just as God loves all and accepts all regardless of whether they love or follow Him in return, so also, a government guided by the gospel will govern with values of equality, justice, and generosity without forcing anyone to follow the ways of Scripture.

To love family members or family life more than God is exposed here as an idolatry that makes it difficult to follow the way of Jesus.

For if God chiefly follows the way of introducing ideas, then revelation itself can be formulated in propositions which are indubitably true.

But if He chiefly follows the way of guiding external events [and this, needless to say, is Temples view], these constitute the primary vehicle of the revelation; and events can not be fully formulated in propositions; the event is always richer than any description of it» [pp. 100 ff.].

Jeremy have been asking the holy spirit for his help with this and in regards to the lame man that Jesus healed I do nt believe that sin was the issue for him just like the blind man was it his parents or did he sin the answer was neither but so that God would be glorified.What was the sin that may have been worse for him.The two situations are related of the woman caught in adultery the key words being go and sin no more only two references in the bible and will explain later the lame man we see at first his dependency on everyone else for his needs he cant do it he is in the best position to receive Gods grace but what does he do with it.Does he follow Jesus no we are told he goes to the temple and Jesus finds him now that he has his strength to do things on his own what his response to follow the way of the pharisees that is what is worse than his condition before so he is warned by go and sin no more.We get confused because we see the word sin but the giver of is speaking to him to go another way means death.Getting back to the two situations of the woman caught in adultery and the lame man here we see a picture of our hearts on the one our love for sin and on the other the desire to work out our salvation on our terms they are the two areas we have to submit to God.My experience was the self righteousness was the harder to deal with because it is linked in to our feelings of self worth and self confidence so we have to be broken so we are humble enough to realise that without God we can do nothing our flesh hates that so it is a struggle at first to change our way of thinking.brentnz

She asks herself whether she'll follow the way of faith or the way of the world.

Walking on Water by Madeline L'Engle — If you are a writer or an artist that follows the ways of Jesus, this is your book.

As Søren Kierkegaard noted in perhaps his most influential book, Fear and Trembling, if the story of Abraham's attempted sacrifice of his son means anything it must signify that God transcends the categories (or at least our categories) of good and evil and that to follow the way of the Lord will eventually, at least for some select chosen ones, mean to renounce those norms.

In this post I present four things that look like Jesus and which could transform the Ferguson protests if they followed the way of Jesus instead of the way of violence.

it is not about faith and following the way of Jesus.

Jeremy I agree its not about what we can do but all about what Jesus has done for us it is all about his grace not following mans laws or trying to please the pastor or the church.Be respectful for those in authority and show them Gods love work hard as for the Lord as you serve them and pray for them but do nt try and please them.We no longer follow the ways of the world we live to please the Lord and worship him not man because that is idolatory.Thats why religion does nt work we can do nothing to add to Gods grace.Grace is also not a licence to sin as some christians believe and God is not fooled if we do not repent and turn from our sin he does nt hear our prayers if the intents of our heart are wrong.God listens to the humble and the repentent sinner or saint.The journey in following Christ is about how much do we want to follow Jesus to discover the abundant life and richs in Christ we must fully give him all our hearts and serve him wholehearted out of thankfulness for his grace and mercy towards us.brentnz

Many of my friends are Astru, or at least atheists who follow that way of life.

Because of this, many Christians do not serve God as they ought and follow the ways of man, seeking their own pleasure.

As you consider the following ways of thinking about the Bible, pick which one you most prefer and which one you least prefer.

If you followed the way of peace, love, compassion, respect, and responsibility; then you believe in him.

I can think of a probation officer, a male nurse in a mental hospital, a hospital sister, a youth worker, and some others who, over the years, discovered that they were unconsciously (or perhaps intuitively is a better word) following the way of outgoing love, which is the way of Christ.

For Christians who follow this way of thinking, the formation of Israel in 1948 — and the subsequent 750,000 Arabs who either left their homes or were expelled — was a result of divine prophecy, a rebooting of the prophetic time clock, triggering a series of events that will culminate in the return of Christ.

By following the way of the radical Christian, we can rejoice in the death of God, and be assured that the historical realization of the death of God is a full unfolding of the forward movement of the Incarnation.

So we followed the ways of this world, and second, we followed the ruler of the kingdom of the air.

The confrontation between Nathan and David reveals the nature of the Davidic rule, which followed the way of despotism and broke the covenant, At the same time it reveals the true nature of political leadership as preserver of justice, on the basis of the covenant (II Samuel 12:1 - 15).

The purpose of a story is to strengthen one's resolutions to follow a way of life, and different religions have different stories.

After adolescence, when one might pray for clearer skin and curlier hair, most religious people do not expect their lives will be longer or freer of physical vicissitudes because they meditate on the teachings of the prophets or follow the way of the cross.