Sentences with phrase «give yourself grace if»

Changing your goals does not equate to failure and you should give yourself grace if you find yourself in different circumstances than you started out with.

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If our words are to be filled with grace it demands we give a gift to others every time we speak or write words.
But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria
perhaps God has allowed the suffering to give those of us more fortunate the opportunity to show and share Gods grace and mercy to them.Maybe we are supposed to love Lucas like God loved us when He gave us full capacity.instead of finding fault, maybe God trusted mankind enough to think that we would or could do something for the Lucas» of this world, maybe we are given the trust to heal the sick, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, love the unloved, if so how are we doing?i got room for improvement how about you rational?
If you believe God can give you grace, then you must believe the Devil will try to attack you to impede that grace.
On the bright side, if the child HAS gone to heaven already, the child will be given the grace to forgive this young woman.
If Kerry has not already done so, Kerry might want to read Miroslav Volf's book, «Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a World stripped of Grace
If and when actual grace is given, it should lead to contrition, repentance, and a life lived in conformity to Christ — a life infused with agape, lived in sanctifying grace.
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.
If someone acts as if they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generositIf someone acts as if they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generositif they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generosity.
So if you depart from a path that is Jesus centred / focussed I don't see how the «grace lasts forever and has no rules» proposal still holds true given this passage.
«Each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms... Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help.»
So we all need the grace of Jesus given to us through the Church if we are to be saved from the spiritual death of Hell and reach final happiness with God in Heaven.
He gave us His grace, the POWER to resist sin, so if we think we can continue and believe that we aren't, we are without excuse on that Final Day.
However, if a person uses his God given free will, he can accept the grace of God and the Holy Ghost will place within him a new heart that can easily adapt to the will of God.
And if it hard for me to see, I suppose I should give grace to others, that maybe they don't see their own agenda.
If God give us an infinite supply of grace, why not spread this grace around as freely as possible?
I suppose unless I'm already a believer I will need to pay a believer a nice sum of money in order and take a class in order to understand why a covenant that carries the penalty of death if this god is not worshipped is changed because, help me here (well of course unless god can speak for himself - I guess I have to ask those who have studied his word that he gave only once 2000 years ago to another culture), so after this covenant he came down and became a man in order to give people grace so he doesn't kill them if they don't worship him?
Why, for example, was Newman so scathingly critical (even sarcastic) of the Established Church in Anglican Difficulties and yet so genuinely (if moderately) appreciative of the genuine graces given to him during his days as a member of the Church of England in the Apologia?
Craig thanks for commenting the issue i have is that we are saved by faith and by the grace of God both in the old and the new.Not by the blood sacrifices of animals i am not saying they are not important as they served an important role in the old testament.But even if cain had offered a lamb his sacrifice would still not have been accepted because it wasnt given in faith but by works his heart wasnt right so his offering wasnt accepted.
If someone is born again then they are forgiven and grace is given to enable us to walk in HIS ways!!
And if this seems difficult, God gives the grace to bear wrongs patiently, forgive those who hurt us, and love our enemies.
A personal meeting that touched my heart and gave a direction and a new meaning to my existence»), theology («Jesus rose from the dead: not to be triumphant over those who refused him, but to certify that the love of God is stronger than death, the forgiveness of God is stronger than any sin») and his perspective on grace («God's mercy has no limits if he who asks for mercy does so in contrition and with a sincere heart»).
Your sins are already washed away by the blood of Jesus if you're a believer, which gives you a right to BOLDLY come before God's throne of grace... «Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.»
Christianity (not all forms) is the only «religion» I'm aware of which answers differently: It doesn't matter if the good outweighs the bad, even by a ratio of 1 trillion to one; God is holy, and so requires perfect holiness, and the only way to get that is by God giving it to us by grace through faith.
To «speak the truth in love» (4:15) is not one way (among others) to speak the truth; speaking is not truthful if it does not also «build up» and «give grace
«if I'm not being accused of giving permission to sin, as Paul was, I'm not holding to the same understanding of grace that he taught.»
Speaking is not truthful if it does not also «build up» and «give grace
If the grace of God is as extraordinary as we say it is, we should be willing to give surprise a chance.
If I do accept myself, seeing myself as I am rather than as I wish I was, I will see things that I will weep over, but acknowledge my helplessness, give up on the holiness project and gratefully depend on grace — I am less likely to do the things I wish were different.
The doctrine of grace gives us grounds to hope that we may in fact keep the commandments fully if we call upon God for help and co-operate with his assistance by exercising modesty, by keeping custody of the eyes, by avoiding impure conversations and by using all the other means traditionally employed in support of chastity.
I know it has been a long time since you started writing this series but if you believe it is the right perspective and it is going to glorify God by giving a balanced view on the whole Calvinism / Arminian / Free Grace issue then why would you stop just because of some criticism?
I wonder if my experience here is a grace that was given to me: once I stepped out in trust, once I said yes to the invitation from God, I was met with goodness.
Or is his only concern to give them enough revelation and grace that he can justly damn them if they die without faith?
If you feel like you're constantly giving everything you've got, only to feel shame when achieving perfection proves impossible — Kim knows your struggle, and she's the perfect understanding guide to show you a grace - filled way out.
If it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about iIf it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about iif I thought about it.
It's that living under law thing that kills us (the Spirit gives life but the letter kills), trying to live up to standards and rules, principles and guidelines, etc... The church these days has pretty much no idea what grace even is, and if you start talking about God's love, I mean his real love based only on Christ's merit, people call you a heretic.
If most people would just read the scriptures and ask God with an honest heart, to reveal His truth to them, they would come to know that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
If man becomes himself only through the love of God and must achieve this by a categorial action then, in the order of grace, the act of neighbourly love is the only categorial and original act in which man reaches the whole categorially given reality and thus experiences God directly, transcendentally and through grace.
If we gave back what you «religious» people gave to us who are NOT, then you would have a right to complain... but for now, just have the good grace to shut the hell up.
This remains true even if on the one hand such people contradict each other in their original notional self - understanding, and, on the other, if the Church as the incarnational and social presence of God's grace can never give up the effort to let the uniting forces in their heart and conscience also appear in their profession of the one creed of the one Church.
If a Christian really wants to show a child the light of God's grace then they should do so by showing them God's love rather than by giving them the hateful, disgusting, and demonically - inspired work of Jack Chick.
If Catholics are saying the rosary regularly with devotion then that in itself brings down important heavenly graces on them and their families — and at the same time, as Our Lady said, it is the means she gives us to bring about peace in the world.
as it is, God can and will still work through all things, but, i think that we are missing out and even being misled if we do not do our personal relating with God in our whole life, a life that He has given to us by His Grace.
I am so confident in the free grace of God, that I think that if someone believes in Jesus for eternal life, God gives it to them.
If the Lord gives me one «wish» before my funeral it would to be to do something that significantly progresses the free grace movement.
Howard excellent article by bonhoeffer on grace, it isnt cheap we were bought at a price we were slaves and he bought us and Jesus paid for each of us in full and then gave us our freedom.It was given by him freely because we did nt have the means to pay him even if we worked a lifetime it still wouldnt be enough.To me it is a crime to accept his grace without giving him all of our hearts in return.That is the least we could do.brentnz
It is in a sense redemption achieved through the grace of God, a mediated grace, graceif the term may be used — that is given through the efficacious cult, the effective and appropriate ceremony and ritual.
If I remember correctly, he basically said that both sides of the debate genuinely think that they are doing the best thing for the cause of Christ, and so we should give each other some grace as we both fight for what we think is right.
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
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