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.
Not exact matches
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 generosit
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 generosit
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 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 i
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 i
if 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,
grace —
if 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