Sentences with phrase «given much grace»

I don't have anything to hide because I am not ashamed because I have been given much grace.

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With any luck, Super Mario Maker will also help move consoles — it's a bit too early to tell how much of an impact Mario Maker has had or will have, but given its reputation so far, there's a good chance that it could be Nintendo's saving grace in the latter half of 2015.

God honours that, because he knows his children well enough, and knows how much grace and strength he gives them.

There is a limit to what we can do with ourselves on our own (Pelagius gave too much of the job to us and not enough to God, according to the fifth - century Council of Carthage that declared him heretical), but in general humans are called to actively participate in the mysterious enterprise of being changed by way of grace into Christlike beings.

Given so much, we may be justified in believing that such a venture may honestly be reckoned as a grace - full sign of hope, even in these raddled times.

It is much harder to believe that all we have and all we are given is simply and only by the grace of God.

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.

«2 Discipleship is much easier than man - made rules and dogmas, but more important, what Jesus asks, he gives the grace to do.

Over against what he perceives to be Weigel's giving too much away to Protestant ideas of communion as personal friendship and encounter, Cavadini reasserts the sacramental priority of grace as grounded in the connection between Christ as primordial sacrament and the church as sacrament (the Totus Christus).

Much like grace, love is to be given freely, but it is not cheep!

These people, knowing it necessary that people that we have been given an undeserved gift of Grace didn't choose to «keep it simple» but felt compelled to also make sure we were aware: Christianity is shocking in that God loves us so much he was willing to die for us rather than leave us trying (and failing) to impress him on our own; but frankly, people had conceived of such an notion before, the twist is that a God fully capable of saving us has already accomplished all the necessary work to save us but without needing us to do so nonetheless invites us to participate in our own salvation.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

They place too much emphasis on grace and in so doing, give people license to sin.

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

Whosoever gives to the senses takes away from God» (Germaine Bazin, Baroque and Rococo Art [Oxford University Press, 19641, p. 36) Mother Angelique was a Jansenist Catholic, whose understanding of grace and the physical world was much closer to that of some Protestants than to that of many of her fellow Catholics.

Millennia Awards are given to participatory communities which bridge superficial cultural and religious divides — exploring commonality as much as difference; maintaining fresh, creative, missional formats accessible and relevant to a diverse audience; remaining sensitive to our shared humanity and common need for grace as we learn and grow together.

Grace Industries of Plainview, which has a contract for as much as $ 5 million in Sandy - related road and construction work in Nassau, gave Mangano $ 14,500 and a principal contributed $ 2,612 between December and May.

Grace is a bit of a collector — like if something goes into her room, its hard to get it out — trinkets, gum wrappers, mismatched jewelry... so I need to give her spaces to put her things, but not so much space that all the things can fit!

So many awesome ideas gracing the pages giving me inspiration on pieces I can pull out and try to style in a different way... while also being totally content rocking the same outfit over and over again because I love it that much.

Plus, as you, know blogging can take about as much time as a full time job, so I need to give myself a little grace.

But as much as I'm trying to get better at posting exactly «on time» and being an A + blogger — I'm also trying to get better at giving myself grace.

Kate Mara is given much to do other than look pretty but she does it with a certain flair and grace.

Washington gives a good performance here as we have come to expect, but Chloe Grace Moretz steals the show in a role intended for someone much older.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

I greatly appreciated how you, with charm and grace, funneled people to my book - signing stand and gave so much of your time and energy to make this event both joyful and successful.

With a much - needed GRACE follow - on mission being planned and expected to launch around 2017, observation and modelling of Antarctic GIA will continue to give us insights into the ice sheet history — from the LGM through to the present — and hence provide the context for any future changes.

Do you give a little too much grace and not enough truth?

Oh my this morning you blessed me so much < 3 you see my Mom passed away last December 16, 2016 and I was missing her so much yesterday and thinking about the last time she spoke to me and what she said and I could still see her little hand giving me a wave as I was leaving and a big smile telling me» Lord willin» and the creek don't rise» God graced us with 89 years with her and she is now wearing her crown < 3 Thank You for posting those sweet words to a lady here in Texas who misses her Momma < 3