In this painting, Spencer's early understanding of the «richness that underlies the Bible in Cookham» merges with his late discovery of adult
glories of love, sex and cohabitation.
The passage does not celebrate
the glories of Love - with - a-capital-L.
For if this memory were to waken in her soul, and like a favored lover sometimes steal her thoughts away from the king, luring her reflections into the seclusion of a secret grief; or if this memory sometimes passed through her soul like the shadow of death over the grave: where would then be
the glory of their love?
Paulus's motivation was
the glory of loving and appreciating women, not the glory of intercourse.
The Glory of His Love will simply blow us all away!
Meanwhile, life went on, woven through with the threads of all the delights of life,
the glory of love and its sexual expression, the celebration of food and drink, song and dance, sometimes to make a divine harmony of family life, blessed by a mutual charity, welcoming alike suffering and happiness on the journey to heaven.
Backed by a 13 - piece band and an entourage of talented dancers, Midler belts out show - stopping renditions of her biggest hits, including «Wind Beneath My Wings,» «From a Distance,» «The Rose,» «Hello In There,» the title tune, «Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy» and «
The Glory of Love.»
Summary Capsule: Miyagi and New Jersey Sidekick travel to Okinawa to visit dying father, woo curvy women, and fight for
the glory of love
Songs: «Under The Boardwalk», «
The Glory of Love», «I've Still Got My Health», «Oh Industry», «Otto Titsling», «Baby Mine», «I Think It's Going To Rain Today», «Wind Beneath My Wings», «I Know You By Heart»
If the request to go on a date makes us feel anxious or like we are in trouble, then our freedom to bask in
the glory of love is going to be short - circuited, and we are likely going to say or do whatever we need to in order for the danger to pass.
Not exact matches
All three women are on Fortune's list
of 34 Leaders Who Are Changing Health Care, which is live online (
love to say that) on Fortune.com right spanking now — and which appears in full analog
glory in our May 1 issue, speeding to mailboxes and newsstands this moment.
The Holiness,
LOVE and
Glory of GOD!
'' For this reason I bow my knees to the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches
of His
glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in
love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the
love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God.
Before we speak, we must make sure we are speaking the truth in
love, and for the
glory of God.
(25) «Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the Church, and delivered Himself up for her, (26) that He might sanctify her, cleansing her in the bath
of water by means
of The Word; (27) IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT TO HIMSELF THE CHURCH IN ALL HER
GLORY, NOT HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY SUCH THING, BUT THAT SHE MIGHT BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH.»»
CHRIST SAID TO
LOVE YOUR ENEMY, TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER, not to kill in his name nor to bring down the
glory of God by cajoling ignorance into praying to satan.
But at what an awful price that
Glory is obtained — the endless suffering
of billions
of human souls that God says He
loves and longs to come to repentance.
It tells the story
of how Bell's 2011 book
Love Wins, which suggested God might eventually win everyone to
glory, killed the pastor's church - based ministry.
«In name
of this unspeakable
love,» God emptied himself
of his
glory and became a human being.
We should do whatever we can to alleviate the sufferings
of others, but Jesus also invites us to «take up our cross» each day and follow him by making our lives a sacrifice
of love to God's
glory and in the service
of others.For more information see our video on Suffering.
We should do whatever we can to alleviate the sufferings
of others, but Jesus also invites us to «take up our cross» each day and follow him by making our lives a sacrifice
of love to God's
glory and in the service
of others.
It is to the liberating
glory of God that the
love of God — that is, the being
of God — can not fail.
The good news is that God's eternal plan included a way to right these wrongs without destroying human freedom and even to deepen the
glory and beauty
of love.
Sing
of the King, now raised from the dark tomb, in heaven still bearing the scars
of his
love, reigning, yet still the servant and lover, raising our frailty to
glory above.
We are simply getting on with it, with the work and the community and the dreaming and the
loving and the living out
of the hope
of glory.
The motivation for holy living has been a process
of realizing the Greatness
of God, the beauty
of following his path in life, and the longing for His fame and
glory in my life — the heart that
loves motivates the actions... and yes I do get a bit afraid when I transgress His commands.
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my
glory which you have given me because you
loved me before the foundation
of the world [John 17:24].
Help me to look past the faults
of others and the troubles I face and embrace the hope and joy Your
love brings... let me be such a blessing to my brothers and sisters that they give You praise and all the
glory.
God
loves taking the poor, the weak, and the humble people
of this world, and using them to bring
glory to Himself.
He said in a statement: «This Musicians Church Website will celebrate this partnership, through our service to musicians, through our church buildings resounding with the
glory and mystery
of music, and through our service to all as we live out our
love of God and neighbour.»
«Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one
of the most selfish, self - absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish than they could think it right to be themselves, — intent only upon His own honor and
glory, looking out continually that His own rights are never trampled on; and so absorbed in thoughts
of Himself and
of His own righteousness, as to have no
love or pity to spare for the poor sinners who have offended Him.»
«I had a great career, and I
loved my job, and it was taken away from me, and there was a lot
of glory in that.
When we chase after wealth, power, prestige,
glory, and fame instead
of choosing to
love, give, bless, and forgive, we are following the Satanic Messiah.
Every church has a «few folks who
love selflessly and shine like stars with the gentle
glory of God made flesh.»
This self
love is sin.God never forced chaos on us.we gave in to satan's lies about evil being an inherent necessity.Jesus said he was the way, the truth and life.He was the life (
love) that everyone craves for, he is the truth which meant that his
love was our only need and he exposed the lies
of satan that we could attain bliss on subordinating people to our cravings.Sinning people don't accept a God who requires us to renounce ourselves because they are not convinced
of God's
love being enough for them and they are afraid to destroy their identity and live for the
Glory of God.So, upon death, these souls realize that the physical world was just a shadow
of God's
love (the nature, food etc) and their own lies (violence, self
love etc) and realize that
love is their only need.They pursue it from other soul beings but are hurt that there's only hate and self
love.They are afraid to approach the light because they don't want to renounce their identity as they have not recognized God's
love before.
Furthermore, Wesley argued (against Reformed doctrine) that Christians could enjoy entire sanctification in this life:
loving God and their neighbors, meekness and lowliness
of heart, abstaining from all appearance
of evil, and doing all for the
glory of God.
The eyes
of flame represent the
glory and purity
of God, whose eyes burn with
love and passion for all people.
In Christ, what all
of creation is ordered towards, that is the praise and
glory of God in a communion
of love, finds its centre and its highest meaning.
Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense
of it all with a wave
of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the
glory of an angry God (they called her a «vessel
of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one
of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all
of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape
of a child is part
of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense
of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches
of his
glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love, may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the
love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness
of God.
Faith is never a tool or a means to gain something else, at least not faith in the God who is I AM, the God whose
glory fills the world, the God whose life throbs in the life
of every human being, the God whose
love is the matrix
of our world.
He had revelations
of Godâ $ ™ s character in times
of worship, seeing clearly that God is almighty (power), beautifully above all others (
glory), and that he consistently cares for his own (steadfast
love).
To
love or be nourished by the gods, we would have to fear them; but the ruin
of their
glory is so complete that they have been reduced — like everything else — to commodities.
Not only in the
glory of creation» these mountains, this lake, this great night sky
of the Alps» and not only in his misericordia did God share with us insight into the special characteristics
of his
love, but also in sending us a human model
of it in sending us his Son, who called us his friends, and sacrificed his life for us.
«Honor and
glory belong to God alone,» said St. Bernard, «but God will receive neither if they are not sweetened with the honey
of love.»
25 Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing
of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her
glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
In the beauty
of Godâ $ ™ s sanctuary, the peaceful, serene, secure, clear and comfortable sanctuary, David beheld Godâ $ ™ s power, his
glory, and his
love.
The kind
of love which is the
glory and wonder
of a marriage — growing
love — represents an integration
of all the facets
of intimacy which the couple has cultivated in their relationship.
I can give you the short answer as to why Catholic Churches were so beautiful in earlier centuries; in the words
of Isaiah, «I have
loved, O Lord, the beauty
of thy house and the place where thy
glory dwelleth.»