Sentences with phrase «gracious gift»

«The Yule log is big and sturdy, a last gracious gift from a big old maple.

John 1:16 — 18, NET: «For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

Their focus on Buddha did not lead them to appreciation the liberation and empowerment that can come from joyfully receiving God's gracious gift moment by moment.

While most gracious gift recipients will dutifully smile and nod no matter how underwhelming the product pick, the reality is that it's the gesture of giving, itself — the recognition of a job being well done — that's what's important.

It is the hap - happiest season of all with lots of laughter, gracious gift giving, fun family time, delicious dining, and plenty of creative Christmas crafts for kids.

Faith Lutheran Church is dedicated to showing the love of Jesus to the world through the sharing of God's gracious gifts with our community and the world.

It is a tragic, tragic thing when a Christian misuses or abuses the wonderful, gracious gift of assurance as an excuse for sin.

Real freedom, then, is God's gracious gift, the fruit of conversion to his truth, the truth which makes us free (cf Jn 8:32).

So while human nature is truly «capax Dei», our end in God remains absolutely supernatural and always, therefore, God's free and gracious gift:

How careless it would be to assume that God's gracious gift could be accepted sometime later when it suited us better.

The natural law is a gracious gift serving to mitigate the consequences of sin, as well as to leave everyone without excuse.

At a stroke we learn that in Jesus Christ salvation is given to us, that God loved us first before we did anything, that all is grace; grace — gracious gift, free gift.

• In 1 Peter 3:7 we find: «Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.»

What I have in mind by this is Jesus» unconditional commitment to God the Father and his constant awareness that his life and ministry is God's gracious gift.

Marriage is a gracious gift of God in that He provides a way for us to join together in a union that far exceeds physicality.

If by a «given» we mean that in Barth's theology God's grace is made real in Jesus Christ, then Webster is surely right: Barth sees Jesus Christ as God's gracious gift to the world.

whatwhat, 1) James has already stated that salvation is a gracious gift (James 1:17 - 18) See also: 1 Peter 1:3 2) James quotes Genesis 15:6 which claims that God credited righteousness to Abraham solely on the basis of his faith (James 2:23) 3) The «works» that James said justified Abraham was his offering up of Isaac (Genesis 22:9, 12), an event that occurred many years after he first exercised faith and was declared righteous before God (Genesis 12:1 - 7, Genesis 15:6).

What some call the role of tradition in the formation of the Bible I prefer to describe as the gracious gift of God in sovereign control of human affairs so as to result in the Bible - the Word of God written.

To the surprise of everybody Elizabeth is adamant that he is to be called John, a name that means «God's gracious gift» and is new as a name in the family.

God has planned each baby born (Psalm 139:14 - 16), and we should not feel pressurized to apologize for His gracious gifts.

Joining Mary to accept this gracious gift was Granite, an adoptable chihuahua from our Boston shelter.

The most recent one to become part of the college's collection is a gracious gift from Gold to the school: a four - part Corten steel sculpture entitled «Chodo IX» that will be installed in mid-September near the entrance to Francis Auditorium.

10 Christmas gifts for women Make a woman in your life smile on Christmas morning with any one of these lovely and gracious gifts.