Sentences with phrase «gracious words of»

I will finish with the gracious words of the Archbishop of Canterbury, addressed to Pope Benedict at Evening Prayer with the Pope at Westminster Abbey.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell was pressing the flesh of thousands, and Muhammad Ali had a few gracious words of benediction.

If our critical readings lead us away from trusting the grace of God in Jesus Christ, then something is amiss, and we would do well to interrogate the methods and presuppositions that have taught us to distance ourselves arrogantly or fearfully from the text and to miss scripture's gracious word of promise.

Faith of this sort is not the response of the believer standing before the gracious word of God in Christ, but itself becomes the ground of certainty and the saving force.

Not exact matches

God so loved the world He gave His son Christ... I would not want my last hours on earth to be filled with only kind words, but also with the truth of salvation thru Christ... because of God's gracious love.

The covenant was not simply a piece of paper affirming partnership no matter what, but instead a means to secure the «robust accountability» and «gracious restraint» that characterize deep relationships rooted in mutual recognition of catholic faith and order, grounded in creedal doctrine, and answerable to the authoritative word of Scripture.

In simple trust like theirs who heard Beside the Syrian sea, The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word, Rise up and follow thee.

It is rather that in the incarnation of the Word of God humanity has been taken into unity with God; human life has been sanctified; and a way has been opened for all men in every century and in all circumstances to enter into their right relationship to the Creator (the relationship of sons to their Father) through God's gracious approach to them in Christ and the response of trust and obedience which God in Christ evokes from them.

Up to this point, Luke says, «all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.»

The assembly that heard his gracious words in the hometown synagogue responded warmly, but before they could heap on too much praise, Jesus slipped a jeremiad — a complaint reminiscent of Jeremiah himself — into his talk.

Prayer for the Day: «O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.

notice, those whose talents are spent vilifying the Word of God have no interest in the merciful, gracious, and loving, side of God.

God has given you the skill to speak truth based on your knowledge of the Word, your ability to apply logic and common sense to that knowledge, and express yourself in a kind and gracious manner.

We may prepare for our next section, then, by affirming that, for Christian faith, by the prevenient Action of God a human life was taken and made into the instrument for the gracious divine operation; in more traditional idiom, the eternal Word, Self - Expression of very God, was clothed with a true humanity, crowning the rest of God's work in and for God's human children.

The Reformers proclaimed that the sovereignty of God was both a critical word against the world and a gracious act of deliverance.

The gospel of grace, in other words, frees us to let people see us at our worst so that they can see God at his most gracious best.

All spoke well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth (Luke 4:16 - 22a).

Thrice gracious Lord Now, now I feel how true thy word; Translated to this happy place, This blessed vision of thy face; My soul shall all thy steps attend In songs of triumph without end.

I regard as basic the proclamation of sovereign freedom: «I will be what I will be,» fashioned analogously to the words: «I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy» (Ex.

It is a good - faith effort on the part of some Roman Catholics and some Evangelicals to say, with as much clarity as possible, how they understand God's gracious gift of salvation on the basis of the Word of God.

This seems to bring the Word into our time and make the Bible come alive in our language, but the question is, has the word of promise and of judgment, of gracious offer and of crisis for the world, come through forcefully in this translation, or has the preacher simply been cleverly interestWord into our time and make the Bible come alive in our language, but the question is, has the word of promise and of judgment, of gracious offer and of crisis for the world, come through forcefully in this translation, or has the preacher simply been cleverly interestword of promise and of judgment, of gracious offer and of crisis for the world, come through forcefully in this translation, or has the preacher simply been cleverly interesting?

Luk 4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.

If saying that something is vile, demonic, and later go on to compare it to Nazism, is somehow gracious, then we have different definitions of the word.

The belief that God's tenderness embraces all creatures gives more meaning to the words with which Abraham Lincoln concluded the Emancipation Proclamation: «And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.»

A people whose faith attributed their very peoplehood to the gracious, purposive power of their God, Yahweh, now suffered, no doubt with bitter incredulity, the destruction of this wonderfully created people of Israel; and, according to the same Yahweh - faith, the end was effected as the beginning, by Yahweh and the power of his Word.

When Jesus stood up in the synagogue of Nazareth and read out the words of Isaiah, «The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor... to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour», the congregation wondered at «the gracious words».

The words «goodness,» «gracious,» and «mercy» (vs. 19; see 34:6 - 7) also emphasize the nature of the Glory.

The words came up to me on every side jostling one another and smiling in agreement so that, where before there was hardly any word in the whole of Scripture more bitter tome than penitentia (which I sought to feign in the presence of God — coram Deo — and tried to express with a fictitious and forced love), now nothing sounds sweeter or more gracious to me than penitentia.

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.

The requiem service in memory of the Russian patriarch Tikhon was a grave and memorable ritual set all about words of wise and gracious appreciation of a brave spirit.

This was a much softer and more gracious term than his audience would have preferred, and one woman quickly chastised him for his choice of words.

And once again Waltz gave an impeccably gracious acceptance speech, naming and literally bowing to his esteemed fellow nominees and praising his writer - director through artful repurposing of Tarantino's own words.

And all bear him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.

I'm Glenn Jackson i recently had a very pleasant & rewarding conversation with Mr. George Ackerly George was not only very understanding & informative but gracious i was pleased with the results of our conversation consultation & when we were finished Mr. Ackerly said something in a beautiful tone of voice that made me feel wonderful he said (God Bless you) i love an try & walk within Jesus all day & when & how he finished with those words it felt like two Christians having an understanding.

Two words describe such a dog: Manchester Terrier A Bit of History As old, perhaps, as the British Isles to which it is indigenous, the Manchester Terrier possesses a unique and distinctive beauty characterized by a clean and gracious outline, which is enhanced by rich mahogany markings.

Whether you have won or lost, a gracious or humble online gamer should always utter these words at the end of a match.

Words float out of the gracious veil of pallid, delicate colour she has transferred to a gallery surface: outside brought inside, street art memorialised, an abstract painting as a documentary photograph.

Passive House Canada thanks Mattheo, Karel and Karen for their gracious hospitality, as well as our sponsors the City of Vancouver and Vancity, and the many members of the B.C. design and construction industry who helped make the prizes happen and who helped Ice Box Challenge spread the word about the benefits of high - performance building.

«When I think of Mary, the words gracious, generous, compassionate and courageous all come to mind,» said PPNC's Board Chair, Miranda Meyer.

Being new at this blog - thing, I have found a whole world of gracious girls so willing to send a kind word and lots of joy!