Sentences with phrase «hand of fellowship»

«We must extend hands of fellowship to both Muslims and non-Muslims; use the month to share, care and show love to others.

Furthermore, in the churches the right hand of fellowship does not symbolize reconciliation but acceptance into the club.

This recognition of grace led the «pillars» to offer the right hand of fellowship so that the missions to the circumcised and to the uncircumcised are given equal standing.

If the case be otherwise, I bet his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother.

«What this company did is a demonstration of hands of fellowship.

«As President General of Ohanaeze, I intend to extend my warm hand of fellowship to IPOB and MASSOB.

He said, «I don't know what Senator Boroffice is talking about because the governor has extended hand of fellowship to all members and leaders of the party.

As Paul is granted the right hand of fellowship, the Gentiles he represents are welcomed into the fellowship of believers as Gentiles, not converts to Judaism.

And the church has often used «the right hand of fellowship.»

Contrary both to widespread Baptist custom and to the practice of Corinth Methodist, Robert did not extend the right hand of fellowship to persons desiring to enter the church.

We must understand that whatever James was talking about - it could NOT have contradicted Paul's message in any way, since James extended the «right hand of fellowship» to Paul when they met for the first time.

As in Galatians, that pastor is called to the Jews, and I am called to the Gentiles... and [in my case] to the barbarians, at that... but somehow, I failed to obviously extend to that pastor «the right hand of fellowship» and so, now I must work to heal his wound.

Extend the hand of fellowship to our GLBTQ brothers and sisters and help them on to victory at the foot of the cross.

It would be like the Jerusalem leaders giving Paul and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship to go to the gentiles while they went to the circumcised, but asking Paul and Barnabas nevertheless to remember the poor in their work.

Reach out to LGBTQ at your place of worship and extend the hand of fellowship, letting them know that they are bound for glory when they unequivocally reject gay coitus and practice celibacy.

When not shouting and praying, people and ministers sang hymns, and during the singing they often turned to their neighbors and shook hands indicating the right hand of fellowship.

I congratulate and thank my fellow aspirants for their graciousness and extend a hand of fellowship to them and invite them to join me in the campaign to win the government house for our party.

«It was on the basis of this invitation and the assurances made to me that I, being party-less at that time, due to the fractionalization of my party, accepted on February 2, 2014, the hand of fellowship given to me by the All Progressives Congress.

We have matched our words with action and extend the hands of fellowship to the Niger Delta based on the conviction that there can be no development where there is no peace and security.

«You have every cause to stand tall and I now extend my hand of fellowship to you all.

While assuring the people of Rivers State that his victory at the Supreme Court will lead to greater delivery of democracy dividends across the state, Governor Wike extended a hand of fellowship to the Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Dakuku Peterside to join hands with his administration to develop the state.

«The hand of fellowship which Mr. President (Muhammadu Buhari) has extended to Ohanaeze gives me immense confidence that we can tame rising tempers.

While thanking God and the people of the state for their support while the case lasted, the governor, in a release signed by the Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Chuks Ugwuoke, also extended his hands of fellowship to the petitioners and all those who lost to him at the April gubernatorial polls.

Responding, the CDS expressed his appreciation to the Chinese government for the hands of fellowship extended to Nigerian military at this crucial time at ensuring that the needful is done to counter insurgency faced by the Nation.

«I want to extend my hand of fellowship because I believe strongly that the future of food security in Nigeria actually lies in the south west and we believe strongly that no matter how much of investment we are doing in terms of agriculture, in terms of commerce, Oyo State holds that key also for us to actually integrate backwards and have a bigger GDP for the south west States as we envisioned.

His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel had long extended a hand of fellowship to everyone, it is left for them to accept it.

While extending a hand of fellowship to his political opponents, Dickson said since election had been won and lost, the needs of Bayelsans and the challenge of improving their material condition remained his focus...

However, in his reaction, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, said Boroffice's allegation was frivolous, spurious and unfounded, saying Akeredolu had extended the hand of fellowship to all aggrieved members and leaders of the party.