Sentences with phrase «humbling thing of»

For once the humble things of the world are spared the weight and freight of having to portray our tortured and disappointed states of being.

Not exact matches

«What it has to do with is the fact that the person is not humble enough to accept responsibility when things go wrong, accept that there might be better ways to do things, and they just have a closed mind,» says Jocko Willink, coauthor of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.

Good leaders accept the humble responsibility of finding out these things by inviting feedback and then listening.

However, the pizza franchise claims the first thing ever ordered over the internet was the humble pizza in the early summer of 1994.

«It's one of the things we're the most proud of, and the most humbled by as well,» says Amberg, who was named the school's Therapy Volunteer of the Year in 2013.

Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell tells Barron's he's not intent on dominating the Internet of Things, he just wants to continue being successful as the «humble Swiss company.»

He was humbled and embarrassed by many of the things that he brought on himself through his mistreatment of women.

My humble request is that each reader of today's market update does one thing today to help somebody else.

At 62, I have already lived most of my life and I don't quite care about heaven or Hell but I do care about the people with whom I share the earth, my fellow pilgrims, so yes, I would still stick with the Jesus thing as it helps me to remember to be humble, charitable and mindful in my daily walk so that I can contribute positively to the existence of others.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

My point was, if Jesus was humble and back then told his disciples to sell all they had and follow him, then he must not have been to bog on adorning ones self with the riches and material things of the Earth.

From Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...

We find that what we can not do through human efforts, can be done by Christ, if we're humble enough to accept it (Remember, the — I believe allegorical — story of the «The Fall» in Genesis was about mankind wanting to do things on its own and be «like God»).

Hang a print of this cartoon in your study to remind ourselves to stay humble, to remember that our theology isn't the thing it is attempting to describe, and that our ideas will always...

I still think we should still go to the church... or maybe a meeting where all the believer can learn from each other, strengthening each other, pray for each other etc, and of course, to worship God together... It is true that sometime I feel that I do not learn many thing from the sermon, but, many times, I learn by going to the church, knowing that I will not learn something from the preacher, humble myself to still listen to God and worship Him,,,, it is such a blessing to hear others testimony about how God works in their life, it is such an encouragement to see people open up their problem, then, we can pray about them..

At the heart of Mary's worthiness is her obedience, not to a man, not to a culture, not even to a cause or a religion, but to the creative work of a God who lifts up the humble and fills the hungry with good things.

This hermeneutic of love is not mere sentimentality, but one that looks to Christ for its definition — Christ, who did not consider power a thing to be grasped, but humbled himself and became a servant to the point of death on a cross.

And if my eyes were more filled with tears than those of a repentant woman, and if each tear were more precious than a pardoned woman's many tears; if I could find a place more humble than the place at his feet, and if I could sit there more humbly than a woman whose heart's sole choice was this one thing needful; if I loved him more sincerely than the most loyal of his servants, eager to shed the last drop of his life - blood in his service; if I had found greater favor in his eyes than the purest among women — nevertheless, if I asked him to alter his purpose, to reveal himself differently, to be more lenient with himself, he would doubtless look at me and say: Man, what have I to do with thee?

So instead of just talking about it, I would post screenshots and stats and say ridiculous things like, «I'm so humbled that so many people are reading my blog today.»

I can be without fear, I can be pacific, irenic, for faith gives to me the surety that the hungry are filled with good things and the humble exalted, and so I need not be resentful, or self - enclosed, or placatory, but rather I strive to understand, as my fellows do, whether they are men of faith or not.

It is typically from among the rejected and despised things of men that God chooses to draw humble good.

Gladys i sense your frustration but we have a teacher who explains the word to us he is wonderful he opens the word to me all the time i listen to him because from him comes wisdom he is the most humble and gentle of teachers and always leads us into truth.He is our friend our comforter and the one who empowers us when we are weak and he is the holy spirit and once we receive him he never leaves us.jeremiah33: Call to me and i will answer you and show you great and mighty things... brentnz

Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He will exalt you in due time = every thing is His will, He rules over the kingdom of man.

It was in the mood of humble awareness of imperfection and lack of full achievement in Christian experience that Paul wrote, «Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.»

But some Bunyan, writing Pilgrim's Progress in a prison where it was so damp that, as he cried, «The moss did verily grow upon mine eyebrows»; some Kernahan, born without arms and legs, but by sheer grit fighting his way up until he sat in the House of Commons; some Henry M. Stanley, born in a workhouse and buried in Westminster Abbey; some Dante, his Beatrice dead, he himself an exile from the city of his love, distilling all his agony into a song that became the «voice of ten silent centuries», or some more obscure and humble life close at hand where handicaps have been mastered, griefs have been built into character, disappointments have been turned into trellises, not left a bare, unsightly thing — such incarnations of fortitude and faith have infectious power.

I think the issue here is that in the body of Christ two things are lacking, a humble attitude and a loving heart to serve.

To explain how, he turned to the second chapter of Paul's Letter to the Philippians where the apostle speaks of the self - emptying or kenosis of God: «Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant... [and] humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.»

What the learned combination of ideas denies, writes Buber in this work, the humble and faithful beholding to any thing confirms.

They were taught to expect that this universe of space and time came into existence in one complex, unifying burst of intelligence, the logos in whom, by whom, and with whom all things were made, and that makes all things (no matter how humble) intelligible.

Larson and Amundsen show that the Christian opposition to suicide makes sense in the context of a firm belief in God's sovereignty and the humble trust that God makes all things work together for good.

He will transfigure the body belonging to our humble state, and give it a form like that of his own resplendent body, by the very power which enables him to make all things subject to himselt.

Nevertheless, whether you deem it a good thing or a bad thing, you're staring in the face of a marketing campaign that is building on the theme of «the humble pope.»

God does a lot of things to humble us.

All these things are after - effects, secondary accretions upon those phenomena of vital conversation with the unseen divine, of which I have shown you so many instances, renewing themselves in sæcula sæculorum in the lives of humble private men.

It's a humbling thing when one discovers,» I'm part of the problem rather than the solution»; that I am mischaracterizing God.

Jeremy have been asking the holy spirit for his help with this and in regards to the lame man that Jesus healed I do nt believe that sin was the issue for him just like the blind man was it his parents or did he sin the answer was neither but so that God would be glorified.What was the sin that may have been worse for him.The two situations are related of the woman caught in adultery the key words being go and sin no more only two references in the bible and will explain later the lame man we see at first his dependency on everyone else for his needs he cant do it he is in the best position to receive Gods grace but what does he do with it.Does he follow Jesus no we are told he goes to the temple and Jesus finds him now that he has his strength to do things on his own what his response to follow the way of the pharisees that is what is worse than his condition before so he is warned by go and sin no more.We get confused because we see the word sin but the giver of is speaking to him to go another way means death.Getting back to the two situations of the woman caught in adultery and the lame man here we see a picture of our hearts on the one our love for sin and on the other the desire to work out our salvation on our terms they are the two areas we have to submit to God.My experience was the self righteousness was the harder to deal with because it is linked in to our feelings of self worth and self confidence so we have to be broken so we are humble enough to realise that without God we can do nothing our flesh hates that so it is a struggle at first to change our way of thinking.brentnz

Maybe you need to «go humble» and admit that WE DO N'T KNOW a lot of things (yet), and quit making up imaginary scenarios, with absolutely no verified evidence, to explain the unknown.

I was haughty, instead of humble — I put fighting for a good thing above the Giver of all good things.

Shadowflash, I don't recall your response to any of my posts... I usually do recall them... But I do agree with one thing you said... «human mind hates being wrong» But I see it differently then you do... I see human mind and human understanding being the stumbling block and point of pride, which prevents man from seeing the reality of his real condition, and the need to humble himself in order to be able to see himself as he is, and seek the help of His Creator without whom he is a living, moving shell, yet, without the vital part of him being alive, which would make him complete.

Let us all walk in love.Before you call anyone a heretic, first be humble enough to listen.Let us avoid the habit of digging up stories in order to discredit one party and to give weight to what we say.These stories may turn out to be empty rumours.We shouldn't stoop that low.Before anyone says God told them things, they must make sure it is consistent with God's infallible word.

It seems not a little strange that the faith which is most insistent upon the principle of Ahimsa and will not take the life of the most humble living thing, makes a definite place for putting an end to one own life.

10 Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach — repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children.

Those so inclined will see a humble man of faith, moved to do the right thing by good advice and a thoughtful sermon.

Towards the end came the Magnficat (the song Luke put into the mouth of Mary the mother of Jesus in his version of the Gospel), with its inspiring poetry, Magnficat anima mea Dominum, «My soul doth magnify the Lord... He that is mighty hath done great things for me: and holy is his name... He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts... He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek... He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away.»

And unless we are willing to humble ourselves and ask Him for some of these things, he will not give them to us.

There is one thing for sure, that I can stake my life on: that if any human being seeks to Know the Truth, and pursues relentlessly, not willing to settle for anything less, and seeks it with a humble heart, God will REVEAL HIMSELF to this person, and this person will ultimately come to the knowledge of Him — through Jesus Christ, His Son whom HE sent to this world to reveal, and declare to us Him, God the Father, the Creator, to declare who He is, His nature, and His character.

I feel I know his heart and mind enough to say that he is a good man, humble, passionate about the things of the Spirit and the church.

The nice thing about this humble pie, is that you can substitute any of the ingredients out for whatever you have on hand.

It's wonderful that they raised a humble girl who can appreciate and be aware of these things so young.