Sentences with phrase «instead of despair»

I hear that his favour has come and he gives a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.

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Often, people fail to live up to their potential because their failures are met with despair and they expect their rewards to come to them instead of actively pursuing those goals.

Yet, unlike him, they do not despair over the seemingly impassable gap between the inner and the outer, the mental and the natural; instead, they reveal that the world is not dreadfully dead (as we have believed since Descartes and Newton) but utterly alive and awaiting our free transformation of it.

Instead of throwing yourselves into a spiral of despair and debate, let each other have an opinion and let it go.

Instead of going to the community when in despair, we wait; we gather our resources outside the community.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, [a] 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

But then, instead of veering sharply away from despair to faith, humbling himself before God for his weakness, he is more deeply absorbed in despair and despairs over his weakness.

There isn't anything striking or clanging about the arrival, never an announcement or a grand entrance, it's always more of a day - after - day - after - day insipid stupidity that takes over, thick oatmeal quicksand instead of a wallop of despair, acedia is a bit slower, a creep of a thing.

There isn't anything striking or clanging about the arrival, never an announcement or a grand entrance, it's always more of a day - after - day - after - day insipid stupidity that takes over, thick oatmeal quicksand instead of a wallop of despair, acedia is a bit...

The moral transformation of the American political system was manifest during the Vietnam war when large numbers of youth despaired of influencing their government and opted out of the system instead.

What worries me instead is that she seems to have an alternative vision of the gospel that would, in time, turn Good News into bad, hope into despair, trust into anxiety, and love into fear — and this despite John's admonition that «there is no fear in love, for perfect love drives out fear.»

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

When policies do not presume or promote objective values, the resulting moral relativism, instead of leading to a society that is free, fair, just and compassionate, tends instead to produce frustration, despair, selfishness and a disregard for the life and liberty of others.

But faith brings forgiveness for guilt, hope for despair, communion with God instead of isolation, help for temptation, and life through death.29 The new being belongs to the future; the old being belongs to the past.

Before the mother's despair, words of redemption offer no consolation; instead, like the laughter and music which accompany her child's murder, such words mock her torment and deny the profundity of her suffering.

And the stats suggest they should be in the middle of a bad stretch, instead of in the middle of a season - immolating span of despair.

Just one unlucky call would've changed the whole dynamic of our season, if one had went against us instead of for us, we'd be reading allot more despair from some sections of fans.

Instead, women with postpartum depression (PPD) are often gripped with feelings of deep sadness, confusion, anxiety, and despair, and they are deprived of their anticipated joy in their first precious months with their baby.

This could lead to deeper and rewarding change at best, and provides the child with parental role models who are taking responsibility to search for solutions instead of creating an atmosphere of despair and victimization.

By financiers who are not interested in anything about the pain and despair they cause; by the all the mafias of the planet, who use weapons instead of shares of the stock exchange.

Instead, the President is currently waging a war that has thrown many out of work, maimed and killed many, and thrown many communities into despair.

Instead of getting an answer, Fang realizes how much Xie adores Liang Jinglun, leaving him in loneliness and despair.

If I could, I would live only at film festivals, like George Clooney in Up in the Air, but with film festivals instead of airplanes, and probably less crushing despair.

Instead of quelling the young man's desire for a grand, terroristic gesture, Toller catches his passion and existential despair — much to the horror of Pastor Jeffers and Balq Industries, the oil company that's financing the restoration of the landmark church.

Instead, he committed wholeheartedly to Kaufman's insane vision, throwing himself with gusto into every situation, from sitting around pretentiously speaking lines into a tape recorder to performing the ludicrous «dance of despair and disillusionment» clad only in a towel.

Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into despair and hatred, Dr. Abuelaish has called for the people of the Middle East to stop the bloodshed and start talking to each other.

Instead of blaming them or throwing up their hands in despair, the teachers begin to use language of empowerment and persistence in finding a network of support for their instruction, their school environment, and the community.

They not only have the idea of suicide in their heads but are dealing with the kind of pain and despair that makes dying seem like a viable option, instead of a devastating permanent fix to temporary problems.

But life takes over instead, and Nathan's despair is swept away as he finds himself more and more implicated in the joys and sorrows of others.

Herschel Bentley, a 27 - year mortgage veteran who segued into real estate investing in the early 2000s, faced his own personal financial crisis — but instead of giving into despair, ultimately found a way to help thousands of people as the Founder and Executive Director of the Tampa based company National Credit Federation.

There were multiple times where I'd want to dive behind the cover to the left or right of me, only to instead watch in despair as my no - neck neanderthal went barreling over the cover I was behind and right into a Boomer's incoming projectile.

Ultra Despair Girls does away with the murder mysteries and class trials that the series is best known for, and instead opts to hand Komaru Naegi — little sister of the first game's protagonist — a hacking gun that shoots out computer code using electromagnetic waves to take down an army of robotic Monokumas (the evil black and white bear) in more of a third - person shooter style.

Instead of falling into despair, they sought to invent a new language of art, which by extension would imply a new culture, a new civilization and a new beginning for humankind in general.

The story has one of three different final scenes depending on what the users choose: Lorna remains imprisoned in her apartment and despair, commits suicide or she shoots the TV instead, symbolically» murdering «the mass media.

Instead, hold the times of despair, anxiety, and hopelessness.

To behave reasonably right, without breaking the terms of your bail, but you are left choice less instead to suck your family and friends finance's and emotions dry, so dragging them also into your own deep misery and despair.

Instead of nursing feelings of despair and giving up, I look for opportunities.

However, this was an important life lesson for her; instead of self - pity or despair, she realized something transformative: «I need to «show» what I see inside,» she says.

By joining Johnny in his anger and despair, (instead of arguing with Johnny that he CAN do it), mom helps him uncover perhaps the bigger distress under his belief that he can never do it.

It could be frightening to think about all that is going on around us, but I refused to give in to thoughts of despair and discouragement, fear or negativity, and choose instead to focus on the beauty of the season.