Sentences with phrase «joy and peace made»

Such humility does not exclude the ecstatic joy of receiving the Spirit of God, or the peace of agape with God and the neighbour, but it is joy and peace made possible within love's work of forgiveness.

Not exact matches

Although we can't be happy all the time, we need to make sure that we often experience positive emotions such as pleasure, happiness, contentment, peace, joy, and inspiration.

Witnessing the Monsignor radiating peace and joy regardless of circumstance made Brooks realize that despite his accomplishments, he was missing out on something big.

A well - educated and professionally successful Moscow resident, she questions the existence of God, never attends church services, and doesn't even know the Lord's Prayer, yet makes pilgrimages to remote Orthodox monasteries, where she says she experiences a holy world that fills her with utter joy and peace.

When you have pastors turning their role into a command - driven CEO - style one, I think you can make your own inferences... but you'll know them by their fruit, which is the measure of love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, gentleness, and self - control.

The joy and peace we find in the moment of consecration comes from the intimate meeting with the One who called us, the Lord who continues to sustain us and to make us «gods».

According to the New Testament, this experience of the indwelling presence of God is the essential source of the Christian's power (Acts 18) and of his peace and joy; (Romans 14:17) it is the best gift which the Father can bestow on his children; (Luke 11:13; John 14:26) it is the secret alike of moral renewal (Titus 3:5) and of practical guidance; (Acts 13:2) it furnishes the interior standards of motive and behavior which must not be violated; (Ephesians 4:30) whatever else in Christian faith is valuable, even though it be the love of God, becomes effective only when this experience makes it inwardly real; (Romans 5:5) and the temple is easily dispensable since to every Christian it can be said, «Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you?»

Could a human experience with all its subtle mixture of contentment and worry make sense to a being who has eternally existed in perfect peace and joy?

Alcohol and drugs will make you feel good and give you a sense of peace and joy, temporarily.

God, in whose loving reality made known to us in these brief glimpses in the act of worship, gives us «joy and peace in believing»; and that God is our human destiny itself.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is discord, harmony; Where there is error, truth; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.

When a good text comes home to him, «This,» he writes, «gave me good encouragement for the space of two or three hours»; or «This was a good day to me, I hope I shall not forget it»; or «The glory of these words was then so weighty on me that I was ready to swoon as I sat; yet not with grief and trouble, but with solid joy and peace»; or «This made a strange seizure on my spirit; it brought light with it, and commanded a silence in my heart of all those tumultuous thoughts that before did use, like masterless hell - hounds, to roar and bellow and make a hideous noise within me.

I made a promise to pray for one particular friend every single day of her pregnancy, this is how I did it: I wrote her name down and every day, I held her up to the Spirit and quietly prayed for peace, for strength, for joy, for wisdom, for all the big nouns to be gifts for her.

We journey in joy and to joy on feet fitted with the peace of our good news gospel, warding off every attack against that joy with the shield of faith, and wielding the sword of the Spirit, the very Word of God in whom we abide as He makes our joy complete.

It ought clearly to lift him into the presence of God, make him feel the sustaining power of God, stir him to self - examination of his own moral life, send him out with a sense of joy and peace to better living.

For every moment of big beautiful joy or small hidden victories or tender quiet encounters with love and peace, there is the ache and the longing for everything — sometimes just one something in particular — to be made right.

Love has the power to heal, set people free, make whole and put one at deep peace and joy.

For our purposes it makes no difference that some may claim that a combined practice of asceticism / sensuality will lead to peace and joy This is itself a practice which, if followed, rules out either the ascetic path or the sensual path in its particularity.

Feed the body well, nourish the soul, heal the Earth, build community, make peace and, where possible, wreak joy

Life is hard, but having some joy, laughter, peace and serenity makes it bearable.

But birth can be full of surprises, and if it doesn't go the way we want it to, there's lots we can do afterwards to make peace with the experience (without feeling a failure) and make the joy of successfully breastfeeding even more worth the effort.

Some mothers, after taking measures to maximize their milk production, make peace with the situation quickly and find joy in bottle - feeding their babies with love and sensitivity.

While acknowledging the daily reality that parents face, Schaefer's humor and experience make this book a must for parents who want to preserve the peace and also the joy of raising a child.

When you look back on your decisions, how often have the decisions made from fear worked out well for you in terms of bringing you inner peace and joy?

The success of yoga is measured by the joy and peace your practice brings — not the shapes you can make with your body.

Or in other words: for every stressful activity in your day / life, make space for an activity that brings you into a state of joy, calm, and peace.

Chloe felt particularly moved by an article about making peace with the idea of being single and finding joy no matter your relationship status.

As Kenny makes peace with life's joys and cruelties, readers realize that giving up is not an option.

Welcoming and indulging my introverted traits makes me the most happy — thus allowing me to handle the extroverts in my life with peace and joy.

I share the joys and heartbreak I have experienced with the family I've created, and I openly discuss the efforts I've had to make to find peace with my past.

May we all find strength to make good choices, mobility to move with ease, balance to find peace amid the chaos, and a sense of lightness that enables us to find joy and laughter every day.»

Then there's the rush of joy reaching a save room in peace, this game does so well to create dread and making you feel relieved to reach a single room.

About Blog A writer's blog about the journey to develop a life centered on the joy, peace, and freedom that comes from making life all about Jesus.

This book will help guide you as you continue making courageous steps toward peace, joy, and fulfillment.

Faith - based counseling can help individuals and couples find their way back to their former selves, make change and repair relationships, restoring our joy and peace.

I know how hard it is to make real changes that will lead to lasting peace, joy and effectiveness.

I've got my little show & tell basket filled to the brim with ideas for making happy family memories, ways to bring joy and peace into your home, and so much more!

While we can't control what happens in the world, we can make our homes a safety net filled with peace, love, and joy.