Sentences with phrase «joy set before»

As we journey on to the final rejoicing, we fix our eyes on the joy set before us — a place where there is no more weeping or tears, where our eternal reward awaits (Matthew 5:12) and our names are written in the book of life (Luke 10:20).

for the joy set before Him... He endured the cross.

I tell myself to «stay in the spiritual zone» and keep the «joy set before Him» as my focus too.Great article, Edwin.

No, comfort in death has nothing to do with physical comfort and everything to with whether there is joy set before you.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Not exact matches

But we... with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord... looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God» 2Corinthians 3, Hebrews12)

Without the cross, He wouldn't have merited a particular joy, a superlative joy, that was set before Him (Heb 12:2).

looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross [Heb.

Hebrew 12:1 (KJV) Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

The being and the unity of the Church belong to Christ and therefore to His mission, and to His enduring the cross for the joy that was set before Him.

In its simplest form, we can certainly find it in the joy from which He's brought us, the joy He has set before us and the joy available at every step in the present.

Hebrews 12:2 also says, «looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (AKJV).»

Stripped of more and more encumbrances, he was able to bear the only burden that ultimately mattered, as Hebrews says: ``... who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross.»

looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross

On the other hand of the third positive point that I spoke of, the fact that this bedding set only comes with four pieces might be an inconvenience to those who just want to get the nursery set up and move on to bigger, more important things before their little bundle of joy arrives.

It was your before and after pictures at the beginning of this year and the joy with which you shared your journey that set me on this path.

In 2013, he briefly suggested that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was «impolitic» to place opposition to the Common Core State Standards upon «white, suburban moms» who don't want to find out that their children are not brilliant — just before he jumped in and declared that Secretary Duncan was right to be concerned that «a laudable set of guidelines» would be rejected for making kids work too hard, characterized most opposition to the standards as «welling hysteria» from the right and left wing, and chided parents concerned about the increasing lack of joy in school with declarations that portions of school ought to be «relatively mirthless» while blaming stories of students breaking down from stress upon their parents.

Back before I discovered the joys of the miles and points world my main carrier across the Atlantic was United — I liked to «fly the friendly skies» — but I haven't set foot on a United aircraft in years.