Sentences with phrase «joyful spirit of»

Beautifully produced and faithful to the original story, the miniseries also captures the joyful spirit of the novel despite its many heartaches.

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Among the criteria used for selecting parishes: evidence of a joyful congregational spirit; innovative, thoughtful worship; scripture - based teaching and preaching; emphasis on a deep relationship with God; and attempts to boldly confront problems within the membership and the community.

Through his own joyful spirit, and by encouraging that virtue in others, through healthy friendships and innocent diversions, Philip laid the groundwork for souls to advance in virtues of every kind.

They were concerned with a joyful transformation of life within the world accomplished through the possession of the Holy Spirit.

They are not able to observe the discretion of the New Testament authors, including St Paul, in this matter; or to be satisfied with the joyful assurance of the Apostle when he says that henceforth death can no longer separate from Christ him who has the Holy Spirit.

When the choir, instead of making «a joyful noise unto the Lord,» seems simply to make a noise, when the prayer is verbose and effusive or lifeless and pedantic, when the sermon has little in it to nourish mind or spirit, to worship vitally in church requires great inner resources.

Therefore if we recognize the great and precious things which are given us, as Paul says (Romans 5: 5) our hearts will be filled by the Holy Spirit with the love which makes us free, joyful, almighty workers and conquerors over all tribulations, servants of our neighbours, and yet lords of all.69

By the members of the Synod embracing their role as a band of joyful missionary disciples, we here in Southeast Michigan will be strengthened for our vocation «to be all in» with the New Evangelization, to have full confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit to heal and transform, to put uncompromising trust in the Lordship of Jesus over every time and place.

The truth is, as adults, many of us are annoyed by the energized, joyful, fully present spirits of our children.

Nothing about the scoreline particularly suggests that the game was one of the great modern international matches, an open and joyful affair, two hours of punch and counter-punch that provoked ITV's commentator, Clive Tyldesley, to praise both teams for their «generosity of spirit».

Under the terms of an agreement reached recently by the Park District, the Corporation of OpenLands (CorLands) and the Joyful Spirit Church in Bolingbrook, the park in the Heritage Heights subdivision will consist of roughly 2 acres of open land owned by the church and an acre the Park District has acquired from CorLands.

I especially love her joyful spirit and healing philosophy that centers around providing treatment only after fully listening to you and discovering the root cause of your ailment so that you may experience lasting relief and prevention of future illnesses.

Choose a pair of colored and joyful sandals since it is summer and it is nice to be in the summer's spirit.

The film's greatest strengths are Eddie Redmayne, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, Benoît Delhomme cinematography and, at risk of crowding the list of highlights, one must credit James Marsh's helming of the project entire, which echoes his previous Oscar - winning effort, Man on Wire, in a most joyful manner by presenting Professor Hawking as a man who's physically the yin to that films uber - athlete's (tightrope walker Phillipe Petit) yang and yet a kindred spirit in terms of sheer zest for life and experience.

During a short time it was praised, however: some 13th century grinning sculptures (i.e. in the cathedrals of Magdeburg and Naumburg) prove that smiling was then considered as an expression of the joyful presence of the Holy Spirit.

The Oiticica exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (curated by César Oiticica Filho and Rachael Thomas), had the advantage of being conceived with Oiticica Filho, who visibly transmitted the spirit of his uncle into a joyful exhibition design that encouraged direct access to, and manipulation of, the artist's colorful objects and environments.

Beside this, it's also impossible to ignore the joyful and anarchic aspect of many of his images, which are youthful, spirited and as utopian as they are cautionary.

* The Sei flower is an important part of Pacific culture and represents the joyful and resilient spirits of Pacific Islanders.

To foster the connection between the participants from all over the world, the Pacific Climate Warriors distributed Sei flowers, which represent the joyful and resilient spirits of Pacific Islanders.

Throughout our dance, we continued to make bids for this type of playful and joyful connection, and we had abundant opportunities to choose to turn toward one another in a spirit of childlike play.

It is their mission to serve the residents of Long Beach in a manner to help all people strengthen their mental health in the spirit of healthy and joyful lives, families and community.

I also think that because of one's joyful and positive spirit they bring those things upon themselves — as is the case for you!