Sentences with phrase «n compassionate person»

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For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure to try to be something that you're not, to live your life as an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way.»

In fact, the Tanach is very clear to the Jews that the only covenant they have (and will ever have) is the one pounded out between G - d and the Jews on Mt. Sinai (which, if you read the fine print AND the NT is allowed to be understood / interpreted by designated leaders in the Jewish society; Jesus believed those people to be the Pharisees and told his JEWISH followers to adhere to Pharisee teachings... the Pharisees were the honorable, compassionate end of the theology spectrum in the first century instead of the bad rap they get from a mis - reading of the NT (done generally with no comprehension of Jewish culture or history).

Perhaps god doesn't like a bunch of mindless sheeple, and lets in only people who think for themselves and live honest and compassionate lives because they think it's a good idea, not because they fear eternal punishment.

I would not be surprised in the least if it turned out that there were plenty of compassionate atheists who also help people to escape China or other such oppressive regimes.

I used o think as you do about Jesus being all those «things», about love, self sacrifice, compassion, etc.... But how is Jesus so loving and compassionate when according to the bible he and his Father will throw billions of people into HELL for all eternity for simply not believing in them?

Sadly, I've seen how the Fox church people treat compassionate Christian moderates on an ordinary day, so it won't be too much of a fight.

It's the same message as «sex sells» in that your only worth is some how linked to your vagina and not in what kind of loving, compassionate, strong person you are.

I am not one who would say that I approve of sexual relations outside of marriage, but I have come to be less judgmental and more compassionate; I have come to understand behavior patterns as appropriate for some people in some circumstances even though they could never be called ideal nor could they ever be fully acceptable to me or for me.

Yes, God exerts His right to be gracious and compassionate to whom He wants, but He is not talking about determining people's eternal destinies; He is talking His right to bestow blessings and favor upon certain people for certain reasons.

I don't think that other people's bad political decisions should change a compassionate reaction to a person in pain.

He's an incredibly compassionate person, but sadly this article is correct in stating that his mind is not as clear as it used to be.

Seriously, we don't need people in powerful positions making decisions on the fate of millions based on fairy tales — Because Atheists who have held power positions are so compassionate like chairman Mao and Stalin and Pol Pot.

You all have mocked Christians and some have swore at people on here with Christian beliefs so what am I to think that atheists are compassionate, logic isn't on your side on this one.

A family of Christian people is sustained by the bonds of affection that transform it into a community of compassion... A family shaped by Christian principles is therefore not only a place of empathy where each one seeks to understand and honor the uniqueness of the other: it is a compassionate community of people who suffer with one another.8

Saul / Paul wasn't exactly the sweetest and most compassionate person.......

I am a very compassionate person, this guy isn't any any crisis worthy of 10's of thousands in donations.

Intellectuals do not have better moral judgment than people with little or no education, they do not live more wisely, they are certainly not more compassionate, they have not fewer but different superstitions, and they are capable of the most mindless fanaticisms.

It's not our job to judge people who think pornography is healthy, but there are ways that a compassionate Christian voice can and should be expressed to the contrary.

According to the fundies if you live in India or China and you are a kind loving, compassionate person, and you try to make your community a better place out of love for others and because you know it's the right thing to do, if you haven't said those words, you will be going straight to hell.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.

The story ends with a vision of the all - merciful God, compassionate over Nineveh and calling his representative to a similar outreach of saving goodwill — «And Yahweh said, Thou hast had regard for the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that can not discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?»

not exactly loving and compassionate... people should read that whole book before they decide what a great guy jesus is.

The Conference called the churches to bear courageous and unflinching witness to the nations that the base purposes of people, whether individuals or of groups, can not prevail against the will of the holy and compassionate God.

Instead, we have no choice who gives how much — the government takes money under the guise of being compassionate, but lawmakers can not show compassion by being generous with other people's money.

The host may individually be a compassionate person at times (there are several accounts suggesting the opposite for some broadcasters) but such intimacy and compassion lack plausibility when not expressed in specific, spontaneous, interpersonal situations free of the watchful, editorially corrective eye of the camera.

He just wants you to be a good, honest, loving, compassionate person not discriminate against other people because of a technicallity in a literal translation.

And I then began to find people who were not Christians, who were also extremely compassionate, caring, and generous, and of course, some who were just plain old mean.

If you're a Christian, then I know that can't be the case, because people who have Christ in their hearts are loving, compassionate, kind, forgiving, etc..

But we can be compassionate toward one another not only in the hour of need, but at times when we'd prefer to turn away from people we don't like, people who are different from us, people who do not see eye to eye with us.

That may not be the most compassionate or pastoral thing to do, but I've got a bunch of people who want to experience intimacy with God, and want to obey Him, and want to serve people and change the world, and I need to spend some time with them, not with a lazy baby who wants me to help them succeed in bible trivia.

Turning from the people directly, the Didascalia urges the bishops for their part to take thought that they «be quiet and meek, and merciful and compassionate, and peacemakers, and without anger, and teachers and correctors and receivers and exhorters; and that you be not wrathful, nor tyrannical; and that you be not insolent, nor haughty, nor boastful.»

Seeing my dad wait for his loved ones so patiently has taught me not just to be a more tolerant person, but also to be more compassionate.

You can't love the city of Detroit without loving black people, and you can't love black people without being compassionate to their pains, both current and historic.

It involves being compassionate though and trying to put oneself in the pet's place but as I said, people are often cruel and selfish and so they don't care.

I think she was so successful as an advice columnist because she kept up with the changing times (she realized that Viagra may be useful for some men), was courageous and not afraid to take controversial and unpopular views (like to accept and support gays), and was compassionate (she personally called some people on the verge of suicide rather than just responding to them...

But limit - setting is also compassionate; by stopping the patient from acting in certain ways that are self - injurious, one helps the patient, even if this is not appreciated at the time by the person by helped.

But — aside the frustration of the dinner table — if we are trying to raise compassionate human beings, it is not the best tactic to suggest to them that they be relieved that misfortune happens to other people.

But there are so many people whose names we don't so readily know, or names we may never know — people who are all doing their own little part in their communities, even if only in their homes, to make the world a more compassionate place for their children and future generations.

Instead of a young, irresponsible, uncaring teenager, the person we got to know over the next few weeks was a kind, compassionate, university - educated mother whose biggest desire was to provide her son with the life she couldn't give him.

We have to do it not only by saying I am compassionate person but by doing compassionate things.

Compassion is a huge trait for dad's to have, a lot of people believe that men are not compassionate and that is not true.

These are not easy conversations to have, in part because I myself am always trying to be a better, more compassionate person.

I believe kids with allergies grow up to be caring, compassionate people who pay attention to their surroundings and those around them because they can't afford to walk around the world obliviously.

Raising a compassionate kid who cares about other people's feelings is just as important as making sure you're not raising a spoiled child.

«We're a compassionate state and believe that people deserve second chances after they've served their time but it shouldn't come at the expense of honest, hard - working, law - abiding taxpayers who, in many instances, can't afford to pay their property taxes and send their own children to college.»

«Meditation has limited role in making you a better person, says study: For decades many people have claimed meditation can change how we behave towards others and make us more compassionate — but new research suggests this is not the case..»

«More compassionate people didn't think euthanasia was appropriate for humans, even when we told them the person would be in pain for the rest of his or her life,» Jack said.

Emma Brooke works with beautiful, intelligent, compassionate and spiritual people who have somehow stepped away from their true selves and aren't entirely sure how to get themselves back again.

Emma Brooke works with beautiful, intelligent, compassionate and spiritual people who have somehow stepped away from their true selves and aren't entirely sure how to get themselves...