Sentences with phrase «of godly people»

by your description i think the population of godly people on the planet can be counted on the fingers of a leper's hand.

The example of godly people is also important.

Not exact matches

Are so buildings not all Godly embodiments written people also to labor God and not seek the Godly buildings husbandry kingdom of God?

Jesus seems to be asking us to be godly in our manner of treating other people with respect.

It's a process of a person casting away their childishness and taking the shape of Godly maturity in their thoughts, words and actions.

We might consider getting the opinions of a few godly people who are not part of the issue who can stand back and see things from a fresh perspective.

Temptations towards people willingly wanting to shun any and all issues of religiosities are quaintly considered conversation pieces by the religiously devoted... God may well love the ungodly more then their godly gardened whose epicenters of rationalisms are their religiously constrained pitfalls for many religions have become divisional and are negatively subjugated thru their own indifferences leaving the heavenly gate wide open...

How can people say that Jesus and the Bible are good when over and over again the bible has godly acts of the utmost cruelty.

I was a churchy person, and I spent my life judging those who did not measure up to my standards of Godly living.

I briefly pastored an extremely dysfunctional church and I loved those people fiercely, but wanted them to shake loose of non-Biblical, unChristian spiritual habits that were robbing them of the joy and soundness that is part of a good and Godly fellowship of believers.

How do we partner with and attempt to shine God's light and to extend a hand of Godly fellowship to people who don't believe like us?

While I have a great deal of respect for the many godly people I know who subscribe to the theology of exclusivism, I no longer believe that it is the only biblical view.

For Christians, this means that not only do people not feel they need to contribute anything to mitigate any further damage, but the idea of Godly stewardship goes out the window amidst a belief that «there's nothing really going on.»

Personally, the existence of the death penalty, which is supported by most «godly» people leads me to believe that we humans are just one more animal species living in a godless jungle, although having ruled out the existence of God, I can't yet rule out the existence of Satan.

Love is God's conquering force over God's people and those who despise and hate God's chosen by Godly loving kindness will He allow the unloving nurtured natures of the prideful to remain...

For instance, when these characteristics are perceived as exhibited in an individual enduringly and in a sense in which these are understood to affect the world around in a favorable fashion — either in an objective sense of effecting something concrete outside such a person [like effecting healing, foretelling, acting as medium in a non-rational manner or simply doing good or saying good to help the people selflessly], exhibiting personal traits, conditions and states which are known to be «abnormal» [like going into trances, hearing voices, seeing visions, or just the simple unconventional behavior, which proceed from such an individual's horizon to affect, influence, impact others» horizons]-- or is subjectively perceived to be extra-ordinary — such an individual is said to be godly, god - bearing, pious or saintly.

These credible witnesses (most all of them Jews, initially) were devout and godly people, who were committed to principles of truth, honesty and integrity.

And in the eye of the beholder we are talking of good people leading godly lives.

This does not mean that every government is godly, but that every government is responsible to God for the common good of its people.

The normal perception of the godly life is of persons taking thought for doing good in order that they may prosper.

Godly Repentence is a God given thing that only happens when the Spirit of God brings a person to his senses about his sin and he sees it like God sees it.

When we talk about prayer, we generally think of a pastor or godly person saying spiritual sounding words to God.

It is measured by the quality of godly life a «recovered» and «delivered» person is actually enjoying in sobriety — individually, with his family, with his job, with his business, with his schools and churches, with his community, and in fellowship with his Creator.

Clearly, none of us are perfect, but those positive characteristics that have resulted from esteeming godly things in our lives can, to our shock and dismay, end up being despised by a person that we thought might be the «right» person for us.

Apparently, knocking up a young girl and leaving the world to deal with the blatherings of the illegitimate child makes some people feel godly.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority.

2Pe 2:9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

I remember getting quite upset at hearing this since some of the most godly people I know and have ministered with live in rural settings.

It is easy to think that there is a sort of calling hierarchy, where people in ministry have a godlier calling than those of us who have normal jobs.

by the grace of god — jesus may have simply appeared to be anything but the son of god... and thru charm and guise won over the sad and lonely turning humble men into preachers of dreams... he taught them how to look stylish in order to get what they needed while being perfunctory... all the while having the semblance of a godly man doing gods work... for hand outs — lets not forget they were poor, aging people on the fringes of society.

Propagate the natural reading of the account from a version true to the Hebrew (such as nkjv): godly men marrying women for their beauty producing a generation of ungodly «men of renown;» and lead people to scholarly sites where they can see what the Hebrew says and compare the Biblical basis for the various interpretations, such as Who Were The Nephilim, Genesis.6 & Numbers 13 A Fresh Look, by Bodie Hodge at Answers in Genesis.

It seems never to have occurred to Calvin that his teaching on reprobation might do more to undermine than to support the godly person's confidence in the goodness and mercy of God.

And so, in a good and godly quest to prepare for the act of loving and serving others, they just attend one seminar after another, one training session after another, one class after another, and many of them never get around to actually loving the other person.

Chrissy from what you have written i believe you have always had a sensitive ear to God that shows obedience and godliness that is not the norm.You must of had godly influence from parents or someone close to the family.Its shows wisdom beyond your years what you know instinctively has taken me years to learn as my heart was stubborn and hard hearted.By your words i see humility and surrender to the Lord that is a powerful testimony may he continue to strengthen you in your Christian walk and may you be a blessing and a witness to others who do nt know the Lord.It shows God has no boundaries he is able to reach people in any situation if they have ears to hear.brentnz

Unfortunately Christianity, Islam or whatever are in the business of controlling the masses, rather than the more noble business of teaching people how to live godly lives.

May the one Universe, in all its Godly and Satanic manifestations, continue to slightly smile upon us, skewed ever so gently towards life within the confines of natural death, as it has for 14 billion years according to Science, or eternally according to religion, or for 1million + years when humanism says «people» 1st appeared, or even for only 5,000 years when Adam & Eve were «created «according to the Bible.

Secondly many people in Bible are called son of God but aren't taken literally and Jesus himself said to Jews that because revelations of God come to me only in that sense I am a son of God as early Godly people were called.

«Disappointed» that the world didn't end... How can such «godly» people wish such a horror on the rest of the world?

Allot of Evangelical Christians feel compelled to vote for someone who is a «godly» person.

Don't you just get sick of these so called Godly people, and their lies and their murdering ways?

This article is interesting for one point: it's a fulfillment of the scripture at 2 timothy 3:1 - 5 that says that in the last days, people will be «having a form of godly devotion, but proving false to its power».

Like Stevens, I know a lot of good, godly people who believe that God tells them where to live, who to marry, what jobs to take, what books to write, and which people to serve.

It was well - written and on a religious side; does show to the riders of bull that prayer before going into the arena may well give them a mental sense of empathy between the natures of natural relativity and a godly presence unknown to most people.

These references depict a society still in touch with its roots, old men and old women renewed in the shade of Jesse's ancient stock, their old frames, matured by godly fear and faith, now become the polished horn for the spirit's eloquence: «The people who have walked in the dark have seen a wonderful light... for unto us a child is born.»

People outside the Church have seen one too many stories about Christians who ignored the needs of others, of «godly» husbands who cheated on their wives, of Christians who took advantage of other people for personalPeople outside the Church have seen one too many stories about Christians who ignored the needs of others, of «godly» husbands who cheated on their wives, of Christians who took advantage of other people for personalpeople for personal gain.

Being the church gathered in praise before the throne of God, on earth as it is in heaven, is godly and biblical, and Our People have done it from time out of mind for a reason.

It was an affront to them to speak of the west as if there were not a godly people to be found there.

just because someone gives you a gift doesn't mean you have to accept it, google the word Libertas and you will find it was a Roman Greek goddess that promised liberty for all the people and it looks identical to ours Statue of Liberty or Lady liberty, America can not claim to be a godly nation and embrace pagan idols.

The Apostle Paul admitted his struggled with sin, but he also gave sound Godly council regarding his and every other persons inevitable daily struggle with temptation and ultimately the sin it so often elicits from even sincere followers of Christ.

how ye ought to forsake and set aside, as much as ye may, all worldly cares and studies... to give yourselves wholly to this Office, whereunto it hath pleased God to call you... and draw all your cares and studies this way that so, by prayer for the assistance of the Holy Ghost, and by daily reading and weighing the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry; and that ye may so endeavour yourselves... to sanctify the lives of you and yours, and to fashion them after the Rule and Doctrine of Christ, that ye may be wholesome and godly examples and patterns for the people to follow.1