Sentences with phrase «other was a spiritual leader»

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The other was a spiritual leader with a ministry spanning across the U.S. and overseas, this was a man devoted to teaching others how to live in accordance with his view of the Bible.

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3) The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11) The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55) 4) The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23) Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance.

Yes, we are spared the pain of seeing our spiritual leaders portrayed as sweaty, quaking, self - righteous, pulpit - pounding televangelists, but on the other hand the last few years have shown that Hollywood has no problem seizing the headlines and showing priests as either pedophiles or at least questionable.

When I asked the 21 - year - old student leader of the trip what was the chief motivation behind him and his fellow undergraduates making the journey, he replied that it was primarily a spiritual motivation: «Because it is an overwhelming experience to be united with so many other young people in praying together and witnessing to the joy of being pro-life.

While there is a certain amount of authority inherent within the pastoral position, it is, like any other form of power, easy to abuse, and while pastors are spiritual leaders, this does not make us immune to the lust for power, but to the contrary, often seems to amplify it.

Is it possible to have the favor of man and God poured out like crazy on a ministry - and that minister / leader still walk in total surrender and humility and be able to stay in touch with other human beings without thinking he / she / it have been lifted to some elite spiritual status?

Jesus didn't envolved himself to become an adviser or spiritual adviser to any political leader of his day, be it Herod, Pilate and others, thereby having a share of the vain glory in the eyes of the people.

The devil has blinded the leaders of the churches of today when they serve carved images of the flag of any nation... In Exodus and Deuteronomy God said, not to serve or bow down to any carved image in the likeness of heaven above or in the likeness of the earth below... When you pledge your allegiance to the flag, you are pledging your allegiance to the carved images of the flag... The founding fathers made carved images in the likeness of heaven above and in the likeness of the earth below and set the carved images on a flag and the flag is high and lifted up on a flag pole... Some nations are serving the stars, the moon, and the sun, and others are serving the eagle, the bear, and the tree... The U.S. is serving the stars of heaven and the eagle of the earth... Canada is serving the leaf of a tree... Mexico is serving the eagle and the serpent... When you put your right hand to your heart or to your forehead, and pledge your allegiance to the flag, you are committing fornication with the carved images of the flag, God calls this IDOLATRY... The mark of the beast in the right hand or forehead is spiritual and identical to when you put your right hand over your heart or over your forehead... There is no way to go around God and the carved images of the flag, unless the devil has blinded the minds of the believer, like when he deceived eve and Adam in the garden of Eden.

As those who work alongside tribal groups know, tribal spiritual leaders are generally reluctant publicly to criticize others.

«Clergy psychologists and others who have to deal with clergy health problems and burnout» now strongly caution pastors that to enhance their overall physical, mental and spiritual well - being and maintain effectiveness as pastoral leaders, they must learn to maintain boundaries, particularly between church work and private time.»

In fact, we might see Eid Al Ahda and Rosh Hashanah as far more advanced than the rest of the world precisely because these holidays call to consciousness this repressed but real tendency to pass on the pain that was done to us onto our children, and to remind us that the great spiritual leader Abraham was able to NOT DO IT, thereby giving us the message that we too need not sacrifice our children either actually by supporting the war machine or symbolically by passing onto them various other forms of hurt, oppression and cruelty.

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

The 61 - year - old is the spiritual leader of the global Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, whose friendliness toward the West and whose criticism of other Muslims has earned the sect allies at the highest level of the U.S government, even as it faces mortal enemies in other parts of the world.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

In most respects his life was not unlike that of some of the other great spiritual leaders of Israel.

if we, myself included, truly followed the teachings of Christ and other spiritual leaders we wouldn't be having this discussion would we.

He gives us leaders / elders to help raise us up to spiritual maturity, and we have Holy Spirit in us who is our Ultimate Teacher, Counselor and Guide Tas the Word says, since we have Him, we need no other person to teach us).

Mothers also are called to be spiritual leaders to their children, to other women, to neighbors and the people they interact with on a daily basis.

It is a hopeful sign that leaders of public opinion in other spheres of life are now recognizing the importance of the moral and spiritual dimension of life in society.

If you're a pastor, minister, priest, rabbi, imam or other spiritual leader... which one are you?

Perhaps clergy should stop seeing themselves as leaders or teachers, and settle into the more appropriate role of facilitators and moderators of the discussions, and of other aspects of the learning process which is the basis of the spiritual quest.

Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians have issued a joint appeal for political leaders to «support the consensus of the world» that climate change and other environmental ills have created an ecological crisis that is harming the world's poorest the most.

With Thomas Berry, I believe that we need spiritual leaders who will assume the global human heritage as [their] own individual heritage,» who through contact with other traditions will come to know their own traditions very deeply, and through whose «own self - integration a healing comes to all [humankind]... and the human community is brought into the divine presence.»

d) Add to that the never ending religious pandering by various Islamist supporters lurking in our media (Fareed Zakaria, Dean ObeidAllah, Ethan Casey & a bunch of others on CNN), in our polity (Keith Ellison, Cynthi McKenney Ron Paul etc.), «So - called» Spiritual leaders (Imam Rauf, Farrah Khan etc.), academicia (Fawaz Gerges, etc.), all in the garb of religious freedoms, and whose only purpose is the greater Islamization of America.

The NYT yesterday ran a piece on New York Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and the pressure cooker he's in on marriage equality — on one side he's got Governor David Paterson pressuring him to move the marriage equality bill forward, and on the other a spiritual «mentor» he has known for more than two decades, Reverend Floyd Flake.

Comrade Olafare in the statement also confirmed the arrival of ex Super Eagles players like Peter Rufai, Ike Sorounmu, Garba Lawal, Mutiu Adepoju, Taribo West, Ifeanyi Udese, Waheed Akanni, Gbenga Okunnowo, Oladimeji Lawal and others at Ile - Ife received on behalf of the Arole Oodua by the national team's former coach who is a prominent indigene of Ifeland and Balogun of Modakeke, Highchief Festus Onigbinde for the novelty match to be played 3 pm on Saturday at the sport complex of Obafemi Awolowo University organized by House of Oduduwa Foundation in honour of the African foremost monarch who is the Spiritual leader of the Yoruba race worldwide.

«Waking up early can be a real struggle for some, like me, and no big deal for others,» says spiritual empowerment coach, healer, and intuitive thought leader Kelsey Patel.

Central to all of this is also the crucial role of the principal as spiritual leader of their school — directing the Catholic culture and spiritual growth of the faculty and students, while still fulfilling all of their other duties.

People (the public, the media, and so forth) naturally wonder, if only 1 percent of all ethicists, spiritual leaders, moral philosophers, other philosophers, «wise women and men», and so forth are speaking out in ethical / moral terms, then those ethical / moral arguments must truly be «not all that important», or «highly controversial and not broadly accepted», or «only held by theoretical folks», or whatever.

That's why Pope Francis is right... and so are dozens of other spiritual, business, artistic, and military leaders... the pro-carbon denialists / astroturfers are on the wrong side of history's long moral arc.

Aaron, spiritual leader and High Priest, would select two goats designating one as a sacrifice for God while the other — designated by a red string tied around its neck — had the distinct misfortune of representing the nation's sins and was cast off the precipice of a cliff; the original scapegoat.

Others however claimed that the pope should only be a spiritual leader and that his only role is to make «Catholicism exciting through his beliefs» and charisma.