Sentences with phrase «people live as they choose»

Stop talking about living a Christlike life and just live it and let other people live as they choose.

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People object to a system that they see as being dominated by big pharma, a system that intrusively asserts control over our lives, telling us what's wrong with us, and telling us what we must do in order to get better (as they choose to define «better»).

if you're from the US like i am, please move far, far away so those who believe in the first amendment and support all people the freedom to believe and live as they choose so we can focus on real issues like the economy, education, and ending oppression / slavery throughout the world.

It's fine, Steve, for you to believe «unrepentant gays» (for example, people who choose to live as God created them, in committed same - sex relationships) are going to hell.

It's spread through people who choose to see themselves as carriers of Kingdom of God, and use each moment in their life to reflect Jesus, the Son of God, to whomever comes across their path.

We live our lives in our families: the families we are born into, the families we create, the families we make through the people we choose as friends.

If a group of people choose to live by a certain set of rules and actually don't mind, then their beliefs should be respected as we would want our beliefs to be accepted and respected as well.

... What has happened over time is that people were forced to believe in the one of the Abrahamic faiths through Holy wars, torture, Crusades and Inquisitions, and as people practiced this chosen people ideology, whether Christian, Catholic, Jew or Muslim, which was built on the principle of remaining segregated from the un-chosen, their faith urged them to remain segregated, where they lived and never to marry anyone outside their faith... and even in death there is a history of segregation which to this day continues, try having a non Jewish person buried in Jewish cemetery.

I am proud to say I believe in God, I did have the choice to belive or not to believe just as anyone else does, just because I choose to believe in something doesn't mean I have been brainwashed, I could say the same thing about you, but I won't, people can believe what they want to believe, I don't need anyone telling me what to believe, if I believe is because I have seen what He has done in my life and in other lives too, and that's more than enough for me to believe in Him.

Christianity isn't a religion as much it's a religious smorgasbord, ideal for the church - shopping crowd, people who want all the benefits of the core narrative but want to be able to pick and choose how and to what extent they have to incorporate it into their daily lives.

But even propaganda's fictions are never so powerful as those by which people choose to live.

We're called to Live the Kingdom by loving each and every person as much as we love our selves (we demonstrate this by healing the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, feed the poor etc.) Clearly it requires a renewed mind to do the above, because it is through the renewed mind that God has chosen to manifest His Kingdom.

If you are not experiencing opposition in this life as a Christian than you need to take another look at the truth that the Bible and Christ taught... Jesus was a revolutionary figure who opposed the society and people that he lived with... He was not a person who was sugary sweet... and He didn't tell people what they wanted to hear... as Scripture says, the path to heaven is narrow and Few choose it... the road to hell is wide and most are following that path.

Following his lead, all Christians are called to love well across racial and cultural differences, choose to see the world from other people's perspectives, search for and extinguish inequality in the church and society, advocate for each other, esteem one another, and live as true brothers and sisters (Philippians 2:1 - 3).

At the end of the day, great nations are liberal enough to provide opportunities for people to work hard and live a life of purpose without being so liberal that those who choose to not work (as opposed to being unable to work) are given food, shelter, and medical care.

I was just thinking about my «messed up life» and how i thought i had chosen wisdom as a young person.

And it is from this gratitude, fueled by the grace of God, that we live lives as the called and chosen (but not frozen - chosen) and elect people of God in this world.

Thankfully we have people who understand this and have chosen to live as you and I do... in this century.

I look forward to the demise of religion as people all over the World become more educated, and more free to make up their own decisions on what path they should choose in life.

For Byrne, «successful» people often bear a strong resemblance to the damned in Dante's Inferno, for, as Dante makes abundantly clear, in Hell you simply get for all eternity the life you chose on earth.

What does it matter when we die what is important is what we do with our life now.The struggles people find themselves is because of living a sinful lifestyle you cant play with fire and not get burnt there are consequences.Jesus wants to bring forgiveness and healing and remove the guilt and shame that you are feeling.Ive have been there i was just as guilty i do nt believe theres a big screen that replays our life if it is it, it will be about what we have done for God as our sins are covered under the blood of Jesus.The judgement for christians is that we must give an account of what we did for Jesus while we were here did we make the most of opportunities given to tell others to reach out others with his love.Mat 25:14 - 30 the Parable of the talents talks about judgement and for me it is all about what we do for Jesus the ones who are faithfull in the small things are set over much.The one who did nt use his talent that God gave him was punished for his lack of faith.So for those who are struggling with sin and life Jesus loves you and has a plan for your life just trust him to help you and he will.To be fair its wont be easy you will have to make some hard choices but he promises to help you through its all about choosing him over choosing what we think best because he knows whats best for us.Its important the choice you make as it will impact your life for eternity.brentnz

There are indeed many intelligent, sincere, well - meaning people who say such things as: «Whatever the controversy, and however strong the scholarly arguments against it, I choose to believe in the supernatural aspects of my faith, simply because it is very important for me in the life of my faith to be radically aware of sacred mysteries.»

Atheists don't take rights away from people — they believe you can live any way you choose as consenting adults within the confines of our civil SECULAR laws.

We live in a world where many of the things the Bible says — God made everything, human beings are responsible for the world's problems, God chose Israel as his special people, sex is only meant for one man and one woman in marriage, Jesus is the only way to God, the wages of sin is death, God is going to judge the earth one day, and so on — are profoundly unpopular.

This is not a way of acknowledging the simple fact that we live among people as well as things, or that we choose our own associates, or even that much of the material world is now the product of human construction.

Again, as I stated before, whether one prays intensely or does not pray intensely, God does not speak to or lead or guide or direct anyone or put thoughts in anyone's mind or show them signs or speak to their heart or mind or tells them what to do or calls people or chooses people or has a plan for people's lives.

just let people be free to believe what they choose to believe - it's all a choice — just as everything in life - if someone chooses to believe in God, it's their free will, if someone chooses not to, it's also their free will - I do nt get why people get so bothered if someone chooses to believe there is the God of the bible - to each his own I say - as for myself, i choose to follow God of the bible - in the end if it IS all just a story, then I am no worse off than if i choose NOT to believe!

Thus in the marital act, spouses freely choose to instantiate their communion of persons in one flesh open to the gift of life in and through an act in which their bodily activity is as much the constitutive subject of what they are doing asis their act of choice.

I am passionate about helping people move spiritually along their own paths, to boldly go where they've never or even anyone has ever gone before, to explore and find their own spiritual independence and live it out as they themselves choose.

Pam that is a really wise decision most people rush into other relationships because they feel lonely or need a person in there lives as they feel insecure.thats our old nature.You have chosen the best path it is also the hardest.

For if, as Calvinists teach, God, in eternity past, chose some people to be the beneficiaries of His grace so that they, out of all the people of the world, might alone receive eternal life from Him, then Israel, as God's elect people, should all unconditionally receive eternal life from God.

Quite frankly, I don't care how people spend their time, as long as they permit me the same freedom to do with my life and my time what I choose and enjoy, and as long as their leisure pursuits aren't infringing on anyone else's rights.

Both fought for the right of all people to be treated as human beings, able to live and work where they choose.

In other words, this revelation of God in Jesus Christ is not the same thing as choosing some individual people to receive eternal life.

People chose to live their lives as they see fit.

We may interpret the biblical record as God seeking to further this aim first with all mankind, then with his chosen people Israel, then with the faithful remnant, finally with that individual person willing to embody in his own life the meaning, hopes, and mission God has entrusted to Israel.

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

To say, then, that the Word «dwelt among us» is to say that the Word chooses as target the heart of the common life of the people of God, wherever that might be in their pilgrim wanderings.

In that conversation, voices have been heard urging a view of conscience that is curious, even dangerous: Under certain circumstances, conscience may permit or even require that a person choose acts that the Church has consistently taught are intrinsically wrong — such as using artificial means of contraception, or receiving Holy Communion while living the married life in a union that's not been blessed by the Church.

Moses, the most humble man who had ever lived on Earth to that point (Numbers 12:3), follows the Lord's Spirit as the people followed Moses, leading them out from the place in which they were saved from death by the blood of a lamb, through the waters of the Red Sea where their enemies were swallowed up forever, traveling on in a new identity as God's chosen people — free and sent on to serve and worship Him.

Let people live as thye choose and it's OK, you don't have to understadn everything — that's why we call them mysteries.

Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio's short - lived stint as one of two people chosen to pray at President Obama's upcoming inauguration has opened debate about who could step in and offer the benediction.

Even if I learned that God really doesn't exist, I would still want to follow the basic principles of trying to live as a Christian because of the joy my actions bring to myself and others by always trying to put others first instead of being selfish and / or dishonest to get what I want like so many people who have no faith choose to do,

When a person exhibits too much passion over anything — God, a political movement, the latest in tattoos or a popular television show — we label that person as obsessive or compulsive, and mutter, «Get a life» Might we better understand zeal as Isaiah does, as the prerogative of God, who, despite the mess we've made of things, still chooses to care for this battered creation and our faulty selves?

This is Life 101, something all people learn as kids — until they grow up to be a high - level government official who has to choose between one six - figure job near her kids and one far away, and can't accept life's inherent limitations.&raLife 101, something all people learn as kids — until they grow up to be a high - level government official who has to choose between one six - figure job near her kids and one far away, and can't accept life's inherent limitations.&ralife's inherent limitations.»

And this is even before the knuckle - dragging imam offers a harsh, well - received sermon fueled by anti-Semitism and formulations anchored in both qur» anic citations about the Israelites» putative failure to live as God's chosen people and in fever - swamp criticisms of the State of Israel.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

I've also thought about personal choice and I respect your opinion as much as someone who believes that life starts at birth, so why should I limit people from the ability to choose?

CW, if gays shouldn't serve in the military, maybe they shouldn't be in the same schools as «normal» people, or work in the same jobs or pay the same taxes or have the same police and Judaical protections or the right to vote or the right to live anywhere in the country they choose.

Ross the bible is quite clear that it is not by works that we are saved but by the finished work of Christ.We are saved the moment we accept Christ.Can you say that you stopped sinning the moment you accepted Christ i certainly did nt it was ingrained in my old nature.When we have the holy spirit he helps us to be transformed into Christ likeness that process is sanctification.You are right there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus.The bible says that Jesus and the father are in heaven and the holy spirit is with believers though they are one they are also separate individuals.As far as sin is concerned we can not in our own strength live a christian life it is impossible only though trusting the holy spirit by accepting Jesus can we live a life as overcomers.If we choose to accept sin in our lives after becoming christians then we can not become overcomers i think people accept Christ for the benefits and then live there lives for themselves i used to.I do nt know about but how is it going are you overcoming sin in your life or i know i am able because the holy spirit helps me.I do nt have to try anymore i just have to believe that through Christ the holy spirit empowers me to do that which i cant.I appreciate your comments.regards brentnz