Sentences with phrase «personal faith for»

I have struggled with my personal faith for a long time and I am not sure what I believe.

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Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!

Faith for me is matter of personal choice.

I am a person of faith; I am a man of faith for personal reasons based on personal experiences.

There is ample evidence for the existence of God, what you decide to do with this evidence is ultimately up to you, but do not claim that there is none... and I would submit to you that many people believe many things without evidence every single day... but do not lump all people of faith into one basket... I have personal proof that God exists, but proof for me may not be proof for you, some people can see something with their own eyes and still deny it, that is why I said it is ultimately up to you to decide what you believe... there is much evidence both for and against the existence of God, you need to decide which evidence you choose to believe...

Few can match Job for pure misery, a man who went from immense personal wealth and happiness to utter nothingness in a matter of days, and fewer can match him for stony faith — a resolute, steely trust that God had an answer, even if that answer didn't really make sense from an earthly perspective.

ONLY Faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Personal Savior is required for Salvation!

Franklin and Whitefield were not on the same page in terms of personal faith, but they enjoyed a warm friendship and lucrative (for Franklin) business partnership.

Although I was raised in a Christian family and charismatic, fundamentalist church, attended a Bible college, and had professed the Christian faith for years, it wasn't until this experience that my intellectual assent of God's truth became deeply personal.

While taking advatage of people's faith for personal reasons is terrible, please do not assume that being religious means someone is uneducated.

Look... I think I may speak for most when I say I'm a Catholic by faith that is rooted in maintaining a strong personal relationship with God.

There are many of us who are weaker than we realize, and in an effort to be heard and enjoy some personal accolades as a leader of the faith, are; but only to look foolish for narrow - mindedness, cultural irrelevance, or logically flawed expressions of theology.

Fortunately for us, the argument ought not to be about our personal validity, but to the objective claims we make about the truths of scripture and the essential elements that genuine Christian faith has and does contribute to society.

The case of the Lenten fast — as is the case with most faith - based fasts — is to provide an opportunity for personal growth.

For the chairman of the Standing Commission on Evangelism, while claiming to honor those authoritative references, the normative articles of faith are constructed by perceived cultural directions and personal needs.

So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

The better way is for people to be connected on a personal level to a community of faith.

I know that your personal faith acts as ones own personal moral and spiritual compass, however the president should through out his personal beliefs in exchange for the betterment of all americans citizens not the 2 % of the wealthy class or the corporations, but all americans

And whether it leads to a personal revelation for him, or simply just allows him to be more compassionate towards them professionally as a man of faith, I see only good from this.

The project is personal for Burnett and Downey, coming from a deep spiritual desire for more people to see and experience the stories of their faith.

CNN: Franklin Graham apologizes for questions Obama's faith commitment The Rev. Franklin Graham on Tuesday apologized for publicly raising questions about President Barack Obama's Christian faith, saying «I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.»

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

While personal relationships could form across confessional lines» families hired servants from other communities, for example» and while some religious leaders encouraged respect and compassion for members of other faiths, the relationship among Christians, Muslims, and Jews was hardly a model of cooperation.

The eight criteria of a «mature faith» include these: «Holds life - affirming values, including commitment to racial and gender equality, affirmation of cultural and religious diversity, and a personal sense of responsibility for the welfare of others,» and «Advocates social and global change to bring about greater social justice.»

The people who say they work for nonsectarian institutions often are motivated by their own personal Christian faith.

(CNN)- The Rev. Franklin Graham on Tuesday apologized for publicly raising questions about President Barack Obama's Christian faith, saying «I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.»

Before the election, many evangelical leaders predicted that opposition to Obama over his support for abortion rights, his personal endorsement of same - sex marriage and his vision of government as a force for good would trump reservations evangelicals had about Romney's past social liberalism and his Mormon faith.

The disciples of the former have been concerned with emphasizing the need for a radical redefinition of personal faith, while those finding their.

We noted that Berger admits that for him to speak of play's transcendent dimension as transcendence is an act of personal faith..

Fascinating, that the idea of sharing a meal between people of different faiths, getting to know each other, values, reasons for beliefs, the history, the personal stories of why their faith matters... and seeing the conversation of T.V. (which sounds very interesting to me) should provoke such unattractive comments is sad.

Paul thanked God for personal victory over sin, (Romans 7:25) for the church's victory in the proclamation of its faith «throughout the whole world,» (Romans 1:8) for the lives of faithful Christians, (Philippians 1:3; I Thessalonians 1:2 - 8) and for deliverance «out of the power of darkness» into «the kingdom of the Son of his love.»

The historian can perhaps to some extent account for that faith from the personal intimacy which the disciples had enjoyed with Jesus during his earthly life, and so reduce the resurrection appearances to a series of subjective visions.

Leonard presents personal sanctity as very much within reach — undeniably important for those who feel holiness is a strange and beautiful concept somehow reserved only for the great heroes in faith.

(7) For example, in recent decades the personal motivation and esteem dimension of the Christian faith has been siphoned off, repackaged as motivational seminars, and sold to people for anything from $ 50 to $ 1000 a pFor example, in recent decades the personal motivation and esteem dimension of the Christian faith has been siphoned off, repackaged as motivational seminars, and sold to people for anything from $ 50 to $ 1000 a pfor anything from $ 50 to $ 1000 a pop.

I will forever be grateful for all the beautiful gifts evangelicalism gave me — a high esteem for and knowledge of Scripture, a heart for activism, and a deeply personal experience and expression of faith.

I believe that faith is truly for the individual, something so personal between me and God and that religion is for the masses.

The scriptural witness of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for faith; Mary did not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now on another plane, with the Father who is the Father of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has raised him from the dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his lack of faith; but he does not believe because of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the happiness of those who have faith without sight is greater.

In a briefing, sent out ahead of the meeting, the Church said the Synod would look at «the liturgy for Affirmation of Baptismal Faith, contained in the Common Worship service book, may be used with people who have already been baptised» but who wish to «reaffirm their identity in Christ after a significant personal transition, including gender.»

This, of course, does not mean that there; is, avoidably as well as unavoidably, much that is «undemocratic» in the Church, if for no other reason than that the baptized children must slowly be led by the Church to a free and responsible decision of personal faith without which no adult can be a member of the Church in the fullest sense.

I wonder what that man would have said, could I have asked him whether he was concerned about our nation's need for a renewal of powerful, ethical religion that would re-establish faith in spiritual realities and values, and elevate the standards of personal and public integrity.

My own continued search for The Divine, and my own personal experience of «learning how to pray» from some of the poorest people in the world in Guatemala, and the indigenous Mayan Indians, who really do have FAITH in spades.

What Neville does not seem to recognize sufficiently is that theistic faith demands an understanding of God who is the object of its faith and worship (for the believer can not relate himself to what is unknown to him) and, furthermore, that it generally demands a coherent concept of God who is not only the ontologically, valuatively, and rationally other but also an individual reality who instantiates these qualities in a personal mode of being.

The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a sign of a more authentic and scientific faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible with modern life.

They do not give us so much in the way of personal inspiration — not even much positive statement of the faith which, Jude says, «was once for all delivered to the saints.»

Its people are on a quest for personal meaning that in the perspective of Christian faith can be solved only with a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ.

The letter is a fascinating read, in which the Pope explains his personal story of coming to faith («For me, faith began by meeting with Jesus.

We talk so much about personal faith, personal salvation, and all those things are critical, but I think it's so important that we understand that we're part of an eternal relay and we're responsible for handing over the baton of faith to our generation.

It is true that there have been those who committed violent acts in the name of Christianity, but I submit to you they were not true followers of Christ evidenced by their use of religion for their own personal gain as they rejected the tenets of their faith as set forth by it's founder.

Not every «Christian» believes that Obama is a Muslim, and even if he were, his personal journey would be no «Christian»'s business; Christians are not better than Muslims (or any faith for that matter).