Sentences with phrase «prayers of people who»

And, in a very strange reinterpretation of American history, Huckabee declared, «I believe America is an exceptional country created out of the providence of God because of the prayers of people who, on their knees, begged for a place where they could be free and raise their children in the freedom to worship and to speak out and to protest, and where every person was equal to every other person in intrinsic value and worth and no person was worth more or worth less because of how much land they owned, what their last name was, what their occupation was and what their bloodline was.»

Not exact matches

Liveris: I condemn the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and my thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones and with the people of Virginia.

I condemn the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and my thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones and with the people of Virginia.

I had a professor in college who prayed for a particular person each time he turned on a light switch, and I love that idea of partnering normal, daily actions with intentional prayer.

For me, those are the people who go to church and make a loud show of prayer and other worship to be seen, but treat others badly.

Three Categories of People (1) The Righteous [2:3] who believe in the unseen, observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and from our provisions to them, they give to charity.

As one person said to me, «If we are serious about sharing the gospel around the world, shouldn't we be glad that we still have missionaries who pray rather than setting up a bureau of prayer inspectors!»

You can express your good thoughts, but don't trash the concept of God to a person who believes in God by telling them you will send your prayer to them?

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

If you don't ask them to pray the sinners prayer or ask if they are saved (and I don't mean go to church every Sunday, because believe me there are and will be A LOT of people who attended church sitting in hell.

The ancient practice of liturgy has helped us see how God is remaking us into a people who can become the answer to the prayers the Spirit is praying through us.

There are many examples of people who believed in prayer, like Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King, JR, who testified to the strength it gave them to face an angry, powerful and hostile power that hated them.

There is alot of debate out there about Christians, but just forget that debate, and take it from me, a person who says prayers, goes to church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.

Instead of wasting your time on prayer, why not actually help the people who need help huh?

There have been legions of people who have prayed for me but I'm sure YOUR prayer will make the difference.

What if the company is owned by a person who is in one of the religions that doesn't believe in ANY medical procedures, are they to be allowed to provide a policy that only provides for prayer?

Considering that the temple was an official place of religion, it is surprising how much of this recognition of the true character of Yahweh has been preserved in these prayers for humble persons who need salvation from the wicked.

There are many people today who walked an isle at a revival service, raised a hand at a youth event, or prayed a prayer in a trying moment of life, and they think that these actions «saved them.»

I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack of an affirmative answer.

It's not just pray and sit, although yes, there are some groups that believe that prayer does it all but that's not the belief of all people who believe in a god.

Meanwhile, Eucharistic adoration throughout the night is always filled with young people offering up an unceasing litany ofRosaries, Chaplets of Divine Mercy, songs, and silent prayer, while any priest who sits down and puts on a stole to offer the Sacrament of Penance will quickly find a line of young people forming for confession and could easily spend several hours dispensing the healing power of Christ's sacramental grace to his children.

-- like the Republican evangelicals who all think their church is the most Christian, the most right, the only ones going to heaven yet ignore the real teachings of Jesus by judging others, ignoring charity and the needs of their community, not understanding when the Lord's Prayer begins with «Our» Father — the «Our» is not just white people.

Standing under the word in prayer while waiting for the clarification of the Spirit will satisfy neither those who argue for «justice now» nor those for whom the faith itself is at stake in this issue — and those people will necessarily continue their professions and protestations.

This is fascinating — I think a lot of people who are basically atheists «try» religion in this sense — reading sacred texts, reciting prayers, even attending church.

I tried to «transcend» blogging with these people who «through hours of prayer and discernment» decided I was crazy while their crony was having an affair.

Curiously, such requests often come from people who retain little more than a vestigial sense of prayer as a ritual act that dignifies the occasion.

Prayer for a person who died is necessary, since the spirit of such a person continues to live.

One of the incidental rewards that most people who become interested in AA derive from their contact is a little gem known as the «AA Prayer.»

I think most people who believe in prayer don't have insidious reasons for it... I am open to the idea that I am wrong, but the paranoia of many on this blog is disturbing.

I once heard a story of a Bible study group who decided to make a prayer list of all the people they «disliked» the most, and then pray for these people every week as part of the Bible study.

James You think that people are opening these meetings with prayer as an «insidious method of identifying those who believe differently than the one leading the prayer» I hope you are wrong.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

Has it ever seemed strange to you that although there can be dozens of people out in the community loving others, serving the poor, meeting needs, and helping the homeless, the «truly spiritual people» are those who come to church on Wednesday night for the prayer meeting where they pray for the poor, the homeless, and the other needs of the community?

There is a certain inconsistency in the fact that persons who accept without question the presence of God in the physical universe so often wonder if there is any reality in it when the processes of prayer are examined.

Quite often, instead of a tip, people who wore Christian t - shirts and asked their servers for «prayer requests» would then leave a gospel tract or one of those fake «$ 1,000,000» bills with the gospel on the back instead of any sort of tip.

On the basis of this belief there came to be a group of Wahhabis known as Compellers who considered it their religious duty to see that people performed the prayers at the prescribed times, basing their action on the injunction «to command the good and prohibit the bad.»

People who replace a typical five - minute extemporaneous prayer with a set of five or so collects often remark on the experience of spending that much time in prayer thinking about God rather than about their own needs.

Prayer for the Week: Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever.

That moment can be filled individually with a prayer of any faith, with true silence for the meditation people, with nothing in particular for the atheists, or with thoughts about how you are going to remodel your kitchen next week for those who really have no idea about it.

Neither prayer, nor praise, nor the hearing of the Word will be pleasant or profitable to persons who have left their hearts behind them.»

Missionary work to «save the heathens» who use a different word to praise God, any word that is different than their own... even though the other peoples and cultures don't speak English and have their own words of prayer... How many churches respected other cultures and how many do now?

In fact, this norm of caring for the generations can apply to persons who are single, divorced, in single - parent or blended families and, to paraphrase one of the historic prayers, «to all sorts and conditions of human beings.»

But it's my prayer that more of the Church in the West would sit up and notice that this is a divine opportunity to share the good news with people who wouldn't otherwise hear it.

My main point is, when you test to see if prayer works, there are ways to randomize it so bias is out of the equation (Usually double - blind tests work nicely) and then before you even begin you outline that a prayer that works means the person is healed instantly, or to make it slightly more «fair» and conform to laws of nature more, a person who has prayers heals at an abnormally high rate.

His parables frequently end with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).

«Praying congregations are lively places made up of diverse people who are longing to take prayer seriously.»

Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,

Also re prayer, think of all the millions of people who have prayed to have their sick relatives cures of horrid diseases (diseases that your nasty sky fairy would have created, according to your folklore), only to have them die agonizing deaths anyway.

«We give food relief — a bag of groceries for each person after prayers,» White said.Canon White cares for the hungry and dispossessed because he follows the Christ who did the same — and because no one else there will.

There is a time that prayers are acceptable — out loud — and that is in the assembly of Yahweh with the people who are a part of that assembly, and the acceptable prayers would be blessing of our meals and the Bible study, then having something specific like someone sick and needs prayers, those type of things.