Sentences with phrase «said holy city»

«Our focus has always been [to] take care of local first,» said Holy City's Brown.

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«It was sensory overload,» he says, a faraway look in his eyes as he recalls a trip to India's holy city of Varanasi 11 years ago with his wife and their four children.

Legend says that the Apostle Andrew sailed up the Dnieper from the Black Sea and preached to the tribesmen who lived on the riverbank, predicting that one day they would build a powerful, holy city.

Ignoring the warnings of American bishops that American teenagers would not likely be very interested in listening to what the Church had to say, John Paul called down an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the 800,000 youth who gathered with him in theMile High City, taking as his theme the words of Our Lord in John 10:10, «I came that they might have life.»

Living in low - income housing, teaching free literacy classes to refugees, setting up basketball camps for bored inner - city kids: all of it had a few costs for me personally, sure, but the holy buzz of pats on the back from friends and church people, and the feeling that I was the only person really getting what Jesus was saying — this more than made up for doing without.

The problems began, he said, after his supervisors learned he was using his approved vacation time for Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the last month of the Islamic calendar.

«More than anything else» says Diana Eck, writing of the holy city of Varanasi, (formerly known as Banaras), «it was the multitude of divine images that elicited the strongest response of Westerners in their encounter with Banaras and with Hinduism generally.

only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our life to the Lord, we streight way (so to speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made, God Bless you!

Writing in the 19th Century, the evangelical missionary to the Holy Land, Rev John Nicolayson said the supposed miracle was evidence the city of Jerusalem desperately needed to hear the gospel: «If anything especial need be urged in favour of a missionary settlement in Jerusalem, this and other similar perversions and mockeries of the truth and of sacred things, furnish a most urgent plea.

They remembered, for example, that he had uttered somber warnings of disasters threatening the Jewish community and its holy city, and that he had said that «this generation» was doomed to bear the accumulated guilt of Israel's sinful past.

You know, please rest your conscience here as you read I am not an authority AT ALL as youll come to see, My lord has pulled me out of church the holy spirit filled church where I recieved Christ, and told me to visit ALL churches, oh and by the way 6 years ago The Lord asked me to open an out reach food pantry and safe haven for the needy, in the city that we live in, anyway this journey was humbling, God always shows me I am the stinker, that its my flesh that wars against the spirit, So many people are worried about satan, and demons or bad freinds or family or other religions, Yeah it makes you wonder 1st is it the same bible Im reading Jesus said it is finished!

Then Onias said, «This is God's prophet Jeremiah, who loves his fellow - Jews and offers many prayers for our people and for the holy city.»

Three times it is said that the kings of the earth commit fornication with the great harlot, the city of greed and lust (17:2; 18:3, 9), But in the end the kings of the earth bring their glory, their wealth and power, into the holy city.

Thus says the LORD: I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.

Mat 4:5 Then the devil * took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, Mat 4:6 and * said to Him, «If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, «HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU»; and «ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.»»

(CNN)- An Israeli man was killed and four others were wounded early Sunday morning near Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy site in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, an Israeli military spokesman said.

Kathleen I do feel the need to point out that in the last chapter of Revelations it says «For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.»

Even today, as both Kreutz and Minerbi report, the Holy See does not consider the disposition of the city to be fully resolved, and it deeply desires a say, within the framework of international law, in that negotiated resolution, no matter who holds actual sovereignty over the city.

jesus said that to a small group of people who wouldn't leave the holy city unless instructed.

«If you can find a corrupt mayor of New York City, holy moly, that's a big prize,» said Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

«These inner - city schools represent both new immigrant populations from Latin America and established ones from around the world, representing a diverse cross-section of families and traditions that is uniquely «New York», and one that is close to the heart of the Holy Father,» said Superintendent Dr. Timothy McNiff in a statement.

«The cabinet has banned the entry of all Saudi products and products from Saudi Arabia,» the government said in a statement, noting that a ban on Iranians travelling to the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the umrah pilgrimage was also in place «until further notice».

The directorate said at least 863 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday's stampede, which took place in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

Both, though, precede Malachy's final pope, the 112th, about which he said: In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman who will feed his flock among many tribulations, after which in the seven hilled city the dreadful judge will judge all people.

The ultimate exclusive hotel experience with Fairmont Gold where our discerning guests have the privilege of choosing their rooms showcasing unrivaled views of either the Kaaba - House of God — said to be built by Abraham and Ismail (Peace Be Upon Them), the Haram or the Holy City.

Khaled Yamak, group director of communications, FRHI Makkah, said: «With our properties affording unrivalled views of, and access to, the Holy Ka'aba and the Masjid al - Haram - the holiest sites in Islam - our central Makkah location is ideal for pilgrims and Umrah performers visiting the city to fulfil their spiritual duties.

The Turner Prize - winning artist Chris Ofili has been a bit chary, let's say, of showing in New York City ever since a certain Mayor Rudolf Giuliani threatened to defund the Brooklyn Museum for showing his absolutely gorgeous The Holy Virgin Mary — a 1996 painting of a black Madonna with a bared breast made from dried elephant dung, surrounding by putti made from female genitalia cut from porn magazines — as part of the 1999 stateside leg of Saatchi Gallery's «Sensation» show.

Looking forward to his second term as managing partner of City thoroughbred Travers Smith, David Patient says his focus is on «the holy trinity of people, space and technology».