Sentences with phrase «than spiritual beings»

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Furthermore, when you commit to your purpose and surrender your life work over to work that is bigger than you, it's my belief (and my experience) that this is a deeply spiritual act.

Of course if you aren't a spiritual person than it will be difficult to see your work as a sacred offering and because business is about making up your own rules, I would say... choose to see your business in whatever way works for you!

Rather than throwing all issues of spirituality out of the door at work, it would be beneficial to us all if we could freely flow and be connected in our jobs, not only on a mechanical, flesh - y level, but also on a spiritual level.

While many entrepreneurs still come out of an ayahuasca experience with old habits and patterns intact, the entheogen is providing spiritual guidance to a group of capable individuals seeking to make the world a better place rather than focusing solely on profits.

If anything, it looks like a spiritual successor to «Super Mario 64» — more so than a successor to the «Super Mario Galaxy» series, which was made available for the Wii and Wii U consoles.

However, sitting in a comfortable position and focusing on clearing your mind — even if it's for less than a minute — can help your mental clarity and spiritual well - being and set the stage for the day.

The institutional church is so often like Satan... longing to be worshipped and obeyed; teaching that obedience to one scripture is more important than balancing them all; luring us to abuse our power to make a difficult path chosen by God into a simple solution of no new spiritual growth (Matt 4).

But I believe God is so much bigger than something I may say that is not quite right as I walk out my own personal spiritual journey.

I can't say we're persecuted in any real sense in Utah, but on a very subtle level, it is different than it was in California, and there just isn't spiritual time or energy for the debates that there once was; we're focused on evangelism and getting the truth that we - do - agree on out there.

= > There is no necessity for the flood story to be anything more than a massive collection of spiritual truths that explain relationship between God and man, good and evil, life and death all in accordance with the plan of creation for the salvation of souls.

Just because something is termed spiritual, and most things that are termed that are dealing with the relative plane rather than the absolute, doesn't mean its truth.in the spiritual realm.

«The Hispanic community, however, is not immune from the nation's growing secularism, which concerns all religions, as church attendance seems less important to people,» Walsh continued, «and people move from religion to religion and declare themselves spiritual rather than religiously affiliated.»

The theological / spiritual question is more insightful than the physical one.

Those who come to me for spiritual direction are often the ones who help me find more than I ever could imagine.

As a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristics.

Rather than looking at corporate work as the evil scourge of the earth (though you certainly want to make sure your personal values align with an organization's corporate values), riding the elevator to the 11th floor every day may be exactly where God needs you to develop your spiritual character, your gifts and to reach those who are broken, empty and living without knowing their Savior.

Though I personally prefer «faith» bc my spiritual self has been fed by a Love greater than my own... and indeed, faith freed me from religion in a way that spirituality hadn't.

@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.

Sad.It seems to me that she is more of a spiritual person, than a religios one.

In such a time, appeals to the spiritual greatness of the Russian nation may be an essential witness to the Gospel rather than a capitulation to the powers that be.

Is it possible that we've actually believed the hype that we are more spiritual or closer to God than Joe the plumber?

Recognizing that poverty is more than a lack of money, Compassion works through local churches to holistically address the individual physical, economic, educational and spiritual needs of children — enabling them to thrive, not just survive.

But they are leading lives of such spiritual incoherence that their own integrity should compel them to seek reconciliation through the sacrament of penance, and to do so before affirming a fuller communion with the Church than they in fact enjoy by receiving Holy Communion during Mass..

More important than our physical death is our spiritual death.

Or even «hierarchical» religion... I must say that the «hierarchy» in my tradition has been the main instrument protecting me from spiritual abuse, rather than afflicting it.

@ lionlylamb: per rightly dividing the word... the video below is what Paul was talking about (focusing on Christ), not philosophical abstractions... «See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.»

Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»

* is really the SUBJECT OF theology rather than an actual spiritual reality or entity.

That can be fruitless exercise, more like a new year's resolution than a spiritual exercise.

If «morality is a civil matter rather than an ecclesiastical one», then why refer to the spiritual / religion / bible at all in moral matters?

So it is not a spiritual belief thing... not much different than Mr. Obama and his Chicago, liberal clique advising the executive branch, is it?»

I believe that is that is the truth Theo is trying to speak of but he is also trying to tie in some spiritual truths or universal constants that we have no evidence other than religious persons word for it.

Anyway, my question is, do you know about having a spiritual connection (relationship) with God, bet I know about it more than you do.

As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.

I understand if they will only recognize one person as the legal spouse, but to say that a person can not have more than one «spiritual» partner is absurd!

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

Recently, I wrote on the Neue justice blog about how charity ought to be more than a spiritual discipline; it ought to be a way of life.

The flood story touches on just about every aspect of God and salvation and I want it to be more than spiritual.

It's for those who are interested in a totally different take on the baptism of the Spirit and spiritual gifts than the Pentecostal view and the cessationist view.

However, a life time of theological / spiritual formation in our Western Churches has left many people with a concept of God that is more like Baal than the Loving Merciful God and Father of Jesus.

To be honest, it's more than a little scary when the people who are supposed to be spiritual role models for the next generation are seemingly lost in a sea of self - righteous, politicized sin that seems to be so far removed from what Jesus represented.

There is much more involved in Spiritual Warfare than a battle between angels and demons.

Ironically, the bullies often pretend to be super spiritual, more spiritual than everyone else, and of course they (claim they) know their Bible better and are closer to God.

This tells us that your spiritual development is more important to God than what you look like on the outside, or where you were born, or what kind of clothes you wear.

Here, the salvation is of the spiritual kind, rather than the salvation from physical enemies, because of the mention of sins in Luke 1:77.

In particular, Meier insists that the theophany must be excluded from all attempts to understand the event, since it is a later Christian invention rather than a surviving memory of some actual spiritual experience of Jesus.

Although we must not ignore the imagery of the wind and the water in this text, nor must we think that the flood account is nothing more than a ancient myth designed to illustrate a spiritual truth.

But I can not see that the Shoah is derived from any spiritual history other than that of modern neo-paganism.

So that the marriage union betwixt Christ and you is more than a bare notion or apprehension of your mind; for it is a special, spiritual, and real union: it is an union betwixt the nature of Christ, God and man, and you; it is a knitting and closing, not only of your apprehension with a Saviour, but also of your soul with a Saviour.

Approaching the material world via science is different than approaching the spiritual world via Jesus.