Sentences with phrase «thinking as a servant»

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I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master... no christian can argue against this, as far as «turning over all logic, your mind, and your powers of thinking, your power to love»..

You see, the Papa needs lots of non-critical thinking servants to procreate lots of baby, Roman Catholic - bots to indoctrinate into the faith, so as adults, they too can flock in kind, to see the greatest fraud ever foisted upon the World.

But as I've been thinking about what it means to participate in a holy, set - apart kingdom, a kingdom in which even the greatest are called to be servants, I've come to appreciate the fact that the only way for such a kingdom to remain distinct in this culture is for love to transcend mere civility.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

You Jews rejected your own because you thought he was going to come as a mighty warrior the first time when he really came as a suffering servant.

As I think about debt, I recall the Parable of Talents in the Bible where the master going on a journey gave three of his servants» talents to manage in his absence.

Perhaps, in order to persist in thinking of himself as a good and decent man, an upright king and an honorable servant of God, he told himself that as king he had special privileges regarding affairs of the heart.

McCormick discusses areas in which his thoughts have shifted: The nature of the church; the church as the people of God; the church as servant; the church as collegial; the church as ecumenical; the ecclesiological nature of the church; importance of lay witness; the teaching competence of the episcopal and papal branch; the church and moral truth; the place of dissent; birth regulation; ecclesial honesty; the dynamic nature of faith.

But he also thought of himself as the Suffering Servant of God, a Messiah who would conquer not by political power, as many of his contemporaries hoped, or by dramatic and spectacular intervention, as the apocalyptists expected, but by the long, slow process of winning men to faith in God and to the love of God and one another.

Or do you really think, as it seems you are saying here, that God gets more glory from those that confess that, as long as they are in this world, they will be in bondage to a certain amount of sin, than from those, like myself, that confess that they are free from sin, and servants of righteousness through the power of Yahshua?

My brothers and sisters, I am but a servant to my thoughts, and i shall deliver as promised.

[18:102] Do those who disbelieve think that they can get away with setting up My servants as gods beside Me?

It may be that during Jesus» ministry his disciples did not fully or consciously think of him as divine, as Son or Servant of God, as Son of Man, or as Messiah: it may also be that Jesus did not explicitly see himself in any of these terms.

Whenever we identify him with the lordly and powerful of this world, whenever we think of him as king, we cloud our understanding of the man from Galilee whose greatness lay in his giving of himself and his being a servant to others.

We think in terms of liberty, equality, representative government, popular elections, and office holders as public servants.

Some charities may think the government link a great deal, but Ms. Arrison suggests they think again: «By accepting responsibility for a program dictated by government agencies, charities will slide down a slippery slope with the end result being they will be regarded as civil servants — not as part of a vibrant community that voluntarily strengthens civil society.

The reception of his books in Catholic academic institutions shows how the future must be thought as a growing consensus — even in theological matters — among those who are the servants of the Word and witnesses of the founding story of Christianity, the story that starts with Jesus of Nazareth.

I see God as the Patron, and the issue of talents as an allegorical way of expressing activity for the Kingdom of God using familiar social realities (but in keeping with Mark 4:10 - 12, 24 and Matthew 13:11 - 16, the peasants may have taken it too literally and thus missed the whole point — thinking that the unprofitable servant is the hero when he's really not).

However, the people that wrote the Bible or even interpreted it from the greek I would take as men of God, Servants mind you, and, if God had meant or wanted it to read «two» rather than «two men,» don't you think he would have influenced the interpreters and the original writers to write and print it as such?

One of the main points I remember him making and I think this relates to the excerpt from the Wright's book, is that Jesus came as the righteous king, and he also came as the servant king who would provide the grace necessary to live in the kingdom of a righteous god.

As a child I used to suffer tortures of shyness, and if my shoe - lace was untied would feel shamefacedly that every eye was fixed on the unlucky string; as a girl I would shrink away from strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch iAs a child I used to suffer tortures of shyness, and if my shoe - lace was untied would feel shamefacedly that every eye was fixed on the unlucky string; as a girl I would shrink away from strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch ias a girl I would shrink away from strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch ias the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch it.

He does not understand himself as a maverick but as a faithful servant of the Church attending to its task of thinking.

Those who regard the Servant example as perhaps a little strained and antiquarian may prefer to think about other cases mentioned in the book: the shipping clerk who dispatches land mines, or the nurse who hands instruments to a doctor who plans to use them for an abortion.

In 595, John had assumed the auspicious title of Universal Bishop, which Gregory thought to be self - serving and regrettable.8 In order to demonstrate his own response Gregory publicly defined the role of the Roman bishop as the servant of the servants of God (servus servorum domini), a term that thereafter was used to describe the heart of papal authority and one which has been thereafter always associated with the Gregorian political imagination.

If I started a secular club, and offered all the attractions that are offered at any mega-church, only without the religious teaching and preaching, and I, as club leader, made sure the members knew that I expect them to pay at least 10 % of their income to the club, and I was getting very, very wealthy as a result, I bet the vast majority of Christians who abstain from thinking badly about Benny Hinn, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, etc, would have no problem at all criticizing me, just because I am not a servant of the Lord.

So Paul thinks of Jesus Christ as paying the purchase price, which brings a man into the possession of God, and from that time on a man is no longer the slave of sin but the servant of righteousness (Romans 6:14 - 23).

If such things please you, he wants you to know he thinks of himself as a faithful servant of Christ, and feels himself accountable to no law save God's, no court save the Last Judgment.

with his attitude as if we have to be his servant, get back to Chilie and get those life values back, he is a football player, but a man first, and as a player and man, his all attitude sucks, i don't know why wenger kept him and take that shit, means we have to take it... I told yo before, get his ass on training camp, ruining all day, shut him up, keep him out of the squad, not even in bench to bring his laim superior attitude... All money he is making, he should think of Chilie street and reality for kids he was once... He is in a great city, a club that won in this league and would be in CL as every year without this type of laim ways... So, of course no one wants him around during that ceremony, not even in the room... Get real sanchez, you came from misery, benched for years by gardiola too, sell out, poor minded..

They have been wonderful servants to the club and has brought us so much joy (in the case of Flamini some pain as well when he left for AC Milan during his best years after one good season) but I think its time to retire and convert them into backroom staff especially in the case of Rosicky and Arteta.

The tall but not very mobile defender has been a good servant for the Gunners but I don't think too many fans would be that upset to see him go, as long as Arsenal have strong cover.

He adds that as a civil servant your responsibility is there to help find a compromise or think about how laterally or rationally a decision can be reached

I'm running because we have a void right now and I think that we can fill that void with someone such as myself who is a public servant for our community.»

As I wrote in my article Beating the Welfare Bigots published on Liberal Left, the whole idea of «unemployed» people «working for their benefits» is dangerous double - think, creating a sub-category of community servants that are excluded from the minimum wage.

He infuriated the Conservatives while in opposition and frustrated many civil servants, leading one to suggest with snide bitterness that «Ed Balls is nearly as clever as he thinks he is».

«Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Pell family as they mourn the loss of one of our country's greatest public servants.

I like to think of myself as a servant to anyone I meet.

While Clarke's character treats the married couple who are his tenants (Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan) as if they are indentured servants, his reprehensible Klansman Pappy (Jonathan Banks) thinks nothing of inflicting pain upon their returning World War II hero son (Jason Mitchell) who refuses to kowtow to white folks.

In the poorer households, family members would work alongside their servants, and the relationship could be quite close — a servant would often be thought of as a family member.

My, he thinks, he can even see his own pudgy hand, reaching up to the table to steal a sweet, and a servant clucking away behind him, shoo - shooing him, as if he were an escaped hen.

Kitty cuisine Because cats think of you as their servant, dishing up what you believe to be a special holiday meal without asking their permission may result in rejection of your best culinary efforts.

He insists, «I think that as a public servant I should be here at the service of the public,» but it is a service that is defined narcissistically rather than one that takes any notice of what the public wants.

Thus, as a public servant, in the broadest sense, Gore has interacted with the scientific community, learned what we have learned and how well we think we know the science, and then made the translation for the public based on his perspective as a policy maker and decision maker (something we scientists often don't know much about).

For a British think - tank, that's as boringly respectable as you can get: courtiers, civil servants and bishops.

To the extent that they think about it, most people imagine that when the Federal Government makes decisions on something as vital as the future of Australia's and the world's climate system, it will first seek advice from a range of sources including experts and public servants.

«I also think she (O'Gorman) just wants to rally the interdepartmental team a bit as we draw down the clock on the existing timeline for decisions,» the public servant continued in the email.