Sentences with phrase «understood as an act of love»

Otherwise Jesus» call to repentance could not be understood as an act of love.

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And isn't the relationship with God, and each spiritual journey going to lead us in different directions — why do we need to judge others who profess Love of God, who profess love of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them as well as God dLove of God, who profess love of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them as well as God dlove of their fellow man, yet seem to us to act unkindly to others, how can we judge them unless we talk to them and understand them as well as God does.

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

As early as 1932, Bonhoeffer insisted that human freedom be understood in strictly social terms as man's freedom for others.16 According to Bonhoeffer, freedom functions as a middle term between transcendence and acts of lovAs early as 1932, Bonhoeffer insisted that human freedom be understood in strictly social terms as man's freedom for others.16 According to Bonhoeffer, freedom functions as a middle term between transcendence and acts of lovas 1932, Bonhoeffer insisted that human freedom be understood in strictly social terms as man's freedom for others.16 According to Bonhoeffer, freedom functions as a middle term between transcendence and acts of lovas man's freedom for others.16 According to Bonhoeffer, freedom functions as a middle term between transcendence and acts of lovas a middle term between transcendence and acts of love.

But if we understand God's «glory» as precisely the divine Love - in - act, with its rejoicing in the joys and its sorrowing with the sadness of God's human children — indeed the glory which is nothing other than the divine generosity, gracious welcome, and unfailing faithfulness in mercy and forgiveness, then the phrase is rich in meaning.

One may understand the personality of God as His act — it is, indeed, even permissible for the believer to believe that God became a person for love of him, because in our human mode of existence the only reciprocal relation with us that exists is a personal one.

Kaiser understands God's wrath as an act of love against sin which hurts those He loves.

Yet, as Bishop Spong points out, if it was a gay male who taught the Christian church what the love of God means, who defined grace for all people; and who, tortured and rejected as he must have felt, came to understand what resurrection means as God's vindicating act, then in a sense we do owe him a debt of gratitude.

I personally do nt think Jesus would have considered anyone an enemy, and I think your new age friends are precisely on the money, they ARE just like you, cept maybe you have been better educated in the ways of «getting along with others», so sure, you wont like or love an adult acting in a juvenile manner and hurting someone you care about, but you should understand that had you grown up with their situation, with their friends or family, that you'd be making the same hurtful decisions as them.

The hurts of the people in Garden Grove may not be as sophisticated as the hurts of the Berkeleyites, but Schuller claims that any church will grow if it understands the needs of the community in which it is planted and acts realistically «to heal human hearts and fill human needs» through the power of God's love in Christ.

His very person was later remembered as having been an embodiment or an enactment of that chesed He spoke about and he acted for Jahweh as sheer Love; but the Love which Jahweh was must be understood as adamant and demanding as well as gracious and forgiving.

Augustine understands God's incarnation in Jesus Christ as the act of the divine love coming to meet man, and reversing the destructive direction which human love has taken.

But as we are taught by our deepening insight into the dominant role of love in the world and the central place of man's response to that love, and as a consequence of our better understanding of human nature in its psychological depths, we are beginning to see ever wider implications of the truth that God wills and works for men to become men and in freedom to act like men.

And just as in human contacts the new understanding created by encountering another in love and trust is kept pure only when it permanently retains its connection with the other who is encountered, so too the self - understanding granted by faith never becomes a possession, but is kept pure only as a response to the repeated encounter of the Word of God, which proclaims the act of God in Christ in such a way as continually to represent it.

Because it is metaphysically impossible for God to be love without the world, traditional Christian doctrines such as creation from nothing, God's power to act unilaterally, and God's foreknowledge of future events as actual are logically inconsistent with understanding God as love.

A man may gaze at a highly formalised icon and gradually see through it to the world of spiritual truth which it symbolises; the «love of God» can act as an iconic form of words able to be understood actively or passively; the genitive can be understood in either the ablative or the dative sense.

For God as love to desire and act positively toward the well - being of all includes an understanding with liberation theologians that God wills the well - being particularly of those who are most lacking in that quality of being.

Forcing the Catholic Church and her agencies to act and to teach as if active homosexuality is not wrong is to compel us to go against the understanding of love and sexuality handed down to us from Christ through Christian tradition.

Of course I can't summarize a whole perspective on parenting in one comment, nor am I addressing the whole issue of abuse which seems to be an important thread above, but I hope I clarified that my understanding of Adler involves always loving the child and acting in his / her best interest and not withholding affection or using it as some kind of an incentive or prizOf course I can't summarize a whole perspective on parenting in one comment, nor am I addressing the whole issue of abuse which seems to be an important thread above, but I hope I clarified that my understanding of Adler involves always loving the child and acting in his / her best interest and not withholding affection or using it as some kind of an incentive or prizof abuse which seems to be an important thread above, but I hope I clarified that my understanding of Adler involves always loving the child and acting in his / her best interest and not withholding affection or using it as some kind of an incentive or prizof Adler involves always loving the child and acting in his / her best interest and not withholding affection or using it as some kind of an incentive or prizof an incentive or prize.

Disclaimer: While my hubby mentions the love of guilt free sex in the interview understand that it is a part of marriage and as born again Christians that we waited for this special act and gift till our marriage, that is why it is included it in the interview, so if this word offends you then skip the interview, sorry but not sorry.

Team Gallery has opened 2017 with a commanding group exhibition, The Love Object, a show curated by Tom Brewer that draws on the writings of Roland Barthes to frame a body of works exploring love and the act of love through a more objective lens, delving into relations of bodies, texts and language as a mode of investigating not only the state of emotional attraction, but equally the frameworks we use to understand these foLove Object, a show curated by Tom Brewer that draws on the writings of Roland Barthes to frame a body of works exploring love and the act of love through a more objective lens, delving into relations of bodies, texts and language as a mode of investigating not only the state of emotional attraction, but equally the frameworks we use to understand these folove and the act of love through a more objective lens, delving into relations of bodies, texts and language as a mode of investigating not only the state of emotional attraction, but equally the frameworks we use to understand these folove through a more objective lens, delving into relations of bodies, texts and language as a mode of investigating not only the state of emotional attraction, but equally the frameworks we use to understand these forms.

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In his «The Five Love Languages» book series, relationship counsellor Gary Chapman suggests that, when it comes to giving and receiving affection, people tend to feel most comfortable with one of five particular communication methods (which he identifies as receiving gifts, acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch and quality time).3 While it can be useful to know your own love language, it's equally valuable to know your partner's — and to make sure that you «speak» it fluently so that they understand how much you cLove Languages» book series, relationship counsellor Gary Chapman suggests that, when it comes to giving and receiving affection, people tend to feel most comfortable with one of five particular communication methods (which he identifies as receiving gifts, acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch and quality time).3 While it can be useful to know your own love language, it's equally valuable to know your partner's — and to make sure that you «speak» it fluently so that they understand how much you clove language, it's equally valuable to know your partner's — and to make sure that you «speak» it fluently so that they understand how much you care.

When one person understands love as being expressed through words, for example, and that person's partner expresses his or her love through acts of service, the message can be lost in translation.