Pain we experience on this earth is
working for us glory in Heaven.
While it is vital that Christians hold one another accountable for
working for the glory of God, we should be careful of using God's name carelessly or in vain in order to cover for our reluctance to promote our work....
How, then, can we continually
work for the glory of God and not ourselves?
it might be five years from now through a side trial or experience where God uses any circu.mstance, good or bad, to
work for His glory and purpose.
I know that all things
work for His glory and my good.»
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I mean, why do hero
work for the glory when you could make money?
Not exact matches
«They can become
glory hogs and take credit
for your hard
work.
As a consequence of this, there is every chance we will see our
work results improve, as the pressure is lifted and we begin to do what we do
for the
glory of God.
Romans 8:1 we are made righteous by faith in Christ not by us turning from sin that would be
working for it and Jesus wouldnt get the
Glory we would and because we did nt achieve it we can never lose our righteousness even in the midst of our sin!
Filled with beauty, hard truth, and brave vulnerability, Jesus Feminist urges the church to stop asking «man or woman» as a qualification
for ministry and to start helping everyone find freedom in the fullness, hope,
glory, and
work of Christ.
Ro 2 6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well - doing seek
for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but
for those who are self - seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
You have made them
for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with
glory and honor... (Hebrews 2:6,7) An incredible respect
for life wove together the disparate humanity that
worked the edges of...
His goals are simple, even naive: to discover the status of Ferreira and, in the process, to
work for «the conversion of Japan and the
glory of God.»
The priority of grace is unquestionable, but what we have become by grace through faith should result in good
works for God's
glory and in the service of our fellows.
This is quite a journey
for the atheist mind to make, but through it all we can show a wonderful continuity of principle in all the
works of God from creation to Christ in his final
glory.
Who needs ~ a «
work» day to fall BETWEEN the High Day Sabbath... and the WEEKLY Sabbath ~ if the proper DUTIES of the ~ High Day Sabbath ~ pertained precisely the ~»
work» ~ of the particular ~ High Day Sabbath ~ «according to the customary ethics of the Jews» — THE LAW — DEMANDED such ~»
work» ~ shall be done by the faithful, «good and just» «disciple» and «honourable counsellor» of the LAW — such as Joseph and Nicodemus who «themselves», have «waited
for the Kingdom of God» and these, very «three days» in its messianic «
GLORY»?
In the Synoptics,
for example, faith is the precedent condition of Jesus» miracles while in the Fourth Gospel faith is the consequence of Jesus» miracles — «Believe me
for the very
works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye believe not me, believe the
works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his
glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.»
«Churches can be the most powerful impetus
for justice in our culture on the issue of race if we will humble ourselves before God and one another, if we will repent and pray and
work together
for justice in a way that brings great
glory to our God.»
They looked
for justification from their own
works; they wanted to have a ground
for glorying before God.
The old ideas never completely died out, but gradually the term «calling» faded from common speech and with it the idea that in
work one labored in the first instance
for the
glory of God.
Daniel T. Rodgers, in his book The
Work Ethic in Industrial America 1850 to 1920 University of Chicago Press, 1978), enlarges upon Weber's original thesis, suggesting that «at the heart of Protestantism's revaluation of work was the doctrine of the calling, the faith that God had called everyone to some productive vocation, to toil there for the common good and for His greater glory.&ra
Work Ethic in Industrial America 1850 to 1920 University of Chicago Press, 1978), enlarges upon Weber's original thesis, suggesting that «at the heart of Protestantism's revaluation of
work was the doctrine of the calling, the faith that God had called everyone to some productive vocation, to toil there for the common good and for His greater glory.&ra
work was the doctrine of the calling, the faith that God had called everyone to some productive vocation, to toil there
for the common good and
for His greater
glory.»
Blessed are you, O Lord, who nourish me from my youth and who give food to all flesh, fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that having always what is sufficient
for us, we may use what is over
for every good
work, in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom
glory, honor and worship be to you
for ever.
He was never after his own
glory, but
worked for the «will of Him who sent me.»
a deep resignation to God's will, a surrender of ourselves, soul and body, to Him; hoping indeed, that we shall be saved, but fixing our eyes more earnestly on Him than on ourselves; that is, acting
for His
glory, seeking to please Him, devoting ourselves to Him in all manly obedience and strenuous good
works; and, when we do look within, thinking of ourselves with a certain abhorrence and contempt as being sinners, mortifying our flesh, scourging our appetites, and composedly awaiting that time when, if we be worthy, we shall be stripped of our present selves, and new made in the kingdom of Christ.
We call to mind all of these blessings, and we give Our Lord the honor and
glory for them,
for they are His
work.
Time to take my place as a «creature» again created by God and recognize my limitations, and humbly pray
for the Great Physician to
work this tragedy out
for His
glory.
If we ask God to show us if we've done anything
for Him that may be worthless and bad, I believe He is willing to point it out, forgive us, recycle it, and
work everything
for His
glory in our lifetimes (Rom.
The first looks to play
for that which is truly human; the other finds in
work humankind's true
glory.
There's no television pilot in the
works, but I urge men of the cloth to closely examine their cloth, determining whether it's «
for glory and
for beauty» (Exodus 28:2)-- the purpose behind the «holy garments» of the Levitical priests.
She is the Mystical Body of Christ; at the same time a visible society instituted with hierarchical organs, and a spiritual community; the Church on earth, the pilgrim People of God here below, and the Church filled with heavenly blessings; the germ and the first fruits of the Kingdom of God, through which the
work and the sufferings of Redemption are continued throughout human history, and which looks
for its perfect accomplishment beyond time in
glory.
In Himself he restores to us our original destiny and goes on
working to bring the whole created order to its final perfection in the life and
glory of the Trinity
for which it was created in the first place.
Then, when medicine and faith
work together and you are healed, give praise and
glory to God, both
for what He has done in your body, and also
for what He has taught the medical - scientific world about how the body
works.
Whether He orchestrated events or not, He can and does
work all things
for His
glory.
This totally reminds me of a friend who told me God wanted her to be an actress
for his
glory but that she had to lose weight to get a part so she was praying
for God to
work a miracle and make her lose weight quickly before an audition because it was within His will.
God
works in everything
for the praise of His
glory.
Man was created
for the
glory of God, and he glorifies God by doing the
work for which he was created and sent.23 We have been taught in the Lord's prayer to pray not «That will be
glory for me», but «Thine is the
glory for ever».
But if we pass in advance this bitter judgment of uselessness that paralyzes and discourages us, if we are thus completely lacking in love
for God, or if on the other hand we magnify our
works and regard them as important and successful (Jesus, little Jesus, I have so wonderfully exalted you, but if I had attacked you in your defenselessness your shame would have been as great as your
glory...), if we come before God decked out in the
glory of these lofty, grandiose, and successful
works, then... «Woe to you that are rich» (Luke 6:24),
for the rich man today is the successful man.
«This responsibility
for God's earth means that human beings, endowed with intelligence, must respect the laws of nature and the delicate equilibria existing between the creatures of this world... The laws found in the Bible dwell on relationships, not only among individuals but also with other living beings... by their mere existence they bless him and give him
glory»... «the Lord rejoices in all his
works» (Ps 104:31).
We
work for peace because God our Savior brought about an eternal peace
for the
glory of God and our joy.
How they empower women:
Glory Haus has two components that caught my eye besides their affiliation with Jen - first, all of their leather
work is done by women in the USA who are transitioning out of homelessness through MUST Ministries at the Repurposed
for a Purpose Workroom.
(Psalm 33: 9)
For His
glory He created the world, and all His
works must praise Him.
Maybe that's «kinda» what He was doing, as «the Peace that one needs» is needed AFTER one has retired... I think of «Ecclesiastes» (written by King Solomon AFTER he had conquered all he was gonna conquer, when he realized it was all «the vanity of vanities»), which he ended with the conclusion that you do ALL your life's
works for God (his
glory, his will).
God hates evil, but He loves free will, and remember, when things go wrong, the Lord is at
work, and if you are on a plane that goes down, heaven is yours should you be saved, although, if not saved, then that individual has decided not God...
for Jesus dying is the only way God will accept you, and if you reject that, why expect heaven's
glory... tisk tisk tisk.
The one reference that didn't
work for me was 2 Timothy 2:10 (NIV) «Therefore I endure everything
for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal
glory.»
«Again, if the Fall were the cause of the predestination of Christ, it would follow that God's greatest
work was only occasional,
for the
glory of all will not be so intense as that of Christ, and it seems unreasonable to think that God would have foregone such a
work because of Adam's good deed, if he had not sinned.»
Marriage, as displayed in Genisis, is man and woman,
working together in fellowship with God,
for His
Glory.
When Christ would appear in his
glory, it is in his meekness, not in his majesty, in mercy to
work salvation The LORD says to my Lord: «Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool
for Your feet.»
Now the operation of Faith comes with the Will of God to have Christ formed in us: The Faith of Christ will do (bring in His
works)
for that to be a reality in our own lives as we are fed the truth through the words of Jesus and Paul (Jesus said the words that I speak are Spirit and Life) Paul said; I am of Christ, therefore; as we heed to all that is written by Jesus and Paul to have that excellent
work done in us, to even take us from Faith to Faith (in His greater
works) and from
Glory to
Glory (up in His life as we mature); then we too can come to the place where even as Paul says: I am Crucified with Christ, yet; I live, yet; not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life I live now, I live by the FAITH of the Son of God who gave His life
for me: Paul ministers only in and by the Christ that he has become as Christ was formed in Him: Even as it was with Peter with Israel, when thouest is converted, convert thine brethren; it is also with Paul; I Labour again in birth with you until Christ be formed in you:
This is true of the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31 as well, who though something of a whirling dervish of godly femininity was not, like her husband, by the city gates with the elders (Proverbs 31:23), but
working tirelessly to bless her family and manage her home
for God's
glory.»