Sentences with phrase «working for holiness»

Not exact matches

The bottom line is that the holiness we need comes not from our own works, but from Jesus Christ Himself, who gives it to us freely when we believe in Him for eternal life.

In his Diary entry for 6 September 1979, Archbishop Romero wrote that Opus Dei «carries out a silent work of deep spirituality among professional people, university students and labourers... I think this is a mine of wealth for our Church — the holiness of the laity in their own profession.»

If we're looking for the way to get God to bless our sexual lives, the solution to the problem of what it means to be a sexual being, we're only going to come up with false rules and standards, ways of being that force some people out and others in, models of holiness that may work for one season of life but fall apart in another.

... When God saves people in this life by working through his Spirit to bring them to faith and by leading them to follow Jesus in discipleship, prayer, holiness, hope, and love, such people are designed... to be a sign and foretaste of what God wants to do for the entire cosmos.

We need to continue work already begun by lay - people everywhere on a holistic depiction of God's grass - roots strivings for holiness and justice in history.

«It was also an opportunity for His Holiness to meet his flock and to encounter some of the work being done under the various ministries within the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom.»

The subtitle is a bit misleading — it's not really about «homemaking» or «women's work» (both phrases can make me a bit nervous)-- it's really for men and women and it's about knowing the role — and the holiness — of the daily work in our lives.

Sadly the consequences of our sin remain we are forgiven but everything does nt snap back how it was.What God does do for us in rom 8:28 all things work together for good to those who love the Lord.So instead of remaining in our guilt and condemnation Jesus sets us free to walk in righteousness and holiness so that the consequences of our sin actually work for our good rather than our destruction.So what was intended to destroy us is used to give us life hope and a future.brentnz

satan was responsible for his own actions as Adam and Eve were and so are we.Its interesting that because of satans fall satan is now Gods lap dog he gives him a leash and tells him his constraints and he allows him to test his people so that through testing he builds our faith and so we can say that all things work for good to those that love God.brentnz Holiness in the prescence of sin makes it more holy so they help to define what is holy and what is evil or sin.We see that all the way through the bible so they co-exist temporarily until evil has run its course and then God will judge and we know that satan is cast into the fiery pit for ever.Even towards satan God is merciful.brentnz