Example sentences of "[be] god [unc] will " in BNC.
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| 1 | And whilst it was never , it could never have been God 's will for Naomi to backslide with Elimelech her husband , and to go into Moab out of the mess that they make of their life , out of the mistakes that they , they perpetrate again and again , God somehow in his graciousness , in his mercy brings goodness from it ! |
| 2 | They believe this to be God 's will and that anything that hinders this is contrary to the will of God . |
| 3 | The revelation is seen to have been essentially unaffected by surrounding circumstances , or indeed the historical circumstances of that time are believed to be revealed to be God 's will for humankind . |
| 4 | Certainly she could be rebellious at times in her nature but she was always quick to re-dedicate herself to what she felt to be God 's will . |
| 5 | But this did not really hit orthodox Christianity , for prayers are always subject to the thing asked for being God 's will ; and He moves in a mysterious way , so that the workings of Providence may not be apparent until long afterwards . |
| 6 | In burning his New Testament , he wrote , they did ‘ none other than I looked for : no more shall they do if they burn me also , if it be God 's will it shall be so ’ . |
| 7 | Do whatever you believe in your heart of hearts is God 's will , and that will be that . |
| 8 | Perhaps we just have to accept it is God 's will that the unorthodox individual is doomed to years of frustration , ridicule and failure in order to act out his role in the scheme of things , until his day arrives and mankind is ready to receive his message . |
| 9 | ‘ God ordered their estate , ’ that is to teach you never to question your place in this world , never to envy those who have more than you , for it is GOD 's WILL ! |
| 10 | That is to say , he or she must believe that it is God 's will for him or her at that time . |
| 11 | Not all that happens is God 's will . |
| 12 | A more moderate ( though perhaps less consistent ) conservative position would be to differentiate between what is God 's will for His people , and what is allowable in the world at large . |
| 13 | Through Christ , who was and is God , it is considered to have been revealed to us what is God 's will . |
| 14 | What is God 's will is , for Barth , to be read out of the scriptures . |
| 15 | ‘ It is God 's will that all men be free , ’ he said . |
| 16 | " My dear , it is God 's will , " Amabel kept on saying because that was the thing her own mother and her dear old nanny — both gone now — had always said to her . |
| 17 | Just to invoke God 's name for what one chooses to do is no guarantee whatever that the thought , word or action really is God 's will , or is creative and positive as opposed to being destructive and negative . |
| 18 | ‘ If it 's God 's will there will be waves . ’ |
| 19 | And it should happen that it 's God 's will that you have been sent to us for protection and education . |
| 20 | How were we to know if it was God 's will ? |
| 21 | If Zoser picked it up , then that was God 's will . |
| 22 | If Zoser did not pick it up , then that was God 's will . |
| 23 | While holidaying in Scotland the couple became committed Christians and Andrew believes his recovery was God 's will . |
| 24 | It literally came to light by accident when it fell out of a bag — it was God 's will , I suppose . ’ |