Example sentences of "relationship with god " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole people were theoretically ‘ a kingdom of priests ’ by virtue of their privileged relationship with God . |
| 2 | There is the tremendous narrative verve ; there are the flights of true sublimity side by side with the knockabout of comedy and debate ; there is , above all , the sense which informs nearly all his religious writing , that a human being 's relationship with God is the great Romance of life . |
| 3 | These very different characters were both ‘ at risk ’ in different ways because of the society they and we live in and their vulnerability in different areas : However , both are less ‘ at risk ’ than many because they are growing up loved and taught , ie given information rather than left ignorant and because there is some explanation of faith — relationship with God . |
| 4 | I believe that our relationship with God is the most important thing in the world … |
| 5 | First was , no doubt , the over-spiritualizing of life with its assumption that the natural order was of trivial importance to our spiritual relationship with God . |
| 6 | In his opinion , the cross of Christ did not change God , or our relationship with God at all , but it changes us . |
| 7 | If we have no intimate relationship with God , then we can have no true intimacy within marriage either . |
| 8 | We become enlightened in our relationship with God and with other people , and the Christian faith makes sense as nothing else ever could . |
| 9 | Our relationships take on a completely new dimension as we deepen our relationship with God . |
| 10 | In place of the animal , instinctive life , where we behave addictively , we start to realize how a relationship with God , who is above and beyond us , can transform our whole lives and our relationships . |
| 11 | It enables us to remove anything that gets in the way of our relationship with God . |
| 12 | Humility is therefore the hallmark of our relationship with God . |
| 13 | Periods of dryness may follow , to test whether it is faith , rather than feelings , that controls your relationship with God . |
| 14 | The psalms and the Old Testament prophets use the language of the heart to say that ‘ the cleansing of the heart ’ , or a heart transplant , is essential for our relationship with God to be restored . |
| 15 | This points to our need for healthy relationships with other people , and above all for a healthy relationship with God . |
| 16 | The essence of prayer is this : is our relationship with God characterized by the words of the psalm : ‘ My soul , find rest in God alone ’ ? |
| 17 | Likewise , a Christian pastoral counsellor might well be helping to nurture and direct a person 's relationship with God through the recognition and healing of blocked or problem areas . |
| 18 | It is the positive nurture of man 's relationship with God , the creative cultivation of charismata ; the gifts and graces that all have received ’ . |
| 19 | Someone directing others needs to know the Bible as his own resource of study and meditation , to know its teaching about man 's relationship with God in covenant , encounter , incorporation , to know both its teaching on prayer and those who in its pages are seen at prayer . |
| 20 | To speak of a search for God or a relationship with God would perhaps be putting it too strongly . |
| 21 | The Lord Jesus Christ is saying that all of the Scripture is summed up as a love relationship with God and a love relationship with our neighbour . |
| 22 | The foundation of all our relationship priorities is our relationship with God . |
| 23 | Some people have great difficulty with this because they have blurred the distinction between a personal relationship with God and a ministry calling . |
| 24 | However , our relationship with God is comprised of our own personal devotional life , both prayer and Bible meditation , our willingness to live life in an attitude of communion with God and certainly in obedience to him and his priorities . |
| 25 | Sister Mary Leahy , who organised the prayer week at Seacroft , explained the purpose of these personal interviews ; ‘ Prayer is a relationship with God , so as a prayer guide , I would want to help people to recognise God in their lives — relating person to person — speaking to God and listening to him — coming to God just as they are and not as they think they ought to be . ’ |
| 26 | Vestments are saying something very important about our relationship with God . |
| 27 | Each church needs to ask : is ours a community where all kinds of people can come into an intimate relationship with God ? |
| 28 | All the characteristics listed so far tell of the leader 's relationship with God ( 'looking up' ) . |
| 29 | This intimate relationship with God comes from the Holy Spirit . |
| 30 | The inward grace is that we have been born to a new relationship with God . |