Example sentences of "god [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ
2 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness .
3 I realised the truth of all I had heard and read and decided to give my heart to Jesus and ask God to forgive me my sins on Wednesday , 13th April in the car on the way home from work .
4 ‘ He who when being killed bears no anger against his murderer and even asks God to forgive him is truly non-violent .
5 A moment of terrible pain , then poor Henry Jekyll fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him .
6 Athelstan looked at her and prayed to God to forgive him for all he felt was disgust .
7 ‘ Because I am running out of money , ’ she added , and she crossed her fingers beneath the light blanket which Miss Mates had thrown over her earlier and asked God to forgive her for such dreadful lies , and so many of them .
8 Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again .
9 Ask God to forgive you He might . ’
10 So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving .
11 Isaac remained his father 's sole heir , and on Abraham 's death the blessing of God became his .
12 But God brushes him aside .
13 Please God make her go to sleep .
14 ‘ It is as if we said in 1950 the well-known prayer , God make us good , but not yet . ’
15 So , may God comfort you , my darling . ’ …
16 As Argyll and lord James said , in their reply of the 13th in which they openly declared it to be the role of the nobles and council ‘ to provide that the ancient liberties of the realm be freed from tyranny of strangers ( and ) to abolish ( God assisting us ) all manifest idolatry and maintainers ’ , he had not been ‘ so full and plain as we expected ’ .
17 God hates it above all things .
18 No matter what other people may say , do or think , and no matter what you may even have begun to believe yourself , there are two strong reasons why God thinks you 're an OK person .
19 As you would hunt him to the end , God helping me I 'll hunt you , and see you into your grave before ever you lay hand on his . ’
20 and especially those who have no faith in God to sustain them in their grief …
21 When he had said these things they all replied that they prayed God to preserve him through long and happy years , and four of the most honourable among them rose and kissed his hands , and the Cid bade them take their seats again .
22 The emphasis that Calvinists placed upon the majesty of God led them to condemn as blasphemous any attempts to tinker with the supernatural , and thus their reaction to calamities was to accept them as part of God 's inscrutable purpose — the working out of a divine providence which governed all human affairs .
23 I remembered John Bunyan 's Pilgrim 's Progress and , after explaining the story briefly , said that we all went through a Slough of Despond at some time , but God led us out .
24 May God make us like Elisha — men and women of God , filled with His peace and purity , in touch with Him in prayer , and allowing His power to work in His world .
25 Now , ha , what sort of faith has God given us ?
26 God made him ; he will enable him to speak .
27 The Lord God made them all . ’
28 The Lord God Made Them All .
29 They coughed their way through All Things Bright and Beautiful , and when they came to the bit about ‘ God made them high and lowly , and ordered their estate , ’ he waved them to an unceremonious halt and plunged into his sermon :
30 In particular I want to highlight the words recorded by Mark where Jesus said ‘ But from the beginning of the CREATION God made them male and female .
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