Sentence examples for exhortation given from inspiring English sources

The verse is part of a larger exhortation given to a King named Lemuel by his mother.

He was self-deprecating — referring to himself as a "poor sinner" — and greeted female guests with a hug and an exhortation to "give me some love, woman".

They tend to be long on moral exhortation but give only clues to the theoretical bases of the moral system.

Is there some way to ignite a spark of spirituality in people through the simple exhortation to give up?

There was some love for David Moyes; exhortations to give the Stretford End a wave – which he complied with – and none of the encouragement of his players to "play like Fergie's boys".

In his exhortations to give back to communities, he imposed on America's millionaires an obligation that, slowly but inevitably, they are beginning to accept in the 21st century.

There are frequent exhortations to give more money, a slick guidebook costing £5 and a gift-shop selling all manner of Minster-related knick-knacks.Charging people to enter a church may seem tight-fisted, but England's 61 cathedrals are perennially short of money and in need of repair.

To ask one of these men or women to recant the claim that the Bible has full authority over belief and practice is to ask them to repress an inherent part of who they are, which is debatably the same harmful exhortation that has been given to us LGBT identifying men and women since the dawn of the culture wars.

He traced volunteerism from Benjamin Franklin's famous exhortation that the Congress had given the people a republic, if we could keep it, through Alexis de Toqueville's observations on 19th century America, and up to today.

Brian is given to excited exhortations.

(Chinen) DIANNE REEVES (Thursday) Ms. Reeves is a powerhouse vocalist given to expressive exhortations, but she has also proved herself comfortable with candlelit songbook standards and sensuous Brazilian fare.