Sentences with phrase «accepts the gift in»

We are saved by God's gift in the ministry and death of Christ as we accept these gifts in a humble and penitent spirit and dedicate our lives to God.

A given foundation may grant a million dollars to a certain college, but it is a particular representative who speaks for the foundation and it is a human counterpart who graciously accepts the gift in behalf of the college.

[21] We come to see that at the heart of the sacramentality of the word of God is the mystery of the incarnation itself: «the Word became flesh» (Jn 1:14), the reality of the revealed mystery is offered to us in the «flesh» of the Son... The sacramental character of revelation points in turn to the history of salvation, to the way that the word of God enters time and space, and speaks to men and women, who are called to accept his gift in faith.»

«That you, AVM Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo whilst serving as Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Air force and the CEO / Managing Director as well as the sole signatory to the account of Spaceweb Integrated Services Limited with Wema Bank, on or about the 11th July, 2014 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did accept a gift in the sum of One hundred and Sixty Six Million Naira (N166, 000,000) from Societe D' Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air force in performance of your official act and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act».

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, about 20 members of the NYPD have reportedly been questioned by the FBI as part of a probe into whether they accepted gifts in exchange for favors.

Deputy Inspector James Grant, who retired last month while the probe was ongoing, was arrested at his home Monday for accepting gifts in exchange for favors from two businessmen Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz, according to sources.

McDonnell's bribery conviction was tossed last month after the Supreme Court ruled that his conduct — accepting lavish gifts from a businessman in exchange for meetings and a lunch at the governor's mansion — fell short of bribery because the government could not prove he accepted the gifts in exchange for an «official act,» like legislation.

The charge reads: «That you, AVM Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo whilst serving as Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Air force and the CEO / Managing Director as well as the sole signatory to the account of Spaceweb Integrated Services Limited with Wema Bank, on or about the 11th July, 2014 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Court did accept a gift in the sum of One hundred and Sixty Six Million Naira (N166, 000,000) from Societe D' Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air force in performance of your official act and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 17 (c) of the same Act».

Not exact matches

I am accepting the responsibilities gifted to me in this lifetime with confidence and gratitude.

Mary Baldwin University's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted accepts girls as young as 13 and about 20 girls enroll in the gifted program each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, CorinneGifted accepts girls as young as 13 and about 20 girls enroll in the gifted program each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, Corinnegifted program each year, making up around 10 % of the campus population, Corinne said.

Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park, a nudist colony in East Gwillimbury, Ontario (needless to say, some of their links may not be totally safe - for - work), joined the party on Wednesday, becoming the first in its field to accept the most popular of the emerging cryptocurrencies for stays at its campsite and products from its gift store.

For Trump in particular, complete transparency could backfire by amplifying suspicion and further escalating calls for his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treason.

I'm no anthropologist, but I doubt a culture in the world supports people accepting gifts without showing appreciation.

A federal judge Wednesday allowed Maryland and the District of Columbia to proceed with their lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of accepting unconstitutional gifts from foreign interests, but limited the case to the president's involvement with the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

A major player in the world of gift card marketplaces, eGifter was one of the first to begin accepting bitcoin back in 2014.

Additional payment methods accepted are cash in person, amazon gift cards, and many more.

They can be used virtually anywhere American Express is accepted in the U.S. Gift Card funds do not expire, there are no fees after purchase, and Gift Cards can be replaced if lost or stolen.

However, those who don't accept the gift of Christ will probably miss out on great things in this life and the next.

The one exceptional difference between them all is that the Bible clearly explains that the only way to escape eternity in literal hell fire that goes on forever and ever, is to accept the free gift of salvation that is only found in Jesus Christ the creator of all that you can see and can not see.

And, if you are to die, not accepting His gift, it will be a sad day in Heaven.

If they will accept His gift, believe in Him, then, they, even those who murder and molest babies, will be cleansed from their sins and can live together with Him for eternity.

if i buy all of you magic sky daddy believers a one way ticket to meet him in heaven right now, will you kindly accept this gift as an offering to the population of earth who can think?

As long as evangelism is the focus, God will continue to bless it... Shoe box gifts are distributed along with The Greatest Gift of All, an illustrated booklet that gives a clear presentation of the true meaning of Christmas... After the shoe boxes are distributed, we also provide follow - up materials to give children further opportunities to accept Christ and grow in their faith.

To be chosen by God, and by accepting His gift of Faith, we are receiving the most precious gift in the world.

One is not immoral for accepting a gift s / he had no choice in the making.

So her accepting a job, even a part - time, seasonal job (and we aren't told if that WAS the criteria for the job — she may have been a cashier assigned to the gift - wrapping desk just for the season), was what we would expect of a responsible citizen trying to support themselves or a family in this difficult economy.

I think God is more intersted in helping us to discover who we are, to accept who we are, to love who we are, then we can truly be a gift to others.

God will never take that gift away from us, but just as we had the freedom to accept it or reject it in the first place, we also have the freedom to reject it at a later date.

When we trust God, when we accept the gift of mercy and love that God gives us in Christ, we become free to be who God created us to be in the first place.

To the best of my understanding, the deposit of faith clearly affirms the following: that God desires the salvation of all and offers the real possibility of salvation to all; the offer can be accepted or rejected and, if accepted by faith, such faith is recognized as the gift of God; if the offer is knowingly, freely, and definitively rejected, even at the very last moment of life, one goes to hell, which is eternal; but the deposit of faith does not tell us clearly that anyone is in fact eternally damned.

Every knee shall bow to him in the end but if you use your free will to accept him now, you can receive the gift of eternal life.

I agree it is not our job but the quote in the bible is meant as a warning that Jesus WILL separate the wheat from the chaff and that it is important to accept his gift of salvation.

In a homily in Nazareth on 14 May 2009 Pope Benedict dwelt on «the sacredness of the family, which in God's plan is based on the lifelong fidelity of a man and a woman consecrated by the marriage covenant and accepting of God's gift of new lifIn a homily in Nazareth on 14 May 2009 Pope Benedict dwelt on «the sacredness of the family, which in God's plan is based on the lifelong fidelity of a man and a woman consecrated by the marriage covenant and accepting of God's gift of new lifin Nazareth on 14 May 2009 Pope Benedict dwelt on «the sacredness of the family, which in God's plan is based on the lifelong fidelity of a man and a woman consecrated by the marriage covenant and accepting of God's gift of new lifin God's plan is based on the lifelong fidelity of a man and a woman consecrated by the marriage covenant and accepting of God's gift of new life.

And once we have truly placed our faith in Him (accepted His gracious gift of salvation through the sacrifice of Christ) the Holy Spirit indwells our hearts and holds us fast.

I certainly did not get the idea from those verses of anything like total depravity or that fallen man had to experience any kind of supernatural transformation of the will / heart in order to be able to accept God's convicting / convincing / persuading / call / drawing, instructions, teachings, commands, promises and gifts.

Reason is a gift from God so that we can choose with our free will to accept the light and life offered or reject it which ends in death and darkness.

Therefore when I encounter the very few verses of Scripture text (approximately less than 0.5 % of the Scriptures) that on the surface possibly could be interpreted to contradict that majority precedence (man's inherent ability to accept / believe or reject God's call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts), I interpret them in light of this majority precedence (which can be easily done).

This attitude is at complete variance to that behind Natural Family Planning (NFP), wherein a couple who have reason to space their children accept the gift of sexuality exactly as it is stamped in the human person by God and do not treat their fertility as a problem to be expunged by technology.

Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's free will), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence.

It would seem strange that a person could pen such powerful words of love and faithfulness to God in the wake of such a tragedy, but when a person accepts Christ's gift of salvation they are given a joy and peace that can not be described!

He offers us the gift of eternal life — of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.

The wrench in all this, is God graciously gives you all this as a gift, but since we have free will, we have to choose to accept it.

Israel's present relatively ordered existence is the creation of God out of former disorder and is to be understood and accepted as his creative gift in fulfillment of his free promise to the patriarchs.

The mentally healthy person is the productive and unalienated person; the person who relates himself to the world lovingly, and who uses his reason to grasp reality objectively; who experiences himself as a unique individual entity, and at the same time feels one with his fellowman; who is not subject to irrational authority, and who accepts willingly the rational authority of conscience and reason; who is in the process of being born as long as he is alive, and considers the gift of life the most precious chance he has.

This account was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States.

If we are able to accept the difficult circumstances that we experience in our families as gifts from God for our conversion, then there is hope.

We then can accept who we are in Christ with all our gifts, talents as well as flaws.

It is a power in the heart of the believer here and now - the essence and attraction of Jesus (cf. Jn 4, 1 - 42) as pure gift to those who will accept him.

Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's inherent - free - will capacity), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence; and I interpret difficult passages that can possibly be interpreted to appear contradictory to that precedence (of mankind having inherent - free - will) in light of mankind having inherent - free - will capacity.

Holly its not about how we feel its the decision you made to accept Jesus so you are saved and you are now part of Gods family and the body of Christ.The enemy likes to play mind games to make us doubt our faith especially as a new believer.The word tells us that when we believe in Jesus we are saved.John 3:16 Personally i do nt believe we can lose that as it is a free gift not based on what we do right or do wrong.As he died for us while we were still sinners..