Sentences with phrase «at least helped people»

It found prayer was not effective, and even less effective than the hokey quack medicine «techniques» which at least helped people by giving them positive human attention.

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On the day I arrived, there were at least a half dozen Amazon employees (wearing bright orange so you could easily spot them) helping shepherd people into the store, replacing items on shelves, checking IDs for those shoppers headed to the liquor shelves, and mostly answering lots and lots of questions.

Most people with social anxiety wait at least 10 years to get help, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

«A lot of people have... told us that what it helped them to do is think about their role in the group so that they went in with at least a few ideas of how they would orient themselves to the group,» says Guido.

One reason it's exploding is what researchers call «The IKEA Effect»: People prefer products they help to make (or at least assemble).

It was built by locals with locally sourced materials, employs at least 270 people, and provides an abundance of greenery and light to help in healing.

Obviously while being a «name» helps, lots of people only became names, at least in part, after they gained exposure by writing for influential, high - profile sites in their industries.

But I can almost promise that at least one of those people will eventually help you professionally (and vice versa!).

The people who work at REI are pretty much experts in at least one field, and they can help you find the best product for you.

Fortunately, the type of annuity you're asking about — an immediate annuity — is (by annuity standards at least) the easiest to understand and, to my mind the type with the greatest potential for helping people who want more guaranteed lifetime income than Social Security alone will provide.

The irony here is that most people are fully aware of these statistics, at least in the back of their mind, yet few of them are willing to seek the help of a professional trader or trading mentor.

Conservation International and Starbucks have partnered to help improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world through giving away hearty coffee trees and sharing resources through Starbucks Farmer Support Centers.

This allows people who bought shares at different times to sell only the ones that will help them pay the least amount in taxes on any gains.

A new survey shows that most Americans may not know their net worth or have a spending plan to help them meet their savings goals, but at least the majority of people in this country are putting some money away.

Hopefully this advice will help at least one person

I'm sure most people know this, but in case it helps someone: Denominations that always accept female pastors include PC (USA), that is Presbyterian Church, USA, most African American denominations (note that all pastors mentioned in the original article were African Americans), United Methodist, Foursquare, at least some Vineyards if not all, Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Lutheran and Episcopalian churches.

Sure, Catholic doctrine is out - dated and in some cases counter-productive, but this pope is at least taking some «baby steps» to truly help and accept all people.

I don't know how many people here are from Aurora — Co, but some comments are not helping in any way the survivors and families.I respect all religions in the world and I also respect the opinion of those who don't believe in God or anything.But, instead of blasphemy the name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show at least signs of good neighbors.You still can be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!

New figures have revealed churches in Wales have spent at least 18,000 hours helping homeless people between 2015 - 16.

Shouldn't Christianity, then, at least not contradict tools (as they are only tools for use as we see fit) that help us improve our lives and become better people.

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

From reading this thread, it appears to me that, at the very least, some well - intended individuals attempted an overreach that seriously backfired on at least one person that they thought they were helping.

But unlike teenagers, older people have no institutional structures to help them through this transition — at least not yet.

At the very least, the Mormons are helping people who are interested in family history searches.

At least they could be helping people like clergy normally do.

Hi Ed, The Pastor at the Church of Hosanna International Ministries (HIM), does not get paid he willingly shows his bank statements to the congregation, in hopes that they will understand where the money is really going and with that said he keeps 100 dollars in his account and lives off of that for a whole month and the rest of the tithes and offerings go to 13 different ministries, divided evenly and the Church helps out at least 3 - 4 missionaries and the youth group of the Church all in separate accounts, this is a Church of around 68 to 80 people every Sunday this is not a big Church but God has blessed this man beyond measure and continues to do so this Church can be found in Saint Joseph Missouri, Pastor Larry Gray.

The National Post reports that, in the first year or so of Quebec's assisted suicide regime, approximately a hundred people have already been «helped to die,» at least two of them in the McGill University Health Centre conglomerate.

The fact that people can be easily duped is not a good thing, of course, but knowing that this is true can at least help us understand the world we live in.

Jeremy since we are talking about satan casting out satan heres a question for you.Have you ever wondered why Jesus helps satan at times or at least it appears that way.Mat 8:28 - 34 Why would he do that in the case of the demonic man the demons requested that Jesus cast them them into the pigs which he allowed it seems that not only did he help satan to have his way in destroying the pigs but destroyed the livelihood of the people in that area.You could argue at least it saved one man but is it acceptable to save one life but affect the lives of many?

What I'm trying to say is, just because god grants one miracle to one person, he doesn't have to grant the miracle again, and furthermore wouldn't it help his cred to grant at least one miracle once in a while to show he's still around doing his thang?

Christians, or at least most of the ones I hang out with, try to embrace the person, and their faultsto help overcome them, be understanding and loving, and move in the right direction.

Out of these experiences, Elhanan, even while realizing that he can not really help the people around him, resolves at least to listen to them.

Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?

Speaking on whether the letter will help he said: «I think we have experienced in the past that if there's international people speaking out about these things then some governments at least do take notice.»

At the very least, I contribute by paying taxes, contributing to charities (via richarddawkins.net of course), helping people as I can and not being a burden by inappropriately taking advantages of social programs or ever being in jail.

And I generally help other people laugh or at least smile every day, in spite of what many people think about that too.

At least one public broadcasting station, WITF - TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, maintains a community - development process which helps people throughout the area to discuss issues of common interest, and, in effect, to re-create community.

In an attempt to respond to this set of circumstances, the primary strategy, at least for churches in the mainstream, has been to try to help people come to a better understanding of what it means to be a Christian.

For people like Doug and Linda Hill, church involvement was relevant for at least three reasons: it would help the «haves» to behave more compassionately, it would help the «have nots» take greater responsibility for their own lives, and both groups would find the divine salvation that would cure their poverty of spirit.

The way I interpreted the article was that AA is designed to fix the later by instilling the former, and the author was just saying that this isn't necessary, and that people who want to find help don't necessarily need to find religion (or at the very least, not Christianity).

To Methusalem: The Islamic nations are helping, at least the people inside that can get any sort of aid and money to the people of Pakistan are trying to help.

Personally I'd rather they spent their time working w / charities and helping people rather than milling about, preaching that the world is going to end but I guess that in general they are pretty harmless and at least they're not the kind of religious nut that harms other people.

For me, this means investing at least three times as much caring time and leadership (ministerial and lay) in person - building, human enrichment activities (including short - term growth - oriented counseling) as in helping those with deep deficiency needs through longer - term pastoral counseling.

American commentators with European credibility should have been deployed throughout the continent, in person and through the electronic media, to challenge the virtually unchallenged cartoon of American evangelical cowboys running riot in the world» a cartoon that helps explain, at least in part, the vapors of Anglican bishops in Great Britain who imagine that Tim LaHaye's fictional speculations on the Book of Revelation play a formative role in U.S. foreign policy.

These Paleo dessert recipes can help give you ideas of ways you can make desserts that either regular people will eat or that you will at least enjoy as a reward for all your hard efforts making Paleo recipes all the time.

Gives you fats and proteins, lets you go to bed not starving, and helps keep you on the «fast» — I bet fewer people would do / like / order them if they didn't have at least one very filling drink!

oof, following the U.S. election has seriously been like watching a circus for me (I'm Canadian) and it's hard to think that some of these people are for real... soup should at least help for a little bit... at least for a few more weeks!

Lentils do not need to be presoaked like some legumes do though many people find that soaking them for at least 1 hour helps to make them more tender and «meltable».

I was with three other people, and at least one of them stared at me, but I couldn't help it.

Alexis could help us earn at least # 50 million in prize money, EPL finish and cup runs... Releasing the volume of players some people would like AFC to get rid off will not earn the club a profit.