Sentences with phrase «done in vain»

This is because those who claim tax returns jointly are not likely to save much money upon doing so and the entire process of filing a joint return might prove to have been done in vain.

Both ideas infuse Song's work and inform his maxim: «That left undone goes undone in vain; that which is done is done still in vain; that done in vain must still be done.»

Discouragement was seen a lot in the dogs used during 9/11, repeated finding of dead bodies can lead the dog to become despondent, as such during searching in such intense situations handlers instruct living beings to hide so that they may be found and provide the dog with hope that its work is not being done in vain.

Having a safety net in place ensures none of your hard work was done in vain, and you can be prepared when a financial calamity occurs.

Props to us for doing our research and making healthy choices, but it's all done in vain if we don't give as much attention to the process of eating itself.

I would order one to make sure they felt their work was not done in vain - hey, I was only trying to do my fair share of back patting for a job well done.

The work of secular humanistic groups like Doctors Without Borders is not done in vain becuase they don't praise Jesus with every innoculation they give or bone they set.

History would be folly if it were done in the vain hope of reconstructing the past as it actually was.

The moment you realize that all the people who had put their faith in you in getting this book of the ground, also didn't do it in vain.

and you do not want to have done all that you did in vain.

Not exact matches

Suitably in the mood, I wondered, what if we could make sure all those poor noble oaks didn't die in vain to create books no one reads?

They may do a great job, but if their efforts are not in alignment with the overall goals of the company, even the most perfect effort is in vain.

What he did: After searching in vain for a publisher for Boob Tube, a satirical novel about the soap opera industry that he penned with his wife, tech entrepreneur Mark Coker, 47, took matters into his own hands.

Whoever does not use his judgment to the utmost to keep the necessary reserve with them, will exert it in vain later on when he endeavors to extricate himself from the labyrinth, a misfortune which most often ends only at death.»

If we don't throw ourselves into it, then it feels almost like these people were murdered in vain.

There is no point in writing complex content, as at the end of it if customers don't have a valuable takeaway, the content campaign is in vain.

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3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states (False testimony is NOT the same.

Maybe God does exist, but he is far more loving and caring than the oftern vain, arrogant, mass - killer portrayed in the Bible.

So true, JohnQuest, but believing in a moral deity that allows you to oppress for gain while you measure others by a stricter standard seems elitist and vain, doesn't it?

If they did, they violated the 10 commandments because they allow people to worship other gods, build craven idols and in fact take the lords name in vain.

Muslims never take Jesus» name in vain or disrespect him, he got the people a message about worshiping the one GOD, just like Muhammad (pbuh) did.

IF He is bothered by the money, the pledge, and so forth (I don't claim to know what He thinks) I think it's more likely that the problem would be taking His name in vain.

But, it is possible to believe in vain (according to Paul)-- I can't help it but to think about the Seven Letters to the Churches that Our Lord Jesus wrote in the beginning of the Book of Revelation... Not all Seven Churches were doing what God instructed them to do.

But especially because you obviously have no concept of what «blasphemy» is... The fellow you judged didn't take your Jesus» name in vain, he just used the name as part of his conversation while talking about the mythological figure himself...

@ Gort01 - Understand this, my friend, God DOES NOT answer to a sinner's prayer, so keep praying, because it will be in vain.

Others might gape and wonder, and try in vain to analyze how he did it... to Capa [it was] as easy as breathing.»

Taking your gods name in vain is only a crime to Christians and does not pertain to everyone... you can't be punished in a Secular country for doing so.

All around the globe people have to realize that taking the name of God in vain is a serious offense and everyone should refrain from doing so.

But if it is not true that God said it, then saying He did is akin to taking the Lord's name in vain.

@jeremyers1 written in 1 Corinthians 15:12 - 17 that if she doesn't believe that Christ was resurrected then her faith is in vain, and she...

... go to him when your need is desperate, when all other help is in vain, and what do you find?

If we don't pray in the Spirit, essentially we are just uttering vain words that accomplish nothing, since God will only answer the prayers which are aligned with His will.

If the situation described by the Guatemalan bishops (who indeed are not fully aware of all the evils rife in the country) is not a tyranny, then I say that St. Peter has spoken in vain and that the situation he describes does not exist anywhere.»

because Life has a meaning, and what we do here is not in vain, and to love our enemies is not in vain and to pray for the salvation of the world is not in vain.

and from your description were praying in vain rather than truly seeking for wisdom... so no PRAYER did NOT do this... just becauise some ABUSE it..

We have long been profoundly aware of these perspectives: the progress of the universe, and especially the human universe, does not take place in rivalry with God, nor is it a vain squandering of the energies we owe to him.

Most so called» religious wars» were nothing more than atheistic leaders trying in vain to use God for there immmoral purposes and had nothing to do with True faith at all.

The Sadducees do not believe in an afterlife, let alone a resurrection, which is why Paul had to say that if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is preached in vain.

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He writes to the Romans, with an apparent reference to the death penalty, that the magistrate who holds authority «does not bear the sword in vain; for he is the servant of God to execute His wrath on the wrongdoer» (Romans 13:4).

Feigned penitent acts are in vain if they do not manifest themselves in seriously attempted behavioral changes.

do u know that Jesus died in vain?

Now the claim that could appropriately be advanced on behalf of this form of panpsychism in respect of considerations of parsimony would be that it does with fewer kinds of entity what it would be vain to do with more — that it does with one kind of entity what the dualist only achieves with two.

She lingers in vain, for Krishna does not come.

Don't take the name of god in vain?

Do not let this man suffer in vain.

Jesus didn't envolved himself to become an adviser or spiritual adviser to any political leader of his day, be it Herod, Pilate and others, thereby having a share of the vain glory in the eyes of the people.

What do you think about the sin of taking the Lord's name in vain?

The government, as Paul said, does not bear the sword in vain.