Sentences with phrase «function in people living»

«Researchers find a potential signature of cognitive function in people living with HIV.»

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«We think people's lives will be better and really that the whole world will function better when there is more information and understanding out there,» Zuckerberg says in the video, wearing a T - shirt and jeans as he usually does.

«I really like to understand the society that I'm living in and how it works and functions and what people are thinking, you know.

You could target your existing customers who work in a specific job function, make XX amount of money per year, and live in a certain ZIP code with a higher value product offer, if those insights told you these people are more apt to be your affluent customers.

The general function of life insurance is to create a sum of money payable at the death of the insured in order to replace the economic loss resulting from the person's death.

I think for us, the reason that we ultimately chose to make that decision is that we live in a very sceptical and cynical world, and we function and live in a culture and in a time when people are wary of leaders, pastors and organisations; that there's a sense of duplicity or lack of transparency.

This is true, of course, and it's in part a function of demographics: Over time, many people who didn't want children either contracepted or aborted theirs away; while simultaneously, others who turned their face toward life went on to have the families whose representatives can be seen singing and dancing and throwing Frisbees around the Mall every January.

instead of some earlier period or all brain functions throughout a person's life, you would still be required to copy the information to retain the data, as the data itself would be lost in the quantum foam in the «natural» state of things.

With Christianity, although the reincarnation aspect seems to have purposefully removed so that people do not become «lazy» in search of God in this life time, the practical and strict rules governing functions in this life (hard work to lead a prosperous life, improving moral values, etc) are appealing.

To put it another way, it is the person, not the self, whose nature is inextricably bound up in the web of obligations and duties that characterize our actual lives in history, in human society — child, parent, sibling, spouse, associate, friend, and citizen — the positions in which we find ourselves functioning both as agents and acted - upon.

Some of these pioneers in changing the church find that the best way to function as the Body of Christ is to leave the institutional church behind, and live and love like Jesus with other people in their community and their neighborhood.

Yes, faith is a function of the will, but since the will has the ability to function, it is not unreasonable for God to invite people to believe in Jesus for eternal life.

This is a realistic image in the sense that people can live that way and, its advocates insist, can live well; for they believe that such and only such a way of life is in tune with the deepest rhythms of the bodily and psychic functioning of human beings.

This function of the will, though it is the responsibility of a person, is not meritorious in any way, for faith is not a work (Rom 4:5), but is simply being persuaded or convinced about what is true, which, in the case of eternal life, is being persuaded that eternal life is the free gift of God to all who believe in Jesus for it.

Unlike other addictions, this one is often invisible to the world and most people continue to function in their day - today lives.

What bugs the crap out of me is when people assume that I can function only in one area of church - life.

The emphases in counseling on respect for the orderly cause - effect sequences in the world of the psyche and on the necessity of a person's growing in his responsibility for his own inner life can help to counteract any tendency in spiritual healing to function in ways which encourage magic or the temptation to shift the total responsibility to God.

This function is invaluable as a sustaining, nurturing influence in the lives of millions of people.

However, when an Evangelist is properly functioning in the life of a church they are helping to identify and train other evangelists that will be connected to that body of believers and providing daily encouragement and help in equipping God's people.

I would accept the notion that most persons in our culture, Christian and non-Christian alike, function in their daily lives, perhaps unconsciously, on the basis of the assumed absence of God in history.

As a mechanical engineer which would include using math and physics principles to help with the design of a product with a particular function; I challenge you now; that when you can create a living person with all your intelligence and not use a woman to do it; I will be happy to listen to you... until then, I believe that God the Father and Son and Holy Spirit worked together in 6 literal days and rested on the 7th Day and Santified and Hallowed that day.

A major research direction, then, might well develop a design for research in which pastors would develop psychological skills in aiding parishioners in the development of wholesome (as part of «holy»), mature personalities, and in assisting persons in developing meaning and purpose in their lives, as well as dealing therapeutically with specific emotional problems which cripple their functioning.

By this he meant that for a great many people the whole function of their faith is to provide them either with a keen awareness of what God does for them and in them or with a way of escape from the real facts of life.

We have said something about the place of the Bible in the living Christian tradition which preachers represent and for which they function; we have discussed a few of the problems or questions which are raised both for preachers and for people; and we have tried to sum up the theological and moral implications of the gospel as these have been worked out in the tradition down the centuries.

It would be that the people of God from long ago understood (in God's great purpose) «function in being» far better than we; that men & women (and children) participate extensively with community life in Christ, doing so with some understood, intrinsic variation / rolls — Not because they must, but rather because doing so continues as God's ideal for His children.

What emerges in a given situation as «operant religion» will differ considerably from the «formal religion» of the historic creeds, and more concern with the former is essential to understanding how belief systems function in people's daily lives.»

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

At this point in my life, I am so convinced of the tenderness of the Father's heart that in those times when a public «word» is given from a person who understands the function of these gifts in the body of Christ, edification will be the aim.

The alert parish clergyman routinely functions as a crisis counselor when his people come to him at times of stress in their lives.

It functions in healing just in the measure that through it the person becomes able to move beyond the stage in which his positive and negative feelings are bound up with the counselor and to discover a new relationship to other persons in the family, the day's work, and the common life.

Governments that ignore the functioning communities in which their people live will fail or survive only through tyranny.

And once governments have surrendered power to agencies whose function is to encourage trade, the vast majority of people in all the countries involved will find it ever more difficult to influence the policies that shape their lives.

The person doesn't walk away — despite hard work, despite prayers for a miracle and bargaining with God, despite making vast improvements in learning daily living skills from a wheelchair, and even despite, at times, some measurable return of arm and hand function.

These forms of consciousness will of course be different for every person, based on personal experience... so that is where a personal God comes in... one that fits each person's current level of understanding... a living, hopefully growing perception as knowledge increases, instead of a fixed idol or icon... but if it provides a person a non-harmful useful comfort and positive function, then what genius has the right to deprive them of that, with ridicule that their understanding is different and better, when the person being ridiculed at the time, does not possess the knowledge required to have the same understanding of the person ridiculing.

It is precisely measures of efficiency, success, and local esteem — that is, measures of competence in fulfilling certain functions in persons» lives — that prove the importance of academically demanding theological schooling:

The church can function very well to bring a sense of unity and community in people's lives, but it takes the people to do this and this simply can not happen in large gatherings as the quality of «community» is inversely proportional to its quantity.

The colonial power structure, then assumed to be a firm and lasting situation, functioned as a shield for the conscience, freeing a Swede or an American from feeling remorse for the suffering of the peoples living in that part of the world, about which there was not much publicity anyhow.

This tend - ency provides an insight into the function which religious programs fulfill in the lives of many people.

Liturgy touches not only the outer person, one's appearance and function in daily life; it also affects our inner selves, what we actually are in our innermost beings.

For many people, growth work in life's second half involves claiming the neglected resources in their «other side,» their anima or animus, and developing whichever of their four psychic functions have been neglected earlier.

On the other hand, the transcendent can function in a person's life, much like the traditional God, as a real resource for living and a continual challenge for growth.

This is at least partially because people have spent their whole lives learning about how the society in which they live functions — including the church — and how to find a place for themselves in it.

In fact we do not cease thinking of these traditions as religious when they fail to function as the overarching ways of life for people who identify themselves with them.

But the ordinary people I am referring to do not want to live with a damaged but functioning cerebral cortex that results in limited or deranged behavior.

The severity to which the person over or underreacts to the sensory information affects the level of difficulty the person will have functioning in daily life situations, like going to school, trying new foods or going to crowded places.

A Waldorf school is a living organization involving many people who each have their own relationship to the endeavor, and who find themselves in groups that have particular roles and responsibilities — all important to the overall function and health of the organism.

This is an individual's way of living that incorporates — or eliminates — sensory stimuli to help the person function smoothly in daily life.

Arguments in favor of circumcision benefits indicate they outweigh the risks, have no substantial effects on sexual function, they are low in complications when done properly by an experienced person, and is best performed in the neonatal period of life.

Societies function well when they have the consent of the people who live in them.

But other common practices in southern Europe, like turning public office into a livelihood by living off public resources indefinitely, appointing incompetent people to public positions, or shamelessly benefiting from the undemocratic functioning of political parties, are cases of serious corruption too.