Sentences with phrase «gifts i have opened»

Your gift has opened the door for children in need of permanent, loving families.

I have some really funny stories to share about gifts I have opened in my past dating adventures.

«In my view, engaging in activity which is prohibited by Parliament through the enactment of the Criminal Code of Canada falls squarely within the rubric of a public policy violation,» he added before rejecting arguments that voiding the gift would open the floodgates to frivolous estate litigation.

Not exact matches

«The Gift» opens with Robyn (Rebecca Hall) & Simon (Jason Bateman) moving into their new California home, having left Chicago and some bad memories behind.

Greeting each day as a gift helps reframe priorities and opens us up to possibilities we never would have considered in our «former lives.»

The provincial government matched the gift, and by the time of the official opening, more than 130 individuals and corporations had also contributed to the future of the School and the building.

The planning opportunities have opened very wide, especially in a state like Massachusetts which does not have a gift tax but does have a rather low threshold for the estate tax.

I have opened «gift» accounts for my parents and found the process very easy.

Over the years, I have observed the bulk of the Evangelical fleet drift — and then in desperation for some greater motivation, change fuels — from the open - arms gasoline of evangelism meetings, to the super-sparks of charismatic gifts, to the sluggish - diesel of homogenized Biblical theology, to the stuttering - and - sparkle fuel of Christian music, to the nitro - flamed - fuel of hating gays, and now to the turbo - charged hatred of illegal aliens at home and Muslims overseas.

When a man and woman unite in the Sacrament of Matrimony, they have the gift of possibly bringing life to the world as long as they remain open to this covenant with God.

Of the many contributions of this past pontificate, perhaps it was John Paul's opening up and developing the Second Vatican Council's understanding of the person as «gift» whichwill have the most lasting influence.

What if you had simple ways to overcome those obstacles and lean into the gift of opening your door?

«For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.»

Even those children who didn't open their gifts until Christmas morning had now done so, and would be playing with their new possessions, more or less discreetly, in the pews.

Indeed, perhaps we have found in the season's mood of anticipation the first, even the best, gift of Christmas, the one we get to open early.

I consider this an ambiguous gift: on the one hand, postmodern tendencies open up spaces for the new perspectives and voices mentioned above; on the other hand, as the social critic Jane Flax notes, a hard - core kind of postmodernity which would postulate the death of history, of the human being and of metaphysics undermines the kind of critical reason that is necessary to counter the «master narrative» constituted by capitalist globalization.

But once (within marriage) generosity has been fulfilled in a particular couple (which only they can determine in conscience), need «each and every act of sexual intercourse» be open to the gift of children without destroying the symbolism of the conjugal act as complete self - gift to each other?

However irreproachably I lived as a monk, I felt myself in the presence of God to be a sinner with a most unquiet conscience... I did not love, indeed I hated this just God... I raged with a fierce and most agitated conscience and yet I continued to knock away at Paul in this place, thirsting ardently to know what he really meant... At last I began to understand the justice of God as that by which the just man lives by the gift of God, that is to say by faith... At this I felt myself to have been born again and to have entered through open gates into paradise itself.6

Everyone is given the same gift, some of us have just opened it up....

I only ask The Lord Almighty to open your heart as you have lot of potential gifts the you can help other human...

More and more these days, my prayers are a resting with open hands, I receive these hours ahead as a gift, I receive what you have to give me, I am open, let's sit down together here in the quiet.

Then, I let Trig's mom have an exceptionally comfortable pregnancy so she could enjoy every minute of it, and I even seemed to rush it along so she could wait until near the end to surprise you with the news — that way Piper wouldn't have so long to wait and count down so many days — just like Christmastime when you have to wait, impatiently, for that special day to finally open your gift?

Having opened the gift of the incarnation — of God with us — we've peered inside and shrieked, «This is not enough!

Furthermore, the blogosphere has opened up a new and powerful avenue which has furnished many gifted Christian women with a voice to share what the Lord has given them.»

It also opens new opportunities for other gifts, because it creates hopeful expectations of how God might really want to work in a situation, not what He has to do.

Dear Adrian, I get where your coming from but I disagree that If a Christian gives a blessing to a non believer it has nill effect when I worked for a short time on a check out in a supermarket I bade them farewell with a blessing, the choice was theirs to receive the gift and open it.

I know of a man who had the spiritual gifts of evangelism, service, and creative communication, the heart desire to travel and be on the open road, the ability and knowledge to work on motorcycles, a fun - loving and free - spirited personality, and the life experiences of riding motorcycles.

These simple gifts that come is shoe boxes have the potential to open a child's heart to the love of Jesus Christ.

As Pastor Brandon prayed, I had my eyes half open as I bowed my head and I recognized the sandaled feet of a man who has a gift of prophecy as he approach our little circle.

No one has ever or will ever so completely open themselves to the gift of God's grace and love, as did she.

I believe that in light of the creativity and compassion that it takes to serve the world as Jesus would, the evangelical community will continue to grow more and more open to the diversity of gifts that women bring to the worldwide communion table, and that women of valor everywhere can truly «laugh at the days to come.»

Salvation was something that kicked in after death, like a gift that had «Do not open until eternity» on the tag... It was something that happened once but applied for all eternity — once saved, always saved.

At last I perceived a beam of light glimmering at time top of the house (for such I may call the body I had been inclosed in), whither ascending, I gently let myself» down through a kind of chimney, and issued out at the nostrils as the window was wide open, I sallied forth into the open air: but, to my great astonishment, found myself unable to fly, which I had always during my habitation in the body conceived of spirits; however, I came so lightly to the ground that I did not hurt myself and, though I had not the gift of flying (owing probably to my having neither feathers nor wings), I was capable of hopping such a prodigious way at once, that it served my turn almost as well.

Adam, Grace can provide the strength to survive being misunderstood and persecuted without becoming cynical and bitter; but it is not yet «sufficient» until it has open up the minds and hearts of those who judge and persecute empowering them to see and appreciate the gifts of those who do not fit the common profile for normalcy.

Keep an open mind, these people have faith and you know what, thats more than what a lot of people in this world have!!!! Don't loose sight of the gift that was given to us through Jesus Chirst, the only reason God will have mercy on us on the day we take our last breathe no matter how that may be!!

What do the following authors all have in common — Jean Paul Sartre, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Victor Hugo, Jean - Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, René Descartes, Francis Bacon, John Milton, John Locke, and Blaise Pascal: (a) They are among the most gifted writers the World has known; (b) They concentrated on opposing dogma and opening the human mind and spirit to the wonders of free thought and intellectual freedom; (c) They were intimidated by the Catholic Church and put on the Church's list of prohibited authors; or (d) All of the above.

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Christmas morning brunch seems to be on the rise... we do that now too... we actually started it about 3 Christmas» ago because we don't have anyone over on Christmas morning... it is just our small family... so we sleep in, open gifts then eat... anyway... I already do a hashbrown casserol that I pulled together the recipe for from other places... and it is a perfect addition... you can have anything else you want; ham, bacon, eggs, bisuits or toast... all is good together... but, we only do this once or twice a year... really good!

Since having the kids, I make Christmas brunch each year, my mom, sister and MIL come to watch the kids open their gifts and I get to make a breakfast casserole that everyone loves!

I also think they'd be pretty perfect on Christmas morning with a cup of coffee while opening gifts!

I planned to serve it for a dinner we were having with an old friend until I remembered his nut allergy, so I put it in the freezer and then brought it out on Christmas morning to munch on as «pre-breakfast» while we opened gifts.

Today we are having a quiet day at home, opening gifts from Santa and just enjoying our little girl's first Christmas.

Our whole family was together and we'd spend the morning opening stockings and gifts, playing with our new toys, relaxing and eating good food.

Made this for Christmas morning; prepped night before, popped in oven when we got up and it was ready to eat after we had finished opening gifts.

It's just as easy to make three cups of rice (or barley, or farro, or quinoa) as it is one, and it feels like a gift you've given yourself when you get home and open the fridge and realize you have something already prepared in there.

The first 100 visitors to the store will receive a mystery Whole Foods gift card, ranging in value from $ 5 to $ 365; if you'd like to try your luck, be sure to get in line well before the 9 a.m. opening time.

I have been gifted the Camino cookbook and it's fabulous, but since we opened the café, Tekoa, I find myself very nostalgic for The Joy of Cooking as well as the perfect molasses cookie in The Silver Palate that a school friend brought to my son's class party.

Instead, we had rice from the rice cooker (God's greatest gift to rice lovers) and (I'm actually embarrassed to tell this) but I opened a bag of precut broccoli florets and tossed those in a pan and boiled it a little — and — instant dinner.

I'd like to continue the tradition of spreading the love within out food blogger community by officially opening up the 4th Annual Food Blogger Holiday Gift Exchange!