During the second annual Giving Day at the University of Calgary, more than 1,350
gifts were given by 1,241 alumni and friends.
As Paul encouraged Timothy when he was young and starting out in ministry:
his gift was given by God, so he had to make sure to «not neglect his gifts» (1 Timothy 4:14), but rather «fan them into flame» (2 Timothy 1:6).
And thank you for
the gift you are giving by raising a high - needs baby with all the understanding and compassion you can muster.
The gift was given by Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Charles Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, and an internationally renowned author and consultant, and his wife Madhu Sheth.
«I consider counseling as a way to honor
the gifts I was given by my higher power.
Not exact matches
In the
giving spirit Alexa
is quickly becoming characterized
by, she
is also
giving away $ 5,000 in Amazon.com
gift cards to one lucky customer this Prime Day (July 11).
At first, Hamill
was shocked
by the thoughtful
gift,
given that he
was just there to sign autographs.
Focusing on one task at a time won't work if your phone
is consistently interrupting you with personal texts or the latest ballgame scores, so productive people
give themselves the
gift of momentum
by eliminating distractions from immediate surroundings.
A description that reads, «These
are really great to
give as client
gifts,»
is less impactful than one that says, «These five
gifts, all under $ 30, can
be used
by a man or a woman and
are something every small - business person needs.
Dabiq claimed that Emwazi displayed his «kindness and generosity»
by giving away a concubine he had received as a
gift to an unmarried injured
IS fighter.
Each of us chases after a desirable «rating» — an average score (out of 5 stars) that
's affected
by everything from that sideways glance you
gave the woman walking past you on your morning commute to the lack of enthusiasm you displayed for the birthday
gift your co-worker
gave you.
First, they can usually write off any tech tool they want
by buying it through their business, so it
's far more economically efficient for you to
give them other kinds of
gifts.
Giving a new college graduate an 832 - page book
by a professor sounds like a terrible idea — except your
gift will probably register when you say it
's on the recommendation of none other than Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.
Harvard and Duke University professor Vivek Wadwha, himself an immigrant entrepreneur from India, warned in a Congressional hearing, «The U.S.
is giving an unintentional
gift to China and India
by causing highly educated and skilled workers, frustrated
by long waits for visas, to return home.»
In controlled tests, researchers discovered that when waiters
gave customers a small
gift (such as a mint), tipping
was on average 23 % higher for customers who
were surprised
by the gesture (source).
The government followed up
by making an illegal
gift to American car manufacturers
by saying «We
're going to break international law and only
give subsidies to U.S. auto companies, not foreign - owned companies in the United States.
[7] The federal corporate income tax code's limits on the deductibility of corporate charitable
giving are often used
by analogy
by courts seeking guidance on whether a
gift was reasonable in amount.
Though for most of my life I
was the kind of person who just
gave out
gift cards, I've realized in the last year or so how much social capital can
be gained
by being a good
gift giver.
Senators like Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker have
been flying high as the leaders of the anti-Trump coalition —
are they willing to
give a
gift to the Trump administration
by passing his prized plan?
God loves when we use the
gifts He has
given us for His glory, whether that
's by preaching, teaching, learning or building a business.
She means natural
gifts, but surely she understands that they too
are given or withheld
by God.
Jesus needed to die, to show
by example, that the ultimate
gift you can
give to your fellow man
is selflessness, and compassion.
Having shared the great grace of baptism and having
been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth of Christian vocation as
given by St. Paul: «Now there
are varieties of
gifts, but the same Spirit; and there
are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there
are varieties of working, but it
is the same God who inspires them all in every one.
Therefore the excellent God, after He has justified and
given His spiritual
gifts, lest that ungodly nature rush upon them to enjoy them (for they
are very lovely and powerfully incite to enjoyment), immediately brings tribulation, exercises, and examines, lest the person perish eternally
by such ignorance.
The book owes a sidelong debt in this respect to Horns, the Joe Hill horror novel whose protagonist
is given the same queer
gift by the devil.
I
am happy that Ms. Egan didn't
give up her
gift after
being so shamed
by her professor.
Oh yeah,
by the way... I hope your ass
is at work bright and early on Christmas morning becuase if you really had the nads to practice what you preach you wouldn't accept
gifts,
give gifts, or take the day off on Christmas.
By God's grace the child
is a
gift who springs from the
giving and receiving of love.
In impoverishing themselves
by giving their
gifts and abandoning their intellectual pride, the Magi «brought themselves down to the level of the shepherds, and so a first Christian community can
be formed out of the two groups.»
As I said, «trusting in the person and completed work of Jesus Christ,
is a
gift given to human
beings by God.»
I
was given a
gift of
being completely humbled
by my destructive lifestyle and strong self will.
It
was given to us freely
by grace as a
gift.
Craig that
was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there eternal life
by there actions
by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think
is right as eternal life
is a free
gift from God not based on works.Jeremys definition
is that we
are saved
by faith in Jesus Christ to eternal life.I believe the term salvation has the meaning to
be saved not necesarily to eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ
gives us the power to
be transformed into his likeness or to
be Christ like.In the eternal picture our actions determine how we
are rewarded from God although its not the motivation of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent
Repentance
is given as a
gift by God.
The promotion of missions and other popular programmes in parishes and in the workplace can help the faithful to rediscover the
gift of baptismal faith and the task of
giving witness, knowing that the Christian vocation «
by its very nature
is also a vocation to the apostolate».
8 To one there
is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge
by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith
by the same Spirit, to another
gifts of healing
by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits
They needed to
be among the assembly yesterday of about 3000 believers in three different services that heard the message of the cross
given and the simple message of the
gift of eternal life
by believing in the one that
was nailed to the cross for our sins.
To celebrate the launch of Searching for Sunday we
're giving away free
gifts to everyone who who buys Searching for Sunday and submits their proof of purchase
by April 18th, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
They Pray for the problems of the world and I mean all the problems, much like the Convents, instead of
being a cynic you might just
be glad that there
are people who care this much,
by the way that life you claim for yourself
is not really yours, it belongs to God whether you want to recognize Him or not, you did nothing to
give yourself life, its His
gift to you hopefully you in your arrogance will not waist it.
Dr. Dodd has
given us a brief summary which
is very useful in stating the essential elements in that declaration: how that the God of Israel, who had spoken
by the prophets, had acted decisively in Christ, pouring out the
gift of the Spirit, and how that this Christ, now exalted, would return in glory for the establishment of God's kingdom.
There
are numerous avenues
by which this idea
is presented in church settings, but most often it revolves around the idea that we serve a powerful God, and God has dispensed some of that power upon all believers, but especially the leaders of the church
by giving them wisdom, vision, and special spiritual
gifts.
However, baptized Sikhs believe in the sacredness of this body - it
is a
gift that has
been given to us
by the Divine
Being.»
That you
give them a
gift by «going first» and sharing out of your own brokenness, your own vulnerabilities, your own messes... and in that, they
are given the
gift of not
being alone, of companionship, of courage.
Further, they should
be able to understand the loving and unique significance of conjugal intercourse, which lies not mainly in the pleasure it may
give the spouses, but in the unparalleled way
by which it expresses the total and exclusive self -
gift they made to one another in marrying.
• Ethics or justice: We obey God through the responsible use of our God -
given gifts, which
are not limited
by gender, ethnicity, or class.
It
is a
gift freely
given by God.
It
is instead a penitent approach to a God who
gives life freely, and who not only does not profit from the holocaust of the particular, but who in fact fulfils the «sacrifice» simply
by giving his
gift again.
I believe sexuality
is a
gift and a grace that
is given to us
by God, and it can produce some of the most radically beautiful and loving acts as well as some of the most horrible and hateful.
It
is the experiential insight that
gives succor to man's deformed yearning (sehnsucht) for perfection in life, and it reveals to us that «God can not
be contained within reason, because what he does goes beyond reason,» therefore the initial anticipation of the revelatory act / reality
is signaled
by the existential realization that God's «unnecessitated» love for us as created
being, both corporately and individually, makes transparent «God's
gift of Himself.»
This
is done
by individuals
giving of themselves and sharing the love of Christ through the
gifts of their labor and wealth.