Yesterday started Lent, a time leading up to Easter Sunday when many Christians
give up things in their lives as a way of remembering Jesus» sacrifice.
I think two of the biggest fears of accepting the Lord and truly following His ways, are we are shown how our behavior is wrong and that we need to
give up some things in our lives.
Of course marriage encompasses many other things such as child rearing but that is no excuse to not make time for sex, even if you have to
give up some thing in order to make it happen.
Not exact matches
But even if these
things don't show
up in an obvious way, background checks are meant to
give an overview.
Governor Stephen Poloz
gave a speech
in December about the three
things that keep him
up at night; NAFTA was not on the list.
And
in a tense meeting with flipping «Odd Couple» Mark and Bryan, he makes that point very clear, telling the duo to
give up the schtick and take
things seriously.
And yet millions of people, from students to entrepreneurs,
give up those hours
in the misguided belief that they have more important
things to do, Huffington said.
Investment
in things like Pivotal takes time to come to fruition and they wanted us to
give up and
give money back to shareholders.
We're very disappointed that
in order to fund the military, we had to
give up things where we consider
in many cases them to be bad or them to be a waste of money.
But if I had to choose just one
thing I
gave up that created a domino effect
in my business, it would be the need to be perfect, the need to get
things right from the get - go.
These cohorts can support a positive mood
in the pitch meeting,
give you encouraging looks and even bring
up things you may have forgotten to mention.
«I was going to keep central
in my life the
things that I loved, and I wasn't going to
give those
things up until I needed to.»
The idea is that you can have it somewhere
in your house and, using the wake -
up word «Alexa,» constantly be asking it to do
things like answer questions,
give you information about a topic, or add
things to your to - do list.
Yet, instead of
giving up he did the one
thing that so many immigrants have
in common with entrepreneurs: he kept taking risks.
«The future is foreign markets, so the last
thing you want to do if you are a coal company is to
give up a U.S. seat
in the international climate discussions and let the Europeans control the agenda,» said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
Given that Amazon founder and warehouse - automation pioneer Jeff Bezos was the first to invest
in Rethink, there's probably more to Baxter's future than picking
things up and putting them down.
Whether it is getting
up early, going for a run or checking
in with a friend about your progress, find the
things that
give you strength and make sure you do them every day.
In a video she made laying out her own creative process, she confesses that she
gave up on her first feature film when
things got scary.
I look at myself
in the past, who would say yes to
things without knowing I couldn't deliver and then
give up, as flaky and unreliable.
You
give things up in the short term to be successful
in the long term.
Some are even willing to
give up things that are far more valuable to get it: their health, their time, their family, their self - worth, and,
in some cases, even their integrity.
«One of the
things that is interesting about the Zuckerberg gifts is he is
giving to a community foundation which supports lots of different causes, instead of setting
up his own foundation
in his name. . .
«It is
in your best interest to ask for enough time to properly
give notice and wrap
things up with your soon - to - be-ex-employer,» Meneghello tells Glassdoor.
«I'm not going to say at this point if that has manifested into weapons and that sort of
thing, but certainly what they're
up to there
in light of their other activities
gives us concern.»
Zuckerberg concluded: «The biggest
things that have gotten done
in the world tend to be done by people who primarily believe
in a mission and are not trying to build a company; by teams, not by individuals; and by people who just don't
give up.»
Trying to start the next Google / Yahoo / Facebook / Youtube or whatever by
giving things away and hoping to become a 1
in 10,000 + success is crazy, especially considering what you
give up to get there.
All foreign businesses, including U.S. ones, that operate or at least try to
in China will likely tell you the same
thing: it's extremely frustrating, and they have to
give up a lot for questionable gain.
You need to
give yourself the time to let these ideas come
up because it deals
in the confusion and images and very subtle
things.»
Bitcoin can currently handle
up to 360,000 transactions per day
given current limitations built into the technology, according to Jorge Stolfi, a computer science professor from Campinas University
in Brazil, so there's some headroom left before
things bog down.
«You have to
give things up»
in order to reach different aspirations, Brand said.
Nice analogy... the kids grow
up and
give up the Teddy Bear, and replace it with God so they can sleep better at night knowing there's no bogyman out to get them... and that Teddy (er... God) would protect them from
things that go bump
in the night.
Kids grow
up and
give up the Teddy Bear, and replace it with God so they can sleep better at night knowing there's no bogyman out to get them... and that Teddy (er... God) would protect them from
things that go bump
in the night.
Gary wrong again, Gary wrong again: I was a guest before this on this blog: Even check out Martin Zender; The World's most outspoken bible scholar facebook; You will find me there; he knows me, and his crew knows of me; Father has others too that have been with me for years that are not
in my city through their ministries also that have come
up along side of me, but I do not want you to come against them as they have their own trials to overcome, therefore; no names
given there, they also know me and my testimony: I am God's workmanship therefore, I was brought
up in Christ along side witnesses as His testimony: Gary; this is going to be shocking, but because God does not inform you of a
thing, means to me, that He has kept very much from you: Now why would that be?
But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one
thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just
give up, we know then who has
given up by the one they advocate for, even has
given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established
in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed
in us this needs to be, as we come
up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley
in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ
in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent
in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed
in us: Thank - you Father;
in Jesus Name Alexandria
Given that natural selection has held
up since Darwin's time and wonderfully explains what we see and do
in the lab and
things like why it's hard to treat viral infections and why there are an increasing number of antibiotic resistant bacteria, I don't expect it to change much
in the next 10 years.
some
things mention here I think are just responces to the fact that there are christians that have messed
up and
given people opportunity to look at it
in the negitive.
20 For the invisible
things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the
things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither
gave thanks; but became vain
in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping
things.24 Wherefore God
gave them
up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.
26 For this cause God
gave them
up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving
in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God
in their knowledge, God
gave them
up unto a reprobate mind, to do those
things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such
things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
Guys All this proves is that YHWH had varied tastes
in his pillaging and genocide, and liked to change
things up,
giving his Hebrew goons different instructions as the mood suited him.
So my understanding of
giving up your life
in order to have life is
in letting go of and grieving the loss of
things in your life that you have and have maybe even been beneficial for you for a while but are hindering you having life
in its fullest.
But
given the post-Benedict turbulence
in the Church, which begins to resemble the chaos of the post-conciliar 1970s that Ratzinger rightly deplored (and did much to repair), it would have been useful to get some clearer answers from Last Testament about the months that led
up to the papal transition of 2013 — and the reasons why
things had come to such a state of affairs before Benedict XVI took the decision to step down.
Giving up on doing such
things because it is deemed to be too difficult, ineffective, cumbersome, shaming, paralyzing, pointless, or whatever could be better interpreted as a loss of faith
in the Savior Jesus Christ and his power to change us, and an absence of the Holy Spirit which seals us unto holiness and eternal salvation.
I do not think that the answer is
in the negative and that the
thing to do is to
give up the search for transcendence as a myth and surrender oneself to some present and quite physical experiences.
I've all but
given up on good
things happening for me
in this living hell called life.
After all, as Paul writes
in Romans, «He who did not spare his own Son, but
gave him
up for us all» how will he not also, along with him, graciously
give us all
things?»
In other words, if the church has lost its purpose, the best thing may be for it to give up its facility and let somebody with a purpose use the space for the glory of God in a new congregatio
In other words, if the church has lost its purpose, the best
thing may be for it to
give up its facility and let somebody with a purpose use the space for the glory of God
in a new congregatio
in a new congregation.
Ephesians 5:25 - 27 ESV — Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and
gave himself
up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself
in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
The times I have gone out and
given blessing bags to the homeless and prayed with them have always ended
up blessing me
in the end... one
in particular was an elderly man who when we
gave him a hug... oh man you could tell that was the one
thing he really needed... He just began to weep... I would suggest getting outside your comfort zone and do it... I promise you you will not regret it!
Nevertheless, I will order Jacobsen's book to see what he has to say, even though I've pretty much
given up on finding answers to these sorts of
things in books.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and
gave Himself
up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church
in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such
thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.