Sentences with phrase «just by promising»

But states and districts have learned they can earn federal dollars just by promising to pursue various initiatives.

A little while back they launched program in support of donating books just by you promising to read to your child.

«I could get my students to learn a lot of things just by promising them a Starburst or peppermint,» she wrote.

Not exact matches

According to the 2013 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Customer Satisfaction Report, just released by the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute, Express Scripts was ranked by its customers lowest in overall satisfaction and second to last in delivering promised savings and having no conflict - of - interest issues.

Theranos had promised to shake up medical testing by conducting a wide range of tests with just one drop of blood in a user - friendly manner with quick results.

The Lily drone was highly anticipated because of the auto - follow feature: It promised no technical know - how or setup, but by carrying a small puck - like tracking device, you could just throw the drone into the air to activate it, and it would automatically follow and film you, so long as you were holding the tracker.

His book, released in January, promises to get you moving like you used to by spending just 10 minutes a day working through a sequence of movements based on a combination of stretches and gymnastics.

You can do this by buying income annuities, which promise to pay a set monthly amount for life, just like a pension.

He had only just learned something was awry when, as an investor in three of Concrete's buildings, he had received proxy forms asking him to sign over his stakes to a company called Strategic Group in return for unsecured debentures, a kind of IOU not backed by real collateral, promising to pay him 6 % a year.

Musk initially said Tesla would be producing 20,000 of them per month by the end of 2017 but the company just missed its scaled - back promise to produce half that number.

So my point is if the promise that we buy into is that Bitcoin will become a widely accepted currency in and of itself one day, and that it will account for a huge percent of international transactions, thereby realizing its potential value, we need to also accept that the potential has not yet been realized and right now, in the midst of this euphoria, 90 % of buyers are just trying to get rich quick in dollar terms by trading it.

The Conservatives attempted to fulfill a major 2011 election promise to introduce income splitting but tweaked it just a bit by introducing a cap of $ 2000 a family.

When that happens, the world will be watching, and not just for the promised sustainability — Quay Valley also plans to feature the world's first working Hyperloop, built by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies at an estimated cost of $ 100 million to $ 150 million.

He also promised that the tiny electric car company would be cranking out «a few million cars» by 2025, putting it eye - level with BMW in terms of production and far surpassing the company's 2014 production tally of just 33,000 units.

The main question now is whether this transformation will be permanent, or, as has been promised by policymakers of late, just a temporary blip in the history of banking that could soon go away.

So, forget about getting rich quick by some «magic bullet» trading system you stumbled across on your Google search for automatic forex trading robots; I promise you that trading takes time and energy and you have to actually learn how to read the charts, there is no such thing as just downloading some software and pressing buttons to make tons of money.

When TSLA and SCTY shareholders vote on the proposed merger on November 17, investors need to question whether this merger is just another promise by Musk to distract from larger issues facing both companies.

This is likely just the beginning of what promises to be a burgeoning asset class, as governments and other entities will need to invest an estimated $ 90 trillion in infrastructure over the next 15 years to achieve goals outlined by the Global Commission on Economy and Climate.

The robots themselves are just some generic auto - trading software that they bought off the market; by the time customers discover it can't deliver anywhere near the promised results, the scammers have already taken their affiliate cut.

-- you are being tested... what you are saying is part of the tests you were created to believe in One God and by using the free will you are denying the oneness of God... this is the biggest test... and so in your daily life... you will see everything on that day and its promise of the Almighty to the humanity... but we just have to be patient and wait till the day comes....

The Muslim jihadist who is promised the virility of 100 men to service his many young lovers, (women with nice boobs, and boys, by the way) is just taking this to a radical literalism, says Jeff.

Maybe the reason why we all just keep coming is because it's a promise, since, as painful as it is, being with people is the next best thing to being loved by them.

And by you saying he ruined your life, is very bad to say, he changed my life, I have lived through alot of this, all because I did ask, and I lived, I am getting through, and its thanks to God, he can get you through anything, all things are possible with him, and that is true, my anxiety and depression have gone down (I am still human), and I just am an all around better person because of him, and you should get rid of your Facebook as well, and devote every hour minute anything you can towards God and Christ, turn the tube off, and just devote it to him, I promise you won't be sorry, good luck and God bless!!!

«matt — just because we can use science and reason to explain natural events doesn't mean there isn't a god, case in point, rainbows, a sign given by god to Noah can be explained by science but is still a promise made by god» But thats not proof of anything.

just because we can use science and reason to explain natural events doesn't mean there isn't a god, case in point, rainbows, a sign given by god to Noah can be explained by science but is still a promise made by god

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him» (Genesis 18:17 - 19, NIV).

As promised, we begin the week with a discussion on NT Wright's «Surprised by Hope,» which I just finished reading this weekend.

Since Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church and placed good men in charge of it, and because it was the Catholic Church which put the Books of the Bible in the Bible and coined the word «Bible», and because the Bible tells us that the Church is the pillar and foundation of Truth, and because these good men [that you refer to as misguided] are the ones ordained and «sent», [just like Jesus was «sent» by the Father], are at the «helm» of His Church and have the absolute authority to interpret the Bible, I am so inclined to be ever so thankful that Jesus Christ set it all up this way so that the burdens and crosses that I may bear will become as light as the yoke that Jesus Christ promised if we are willing to follow him, and not our will be done but His.

Is it possible that the reason that the Corinthians were so concerned about baptism is that they had been taught by the Apostle Paul and other Christian evangelists that salvation and the promise of the resurrection of the dead and eternal life are received in Baptism, just as orthodox Christians, including Lutherans, have been teaching for almost 2,000 years??

Many of these promises will never be fulfilled, hampered by political obstacles or possibly the candidate is just making a huge, empty claim to get the votes.

Spurgeon described each promise as being as good as money in the bank to anyone who would claim it by faith — just like we write checks against an account at the bank.

They had been promised just retribution by God when they went beyond His purpose in crushing Israel.

By itself, such a change would have the effect of calling Americans» attention to the fact that a retirement livelihood can never be just a promise.

After several hundred years and lots and lots of dying (because God's law was really strict and people could not read so they probably easily forgot portions of the instructions and they were born sinners by nature anyway and probably could not help it because they did not yet have the Holy Spirit who could enable them to fulfill God's requirements), God fulfilled the promise through a bunch of people who just happened to be born in Abraham's lineage.

And so it is that just as we finish «remodeling» one home, my eyes are captured by images of the new, by the possibility and excitement that novelty promises.

It is certain because God has promised it, and it is certain because it is required by wisdom and justice in order to give to each creature a just retribution for his deeds.

Just a few short months ago, I sat in Pastor Gaetans house with an amazing group of people, representing all of us, and we promised to build him a school, by the grace of God.

Driving down that road I've always been curious about has nothing to do with biblical womanhood, but it promises better material than if I just passed by again... so I take it.

Just how disturbing, but also promising, his vision of the reign of God was can be brought out in a fresh way if we interpret it in terms of the four interrelated modalities required by any integral religious vision.

We saw in chapter 8 that there is a considerable body of prophetic promises where shalom will be won and managed by a true and just king in David's line.

When God makes His covenant with Noah after the great flood, promising never again to destroy «all flesh,» this promise is fulfilled in part through government, which, by executing just punishment, enacts fitting retribution for crimes.

Moreover, just as feminists gained a following by promising that women were non-responsible for their lives and everything in them, so movement spokesmen have extended the principle to cover the content of their own ideological development.

Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virg = inia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

Also, by this logic, there is no guidance whatsoever for deciding between Christianity and Islam (just as an example), since both promise infinite reward and threaten infinite punishment.

«By any means necessary» may appeal to some because it promises full exploitation of every avenue to liberation, but its failure to use only just means results ultimately in creating more suffering and evil.

The main reason that I believe that this collection of historically contingent documents is the inerrant revelation of God is because I believe Jesus rose from the dead and I have experienced the power of that event: therefore the prophecies weren't empty promises, the conquest of Israel wasn't just a powerplay under the masquerade of a divine mission, and the apostles really were guided by the Holy Spirit to expound further on all matters leading to salvation.

that Jesus has given them everlasting life (life with Him forever) just by believing His promise.

Well, it is still in these richer animistic and dramatic aspects that religion delights to dwell, It is the terror and beauty of phenomena, the «promise» of the dawn and of the rainbow, the «voice» of the thunder, the «gentleness» of the summer rain, the «sublimity» of the stars, and not the physical laws which these things follow, by which the religious mind still continues to be most impressed; and just as of yore, the devout man tells you that in the solitude of his room or of the fields he still feels the divine presence, that inflowings of help come in reply to his prayers, and that sacrifices to this unseen reality fill him with security and peace.

So I went searching and what I found was very promising recipe on my friend Krystal's blog (Krystal just had a baby, by the way!).

Besides just satisfying my curiosity and that it seems ridiculously easy to make (just mix in the baking pan and bake), I'm intrigued by anything that promises to be a one stop nutritious meal.