Sentences with phrase «losing a friend because»

I have been thinking for such a long time and have lost friends because I outed myself in saying the «church» just isn't one!

It upsets me that my daughter is possibly losing friends because of me.

You will probably tell me that I may lose friends because of jealousy.

I have turned down group invitations before, and I don't record losing a friend because of that.

Would they continue to have the same friends or would they lose their friends because they had to move to a cheaper...

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If the book helped them lose 50 pounds, they'll talk about it because people will praise them for losing all that weight, and sharing this information will raise their status among their friends.

«Thousands of friends and colleagues the world over have lost jobs because of the way the industry has been managed,» writes investigative journalist and former Los Angeles Times editor - in - chief O'Shea in his introduction.

I have lost a few friends and strained other relationships because I've spent too much time staying late in the office or hustling on the weekends.

I lost three months of sleep over this with my first novel (The Almost True Story Of Ryan Fisher) because in the middle of writing it, Ted Haggard, my senior pastor and friend — he even officiated my wedding — had a story break that made it into national headlines.

But I also want to say, if you had been here (I'm in Birmingham) and read some of the stories of people's kids being killed by this storm (so many had lost power already by earlier storms and had no idea F4 and F5 tornodoes were about to hit, and their kids were at friends» houses... and then those friends» houses were totally destroyed, and several parents lost all of their kids - I also know of several people who lost their wives AND all of their kids because they were at work while their family was at home)... anyways, if you could read some of these stories, who are you guys to tell them that their loved ones are not going off to a better place?

Anyway, all this to say that you have finally be able to unlock a major mystery for me and give me insight into the possible reason that God allowed me to be so viciously attacked (I was maligned, kicked out of church, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker of unrighteousness sent to destroy Gods Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior».)

When bullies know this about us, they know we'll put up with their bullying because we don't want to lose our social group and friends.

As David Kinnaman explains in his enlightening book, You Lost Me, one of the top six responses among young adults is that they left the church because they didn't feel like their pastors, mentors, and friends took their questions about faith seriously.

Sometimes the most loving friend will tell you the hard truth, even if they risk losing your friendship because you get angry at them.

I'm willing to pay it because I'm receiving something I want from it: Tai Chi lessons, meeting new people (because we've left the church and lost friends and need new ones), and to learn how to relax and live centered lives, etc... I could go on and on.

Because we all know atheists aren't really Americans and have no right to participate in any national ceremony, regardless of wether they lost friends or family on 9/11, without being coerced into passively approving the Christian values that got all those people killed in the first place.

He later told a reporter with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he wouldn't name the friend who was also involved because «he has more at stake to lose than I do.»

To live without constantly worrying about losing friends or my job because of what I think is new to me.

This totally reminds me of a friend who told me God wanted her to be an actress for his glory but that she had to lose weight to get a part so she was praying for God to work a miracle and make her lose weight quickly before an audition because it was within His will.

I think there was a sense of determination in this album, one because of deadlines but also, we had gone through so much between the process in our personal lives: losing parents, losing grandparents, losing some friends, relationships changing.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Bottom line: He didn't want to risk losing to a woman because his teammates and friends would ridicule him incessantly.

I have christian friends from other churchs and there women do these things and they do it because that is how they interpret the word.Its optional and not inforced by the church or by there husbands.They do it as an act of worship to the Lord.The point is how you interpret the word that was what i was getting at as we know the word is the inspired word of God to understand it we need the inspiration of the holy spirit otherwise the word is dead and brings no life.In the case of mother etta she was called to preach and God used her as an evengelist in her day her ministry grew she witnessed to thousands she healed the sick and saved the lost you can argue over a point but the proof is there that God uses women just as he uses men in ministry today.

I think a counselor is good if you need someone to talk to about the deeper stuff — of course good friends should be confided in — to a point — but not so that the friendship becomes just about that — because then it feels like a counseling relationship — and the friendship may be lost as you will associate that friend with your sin which you want to get rid of, and when you are free from the sin, you may want to be free from those associated with the sin too.

Not being able to say «Hi» to your friend Jack in a plane - or to call out for your nephew when he gets lost in an airport because his name is «Jihad.»

She shared the story of one friend who lost an ovary because she could not afford birth control pills.)

Later research, documented in Kinnaman's You Lost Me, reveals that one of the top reasons 59 percent of young adults with a Christian background have left the church is because they perceive the church to be too exclusive, particularly regarding their LGBT friends.

As for discrimination — I too have lost jobs and friends because I was foolish enough to tell someone what I actually believe.

«Growing up, all of my friends said, «I hope you never have to play Alabama, because you'll lose.»

Because there is no one they would enjoy losing to less than us, no matter what your friends from Auburn say.

A Barcelona supporting friend of mine, said we'd beat them at least by 2 goals, but I was sure we'd lose, because we have that sorry excuse of a deluded manager up running this club.

In the same period he probably has set some kind of record for friends lost because of his independent ways and sharp tongue.

Nice article... I used to be one of those staunch Wenger fans through the years... I used to believe he is superior than Sir Alex, because with almost nothing to spend and playing with kids, he managed to keep us up there every year... I was really caught up with that half season wonder we used to show... In the summer 2013, him or the board (I don't recall) came out and said we are much stable financially and now we can fight with the biggest bullies, I got my hopes high, I thought we are definitely signing a top striker and DM, that what we need... What happened, only hours before the window closed we managed to sign a top AMF (remember we have our best player for the season 2012 - 2013 was AMF, Cazorla if you remember), I was really depressed seen Giroud leading the line every match... then comes winter window, and we were right there top of the table... My friend send me a poster of an elephant on a tree, and on the bottom of it «no one knows how it got there but everybody knows how it will get down»... I told my friend that we are only one decent striker far from the gold... and what happened, we signed an old injured DM on loan... That for me was a completely arrogance and stubbornness cost us the league title... There I completely lost the plot with Wenger... I wish yesterday I was with those who raised that banner... I would write in my banner «Enough talks and philosophy, we need results»

This is the circuit where one sees the game's fabric being woven — and sometimes unraveled; where a disgusted player will walk over to a garbage can and junk an armful of rackets only to have a solicitous girl friend retrieve them and hurry after him; where a young player can sit stock - still for an hour at a time, staring at a tennis ball, hoping to improve his concentration; and where groups of players discuss why they lost matches and conclude it was not because they failed to hit the right shots, but because they were reluctant to cheat.

real talk, i think this is a great article, in my hometown there is a club which is in the second division of my country and some years ago there was a real possibility that we could promote to the first division but we did nt manage to and now its a bit more difficult but even then the fans who come, come for their entertainment and to be happy with their close friends drinking beers or a dad with his son etc. and we shout if we are winning and discuss every decision (mostly its right one but football fans do nt seem to agree with right decisions against their club) and we shout if we are losing too, because i do nt support a team to be sad..

I had a few friends who told me they could not attend my mom's funeral service, because they had lost a parent, or a loved one recently.

Because this blog kept me sane when I first became a mom and it was like a long lost friend having you back.

Because your quality of life stinks and you are losing your friends.

I have dear friends who lost their children because fools on the internet encouraged them similarly.

His death was devastating for all of us, but my immense grief, which stretched through my teenage years and into my 20s, was made all the more lonely and isolating because almost no one around me — friends, teachers, many members of my extended family — recognized that I'd lost anyone of importance at all.

You may have some friends who don't have children yet, and you don't want to lose touch with them just because you're a mom now.

I have friends who lost their babies to preventable home birth accidents, attended by negligent midwives, and yet other friends who have lost babies because they refused induction of labor against the advice of their medical provider.

James Busse is now homeless, couch surfing with friends because he lost his as a stockbroker after immigration agents tried to deport him.

«We lost a lot of friends, both publically and politically, because of the way that certain people conducted themselves during that session.

I became a confidant in the political class because I controlled a whole platoon of «psychological warriors», I won and lost some of the battles, at some point I got it right while at another point I got it wrong because I am human, I made friends and seen all sorts of fun.

«Tom Watson, our deputy leader who's got his own mandate, Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, John Cryer, who's chair of the parliamentary Labour party and a friend of Jeremy's, have all been trying to get him to recognise that he can not continue in the job because he's lost the confidence of the PLP and he's hiding behind a closed door denying that this is a fact,» she said.

But people shouldn't lose their jobs because of a bad taste in friends.

I was lucky because I planted early and managed to harvest all the fruit by mid-March, but you can harvest until May and those who planted a little later, like my best friend, have lost nearly all their crop.

He lost a surgeon friend to the disease because of tainted blood.

I made some bad choices, and I lost some good friends along the way, because to me, everyone was out for themselves.