Sentences with phrase «made spirited effort»

She recounted that former President, Goodluck Jonathan indeed showed concern and made spirited effort to rescue the schoolgirls abducted in Chibok in 2014.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

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With respect to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Powell explained that the Federal Reserve has been making an effort to address the issue as to whether a centralized entity obtaining exclusive rights to permissioned systems undermines the «spirit of DLT.»

That's what you're teaching; that even though a person begins in the Spirit they have to be made perfect by their fleshly efforts.

With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.

Its achievement is through the spiritual energy imparted by His spirit in human hearts, but its final consummation comes slowly through the joint efforts of God and man, working side by side, in the struggle to create a new and divine order and to make His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Ephesians 4:3 - 16 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

It is difficult to see how, if God's relationship to the world is «wholly other» than the relation of creative spirit to its actual working in time (chronos), we can avoid discounting the Christian significance of creative effort, patient workmanship, and that careful assessment of conditions and consequences which make up so large a part of the wisdom of life.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

In the following paragraphs an effort will be made to investigate whether and to what extent the mood of the boundless, so characteristic of the American spirit, constitutes a kind of soft and yielding tyranny into which the eschatological and bounded finalities of the gospel are absorbed without great effect.

If a man has not enough passion to make either the one movement or the other, if he loiters through life, repenting a little, and thinks that the rest will take care of itself, he has once for all renounced the effort to live in the idea — and then he can very easily reach and help others to reach the highest attainments, i.e. delude himself and others with the notion that in the world of spirit everything goes as in a well - known game of cards where everything depends on haphazard.

Such an effort is found in the sending of aid in the spirit of Christ to the victims of communist tyranny and to other persons made hungry and shelterless by war.

The followers of Jesus are invited to be involved with the on - going life of the people and make every effort to transform it in view of the Kingdom in the power of the Spirit.

The lessons of the Lord's Prayer become fresh realities for us as we cease to strive to make them come true by our own efforts and accept them as gifts of Christ in the Spirit instead.

Rather, it is an effort to change our minds, to draw us closer to God and make us more willing to receive what God has already given to us in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

In spite of frantic appeals by the Popes, the crusading spirit had so far become an anachronism that in Western Europe, divided into rival nation - states, no effective united effort was made to stem the Turkish tide.

Confessing sins to God, not doing certain things while making an effort to do other things, making a verbal confession of faith... None of these lead to salvation, but are rather a result of salvation and come forth from the indwelling Holy Spirit as fruit.

So when Paul urged the Ephesian church to «make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace,» he followed this with an acknowledgement of the Church's diversity, in which there are «apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers... so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.»

The protection of Lilacia Park from further development has been a priority of the elected officials who represent the Lombard Park District and in that spirit, we have made every effort to work cooperatively with the Library District.

The Lions would again like to thank all the other 75 businesses and individuals as well as all the players who made this effort a success which is a great example of the Saugerties Spirit.

Needless to say, this film is hardly as driven by its musical aspects as its 1969 counterpart, and makes sure to remind you by underusing Richard Addinsell's score, which, upon actually being used, is typically not fleshed out to the fullest, and is all too often tainted by a degree of conventionalism that further disengages, but ultimately does only so much damage to Addinsell's efforts, which are still spirited enough and recurring enough to play something of a hefty part in breathing some liveliness into this generally dry project.

For the life of me, I somehow can't find the identity of this series» cinematographer, but whomever this person may be, my hat is off to him or her, as his or her efforts, while not breathtaking, is consistently quite tasteful in its plays with coloring and lighting, which has a tendency to sometimes go from tasteful to just plain stunning, thus making the series a strong visual piece, as surely as it is something of a strong musical piece, as Christopher Dedrick must also gain some recognition for his spirited and sometimes upstanding score work.

The anime that this game is based upon may not be as popular as other Japanese animation, but Sanctuary Battle makes a decent effort to keep up with the true spirit of Kurumada's original vision.

Team America is a very unfocused effort by Stone and Parker, who seemingly have only one real mission: to make fun of everyone and everything in a style so mean - spirited, you have to laugh at the sheer audaciousness of the cruelty.

The returning effort, combined with another script which matches the spirit of the series without feeling trite, makes The Strongest Man in the World a strong success of a sequel.

I realized in reading classes some role play and mimicry which were meant to stimulate them beyond entertainment imagination and creative spirit, the desire to make a proper improvisation, to select what is relevant and understand and retain stories through play, without recognizing the effort, participating in these activities with pleasure and love them.

In this spirit we make every possible effort to increase the skills and expertise of your collaborators and help your organization be more efficient in facing both the challenges of today and tomorrow.

And Duncan's insistence last summer that school districts had already cut «through... fat, through flesh, and into bone» only served to undermine the state and local leaders who had been inclined to swing the budget ax by making their efforts seem mean - spirited.

The quick, 12.0:1 ratio makes for quick work of corners, and the adjustable firmness means you can enjoy lighter around - town efforts or ramp up the effort required for spirited driving.

In keeping with the spirit of the Symposium, and our ongoing efforts to «Speak With One Voice» on the very important topic of Civil Rights, we have made the Symposium PowerPoint presentations available below.

By no means beautiful, this girl, but she has a garish spirit, a laugh she makes no effort to stifle.

But in the spirit of new years and resolutions, I decided to make a concerted effort to get away from the keyboard and out into the world to continue making meaningful connections with other authors, readers, and bookstore staff.

In all such circumstances, every reasonable effort should be made to parallel as closely as possible the spirit of the most current Code.

Every reasonable effort should be made to parallel as closely as possible the spirit of the Code of Ethics as it applies to dogs residing in the U.S. (section II above), including recording reports in approved online databases.

The Alliance — and NYC's homeless pets — salute these spirited athletes whose efforts so far have raised $ 8,935 to help make New York City a better place for animals.

In its effort to get into the holiday spirit (or as an apology for charging money for virtual dogs), Lionhead is also making available free Santa hats for all Fable III players.

For the most part the critical mass welcomed this return to realism and their passive disregard for homegrown modernism had knock - on effect; lack of attention led to public's lack of understanding, constituting what Davis would call the «cultural monopoly» he saw to be taking place in the U.S. Genuine efforts had been made to incorporate new formal elements and meanings into art but this progressive aesthetic spirit had eventually waned in the face of cultural provincialism, which was being «exploited... at the expense of progress.»

City Councilmember Jean Godden I'd like to thank members of the Green Ribbon Commission, which took a break from their efforts today to join this event, which shows the kind of innovative spirit that we've got, and environmental leadership that makes Seattle such a great place.

In the spirit of evidence - based policy - making, it's preferable not to ground reform efforts in assertions, suppositions, anecdotes, or «common sense facts» which have not been substantiated.

In every situation, we make every effort to make negotiations fair and positive in the spirit of rebuilding the partnership once the dispute has been settled.

He certainly made efforts to stay within the spirit of the law.

In the spirit of togetherness and sharing, we made Reflections from the Bench a group effort this month, asking judges to share their stories about judging over the holidays.

In addition to chatting to engineers, designers and managers, it's those images coupled with some of the details that show off the Ultimate Ears spirit; that go to show the time and effort put into making the UE Roll; that are fun and worth sharing as a snippet of insight.

In an effort to help those victims in Haiti and in the spirit of Canadian charity, GreatResumeExample will do make a donation.

Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Bernet, Baker, and colleagues, the spirit of parental alienation recently made its way into the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM), even if the exact term «parental alienation» has not.

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.