If you agree with what God calls sin, then you need only look at your own thoughts and conduct to know that you don't
measure up to his standard, whether you were born with original sin or not.
I was criticized for not
measuring up to the standards this individual set.
I was a churchy person, and I spent my life judging those who did not
measure up to my standards of Godly living.
This approach does not conform to the Charter «values» the government claims to uphold, and it certainly does not
measure up to the standards of a healthy democratic polity.
They are particularly essential in a society devoted to values, to keep before the public a clear vision of ideal ends to be served and to show explicitly in what respects materials offered for public reception do or do not
measure up to these standards.
In my book I wanted to remind people that sometimes being told that we are loved really means: «My love for you is so strong that I wish I could suppress all the bits about you that don't
measure up to my standards.
I think that the answer of any honest person will be, «I do not
measure up to that standard at all.
Of course, this is not all that Christians believe, or even the major part of what Christians believe, about Jesus Christ; but for our purpose, it is enough now just to admit at least that much, to see here life given in love to the point of complete surrender of self, to agree that the ages witness that this is healthy life, this is wholeness, and then to turn to oneself and ask the very simple but very searching question, «How do
I measure up to that standard?»
God's word is the mirror which helps us see that we can't
measure up to his standards and we need a Savior.
And I've seen some women with a career feel like they don't
measure up to the standard of the «perfect moms» whose parties look like a Pinterest post, even while they're earning a bonus at work.
He loves his pay and will never regret being paid that much for not
measuring up to the standard expected of him, he is too greedy for that.
It's part of Cherry's shtick to run down players who fail to
measure up to his standards of hockey manliness.
Once again, very few of you would
measure up to their standards.
If your daughter or niece thinks she needs to look like a certain female celebrity, challenge the idea by asking how many people she sees everyday that would
measure up to that standard.
But they made sure they corrupted it in order to survive because they could not
measure up to the standards that we left behind.
Mr. Yakubu contends that, the resolution of the report was contradictory, and did not
measure up to the standards of good governance because, «if you look at the code of conduct, it was enacted to prevent public officials from being in conflict of interest situations.
«The South - East before now was not
measuring up to standard in the APC but we have worked out strategies and modalities on how to improve relationship between the people of the South - East and the APC government.
It concluded with a three - day site visit in December, at which a team of appraisers from the ANCC observed nursing practice in action, making certain that day - to - day performance
measured up to the standards set by the ANCC.
Looking and feeling your best at all times by taking care of your grooming and your health is a good way to help neutralize these feelings, but an even better way to eliminate the need to glow under your date's scrutiny is to remember he has to
measure up to your standards, too.
Singles over 50 sign up expecting to find a more mature dating crowd and can feel frustrated by the youth and flippancy of members who don't
measure up to the standards of respectable senior dating sites.
Overall it can make some of your friends and family do not
measure up to your standards.
As Bradlee, Hanks doesn't quite
measure up to the standard set by Jason Robards in «All the President's Men,» but he's serviceable.
Aside from the Wikipedia - level facts of her life, like that she died of Bright's disease (which is illustrated in the film by a couple of excruciatingly long, uncontrollable fits) and that her closeness to her family was both a source of contentment and a trial to her when they failed to
measure up to her standards, we get nothing of Emily's inner life, no glimpse of the place where all that extraordinary poetry came from.
We will see if they are
measuring up to standards.
How does this more powerful and more eco friendly Evoque
measure up to the standard model?
Pet owners look to a veterinary practice to treat their pets almost as good as they, themselves, would; and yet, unfortunately, not all hospitals
measure up to the standards they should.
Does
it measure up to the standards of Battlefield 2, or is this little more than a quick cash - in that's ported over from the console version.
Can
it measure up to the standard bearers of the genre?
Certainly, you want someone who's going to
both measure up to your standards and hopefully exceed them.
Once you have established your list of top choices, you can investigate differences in price, corporate backgrounds including financial solvency of each car insurance provider, consumer advocacy group ratings, and other pertinent pieces of information until you are comfortable that the one company you have chosen to give you the coverage you need as a Loveland resident will
measure up to the standards you have in mind for your auto coverage provider.
If you don't
measure up to that standard, keep away from calling yourself a veteran, or risk getting caught in a lie.
Go to their website, check out their work, and make sure
it measures up to your standards.
Not exact matches
The longer you benchmark or
measure your progress
to an irrelevant or outdated
standard, the more time you waste and the more ground you give
up to the competition.
For example, in a 2012 study conducted by two researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 145 undergraduates were asked
to come
up with as many uses for daily objects (clothes hangers, bricks, toothbrushes, etc.) as they could in two minutes — a
standard exercise
to measure creativity.
Ultimately, we want
to make sure that we
measure up in terms of the customer's
standards.
But the activity taking place in social media is hard
to measure, and there are still no clear
standards on how
to evaluate it before visitors show
up on your doorstep, so
to speak.
And, if you're like me, you'll still have anxiety sometimes — afraid that you're not
measuring up to some invisible
standard of what success is supposed
to look like.
The priest needs some retraining in how
to extend mercy and grace
to people who don't
measure up to «his» own
standard of deserving.
So in future follow -
up posts, I will suggest some different ways of
measuring success, different goals churches can have, and maybe different ways of achieving those goals than the
standard «come
to church for songs and a sermon» strategy that has been followed for so many centuries.
You should hold your own belief
up to the same
standard that you
measure atheists with.
They are supposed
to be places where the heartbroken can go
to hear the truth about themselves (that they DO NOT
measure up to God's
standards), but that God knows this about them and has decided
to love and forgive them anyway.
Much of human thought proves
to be rationalization, that is, a means of justifying
to oneself or
to others conduct that does not
measure up to accepted
standards.
By official statistics, thirteen percent of Americans are poor today» many of them immigrants of the last few years who will not long remain poor, and
measured by a
standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example)
up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of four.
Good god, did you really think someone is employed by CNN
to read every post and decide whether or not it
measures up to some liberal
standard?
To be sure, the illusory wants are wants in the sense that they do exist, but they are judged as not having measured up to whatever standard the speaker has in min
To be sure, the illusory wants are wants in the sense that they do exist, but they are judged as not having
measured up to whatever standard the speaker has in min
to whatever
standard the speaker has in mind.
Many grew
up in church or had Christian parents but their adult lifestyles did not necessarily
measure up to Biblical
standards.
I can only hope that I have a front row seat as you explain
to him that his righteousness has not
measured up to your personal
standards of morality and then assault Him physically.
so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats
to much like work its easier
to play christian around your church you belong
to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt
measure up to your churches
standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need
to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?
You can't
measure which is more true or better solely by seeking how much members of each group live
up to the
standards of only one of those groups.
However, after a while this «love» becomes conditional on your performance and / or you
measuring up to the cult's unpublished
standards.