Sadly, most of us can't recall the vast majority
of gifts we have given or received.
When buyers or sellers ask you for additional copies of gifts you've given them, don't say, «It's easy, my computer does that in seconds.»
Not exact matches
You don't
have to spend a lot
of money to
give a special
gift that shows someone you care.
Mobility is one
of the greatest
gifts technology
has given today's workforce.
Now and then, we
have these moments
of reckoning, these brief windows where we're
gifted perspective on ourselves and our circumstances, and
given the opportunity to change them.
In the 1920s, it was common to
give newly - married couples
gifts of silver, china, crystal, and linen, but, since there was no way to keep track
of who bought what, couples
would often receive many
of the same
gifts.
Americans consume $ 100 billion in
gift cards every year, and 70 percent
of consumers we surveyed said they
would prefer to
give a local
gift than a traditional
gift card from a big brand.
But even after you
have corrected for such mismatches and the employee continues to be unsuccessful, it's time to let them go - and, at the risk
of sounding harsh it's, the best
gift you could ever
give them.
For example, let's say you
have a pin showing a selection
of great office
gifts to
give clients.
What
had started as her boss
giving unwanted compliments and
gifts had escalated to phoning her dozens
of times a day, moving her desk close to his doorway, removing his clothes to show her his tan, making unreasonable demands to keep her in the office late.
Even the fact that you were born at this time in history, that you were
given a brain and a heart that you didn't
have to earn, and that you get to benefit from the awesome power
of modern technologies like the Internet — none
of this was within your control, nor did you create these
gifts.
The
gift — to a charity which works to support the neighbourhood where Facebook
has its headquarters — marks the first time a philanthropist under the age
of 30
has given the largest single donation.
When I realized I
had a
gift, talent and instictive ability to write «words that sell,» it was a level
of satisfaction that really
gave meaning to my day.
Johnson
has given to those underserved communities, notably through
gifts to the United Negro College Fund, Parsons School
of Design, and Howard University, among others.
Just consider the financial risks entrepreneurs run, for example, if they
give company stock to their children as part
of a long - term estate - planning strategy — only to
have the IRS step in years later and challenge the claimed taxable value
of the
gifts.
«They
have asked that anyone who might wish to mark the occasion
of their wedding considers
giving to charity, instead
of sending a
gift,» he added.
After 41 million YouTube views, that indelible image
of generosity
has been the
gift that keeps on
giving.
A supervisor leaves a
gift on each desk with this note: «I think we
have lost connection to the true meaning
of Thanksgiving so I wanted to
give you something that reminds you
of its true meaning.»
Let's say you do want to
give (or hint strongly that you
'd like to receive) a monetary
gift, but not cash — something more interesting, less likely to be spent idly, and with a chance
of growing at more than zero - point - something percent.
The age - old traditional gold watch
has not gone out
of style, but it's only one
of many appropriate
gifts to
give a retiring employee.
Mr. Jobs did not
give publicly during his life — though there
have been rumors
of at least one major anonymous
gift, to a hospital.
Mother nature
has given all
of us who live here in British Columbia an awesome
gift to enjoy and to protect.
If an itemizing taxpayer with a tax rate
of 39.6 percent
gives $ 100 to a local college, for example, that charitable deductible
gift has an after - tax cost to the taxpayer
of $ 60.40 because
of the $ 39.60 reduction in his or her income tax bill.
Higher - income taxpayers with mortgage interest, property tax, and other deductions in excess
of such amounts
would have no tax incentives to
give to charity because charitable
gifts would not add to their deductions.
An anonymous donor who pledged to
give a record $ 275 million to the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla
has canceled $ 75 million
of the
gift for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Though for most
of my life I was the kind
of person who just
gave out
gift cards, I
've realized in the last year or so how much social capital can be gained by being a good
gift giver.
Bertolini
has raised the minimum hourly wage for Aetna employees to $ 16, offers wellness programs that include meditation and stress reduction and
gave as a Christmas
gift to his leadership team French economist Thomas Piketty's «Capital in the 21st Century,» which documents the concentration
of wealth and income.
My objections
would have more to do with the lengths some might go to cut their taxes under such a system; selling stocks in droves right before tax season,
giving gifts out to family and friends (perhaps with the intent to take them back after the tax man leaves), and
of course, owning more assets outside
of America.
Senators like Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker
have been flying high as the leaders
of the anti-Trump coalition — are they willing to
give a
gift to the Trump administration by passing his prized plan?
That
would be your fault not Gods as you
have been
given the
gift of life eternal.
As I
've explained numerous times before, it's considered auspicious to
give gifts of gold bullion and jewelry during the Hindu Festival
of Lights, and in years past we
've seen some price appreciation in the days and weeks leading up to the celebration.
It's time for Evangelicals to seek the face
of God as never before and begin to once again operate in the
gifts that God
has given to his people.
It connotes the passage
of time; the fleeting moments that make up our memories at the end
of our lives; but most importantly, it conveys just how meaningless any
gifts would be compared to the
gift the Polziecs
gave the Gerstens.
Instead
of focusing on whether the author is a «pastor» focus on the fact that we are all called to minister to each other according to our
gifts, and if she
has the
gift of giving comfort to the dying I say God bless her.
So don't be fearful, but actually go with the confidence that we
've got something to
give, and that
gift is the hope
of Jesus.»
The people
of Sodom & Gomorrah and the others you mentioned were ALL WARNED beforehand to stop their evil ways and to STOP abusing God's
gift of life... they ignored the warnings and God took back what He
had given them in the first place.
LOVE is part
of life, and we
have been
given that
gift from GOD, to
give to others.
Maybe you don't think that you
have been answered, but I think you
have been in ways that you don't fully understand, Faith is a
gift from God but not all
of us will be
given that
gift, pray for the
gift of true faith and let's see what happens.
Having shared the great grace of baptism and having been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth of Christian vocation as given by St. Paul: «Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in ever
Having shared the great grace
of baptism and
having been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth of Christian vocation as given by St. Paul: «Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in ever
having been appropriately catechized into «the mysteries,» evangelical Catholics understand, appreciate, and live the biblical truth
of Christian vocation as
given by St. Paul: «Now there are varieties
of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties
of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties
of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.
Christmas, to true Christians, is not about
having Santa Claus bring
gifts, but it is a celebration
of the
gift that Christ
gave us all.
The building
of the local hospital, the ambulance that got me there before I died from blood loss, the image
of God in the paramedics that made them
give their lives to rescuing people they
've never met, the wisdom
of the surgeon, the intelligence and skill
of the thousands
of individuals whose discoveries
have made operating theatres and anaesthesia possible — all
of these are gracious
gifts of a loving God, whose mercy enables healings to take place across the world that
would, in any other generation, be considered quite miraculous.
JW do not celebrate ANY holidays, not Christmas, not Birthdays, so any form
of gift giving, henceforth
gift wrapping, if we follow her line
of logic,
would have been offensive to her.
Anything he
had was
given as
gifts because the people he ministered to acknowledged that he was the Son
of God.
So tell me John, if a group meets in different homes, they don't rent or own a building, the pastor actually
has a J O B, and does not live off
of the congregation (community), and no one «tithes» but
gives gifts individually to the poor, the fire dept, the food bank, individually, not pooling their money together in one place, why
would any church community want or need a budget?
They
would not work; for Calvin, the common human obligation is to labor in the garden
of the Lord, in whatever manner is commensurate with one's God «
given gifts and abilities on the one hand, and the needs
of the situation on the other.
I declined as I didn't want to profit from this
gift I was
given, but as I know from the story
of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 that the Lord uses testimonies to draw others to Himself, so at my own expense I
had my testimony printed at a local print shop for a few hundred dollars, and am distributing it with New Testaments to people as the Lord leads.
Addiction, thus, is one
of the saddest sins, because it involves taking that which
has been
given as a
gift and making it a necessity, a right — air, water, grossly overstated...
Craig that was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there eternal life by there actions by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think is right as eternal life is a free
gift from God not based on works.Jeremys definition is that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ to eternal life.I believe the term salvation
has the meaning to be saved not necesarily to eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ
gives us the power to be transformed into his likeness or to be Christ like.In the eternal picture our actions determine how we are rewarded from God although its not the motivation
of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent
But these writers
have not
given equal weight to the reality
of «
gift.»
Anderson
has a way
of acknowledging the impact the show is
having while still deflecting the praise onto things like a God -
given gift.