Sentences with phrase «old struggle of»

Article 97 of the Japanese constitution says, «The fundamental human rights by this Constitution guaranteed to the people of Japan are fruits of the age - old struggle of man to be free; they have survived the many exacting tests for durability and are conferred upon this and future generations in trust, to be held for all time inviolate.»

As the new school year moves near, many parents are left with the age - old struggle of how to get their child to brush their teeth regularly before heading off to the bus stop each day.

Of course, at that point, we see the Guinness team in the old struggle of not knowing exactly why you scanned it (except that you'd been drinking Guinness): «Hey, tweet it!

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You read about the struggle of 13 - year - old Clarisse Kambire working a cotton farm, subsisting on one meal a day or less, and you despair.

South Korean cities in the province have fared better than their neighbors north of the DMZ, but they have struggled to diversify their economy beyond old coal mines, farming and fisheries.

Long associated with older industries, Osaka has struggled to get out of the shadow of Tokyo as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.

With speculation mounting that Twitter (twtr) will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10 - year - old social networking service — which has long struggled to define its core purpose — may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it.

This is a big one, and a struggle for a lot of companies and older entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and business owners to understand.

My poor dad, my biological father, struggled financially his entire life playing by the old rules of money.

Rive, a hyperenergetic, fast - talking 37 - year - old, says he has a plan to get there, which includes building one of the world's largest solar - panel plants in Buffalo — a move even many of his supporters say is crazy at a time when solar manufacturers have been struggling.

MHEALTH APP PUBLISHERS ARE FALLING INTO OLD TRAPS: Fifty - six percent of publishers and developers looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing mHealth app market are making less than $ 10,000 annually, as they struggle to monetize their apps, according to a new report from Research2Guidance.

Although its early investors got Quincy through those near - death experiences, the struggling fashion startup couldn't gain enough traction to secure a Series A round of funding from venture capitalists and the young company — barely a year old — shut its doors in January 2013.

In the aftermath of Zirtual's failure, Young, who was on the board, reflected on the entrepreneurial struggle and asked, «What about taking out an old - fashioned bank loan?»

Former Canadian Tire CEO Michael Medline has been handed the duty of steering Sobeys onto stronger footing as the grocer struggles to digest its three - year - old $ 5.8 - billion takeover of Canada Safeway.

Throughout history, leaders of old paradigms have struggled to embrace the new.

The letter comes after more than 9,500 people signed an online petition started by Shannon Fest, the mother of a 15 - year - old Douglas High student who struggles to make it through a full day of school.

One of the original founders of NextGen, 34 - year - old Michael Kitces, partner and director of research at Pinnacle Advisory Group in Columbia, Md., and publisher of The Kitces Report and the blog Nerd's Eye View, says that over the next year or so, advisors will continue to struggle with the «really difficult market environment.»

MarketWatch: What does Facebook's recent controversies say about which side of this new power / old power struggle it's on?

After all, Sorrell is 73 - years - old, has been the subject of an internal probe for alleged misconduct and WPP has struggled financially in recent quarters.

The Prince's Trust supports 13 to 30 year olds who are unemployed and those struggling at school and at risk of exclusion.

Many aspiring doctors who are working towards their full credentials struggle to meet the obligations of their old grad school loans, which are often from private lenders with harsher terms.

He says he knows older people who struggled to rebuild their identities after they poured much of their earlier lives» energies into professional and personal success.

But lots of men still struggle to retain the old ways, as hard as they can, because it benefits * them * and hurts everyone else.

It also functions as a spiritual survival guide for hard times as millions of Americans young and old struggle to cope with «falling»: losing their homes, careers and status.

Those looking back upon this curious period will likely be puzzled that the oldest of our national struggles, that for racial justice, should have been subsumed in the homosexualist cause.

As a result, while today's 65 - year - olds will receive on average net lifetime benefits of $ 327,400, children born now will suffer net lifetime losses of $ 420,600 as they struggle to pay the bills of aging Americans.

With regard to another post regarding faith... I have seen my preemie child struggling for life... I have held the hand of an old person as they slipped from life to death... I have stood vigil in the room of a man of faith as over 40 friends and family crammed into a room sharing pain and suffering as he slipped away suffering from cancer at a young age.

I realized the other day why I am having such a struggle writing this book on the violence of God in the Old Testament.The reason is because the process of grappling with this issue is requiring me to rethink, rewrite, and redo nearly all of my theology.

Older members of my parish reported their sense that the standards by which they had struggled to live their lives had been betrayed, and parents were less than grateful.

Personally i think those specific prayers are a distraction most of the times we pray these prayers because its what we think we need and often thats not the case.The better way is to just trust the holy spirit let him lead i think we miss the awesomeness of doing it Gods way its easy not difficult.The struggle is difficult when we are walking by the flesh and trying to do it our way.When i got to the point where i said to the God i am not going to do it my way anymore and i submit to you because know whats best for me.Change me and when i feel the wrong desires or temptation to walk by the flesh i just say Lord you know i am weak and i can not live a christian life without you help me.As soon as i do that it is effortless theres no struggle thats how we should grow.I am excited with what God is doing in my life he has opened his word i am seeing the fruit of his life impacting mine and i am changing day by day.I am walking by faith and not slipping back into my old desires i know what it means to be an overcomer sin does not have dominion over me anymore.In myself i can not boast because it is the power of God at work in my life and i give all the praise back to God.brentnz

The struggle between consumer religion and the Christian faith is a battle at least as old as that of the prophets against Baalism or the early church against the divinized Roman Empire.

We need not do anything but acknowledge Him and be grateful I've been struggling with a lot of issues this past year — failing to trust in God with all my heart while falling back into old fearful patterns and trying too hard lean on my own understanding, mixing myself up along the way with, frankly, too many Bible verses and analysis of Bible verses.

With only three characters in the Old Testament are prayers like this associated — Moses, (Exodus 5:22 - 23; Numbers 11:11 - 15) Job, (Job 10:2 - 21; 13:24 - 14:6) and Jeremiah — and in each case not doubt but assurance of God is in the background, and the very intimacy with which the soul bares its complaints and carries on its struggle in prayer is testimony to the utter genuineness of the experience.

Whether it's turning an AK - 47 into a rake, an old tire into a flowerbed, or trash into a work of art, there is something profoundly fitting about struggling through the creative process with the goal of finishing something new by Easter to provide a tangible, hands - on experience in discipline, resurrection, and restoration.

Personally, I like to struggle; I'm not very good at submission, but we see the pattern of struggle followed by submission in the lives of the Old Testament Patriarchs — Jacob for instance, wrestling with the angel.

I have lots of conversations with Christians young and old who, from different starting points, all want to talk about the same problem: their struggle with the text of the Bible.

While struggling to make sense of the social and political milieu, he discovered an old friend from school who had recently converted to Catholicism.

Yes, I have been struggling a lot with the way God is portrayed in the Old Testament, and feel like slowly, I am starting to come to grips with much of what is written there.

Whichever of these paths one takes — and there are surely others — we are struggling with the same basic problem, trying to find some solution that will bring the God of the Old Testament into line with our modern God.

He goes on to mention three possible path, none of which seem very satisfactory, and concludes with, «Whichever of these paths one takes — and there are surely others — we are struggling with the same basic problem, trying to find some solution that will bring the God of the Old Testament into line with our modern God.»

The internal struggle of the last two decades has resulted not in fragmentation, but realignment: Jerry Falwell, a bitter foe of the old, moderate «dominated SBC, was a voting delegate at last year's convention.

I am an old nanny and yet have struggled with this passage, but I know in my heart that you have shared the simple truth of what Jesus meant.

It's hearsay, but: «A 23 - year - old Illinois man accused of planning to attack dozens of churches in Oklahoma with Molotov co -LSB--RSB- cktails has struggled with mental illness, substance abuse and grief, said his cousin, who expressed relief that no one was hurt in the plot.»

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

As I prepared for my talk, I struggled to know exactly what to say to a group of seventeen and eighteen - year - olds about doubt.

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

The relationship between the search for unity in faith and the engagement in the human struggle lies through an insight as old as Isaiah 42:6 — that God's people are called to be in the world as a covenantal sign of the yet - to - come unity and fulfillment of humankind.

G - D (a supreme being) has brought me through the death of a 20 - year old niece, my sister, my mother, several surgeries and the typical struggles in life — ALL w / in only the last 10 years.

Each of us is a five billion year old success story steeped in more struggle and victory in the face of enormous odds than any of us can fathom.

Yet Brunner describes the new nature as «consisting in the struggle against the old nature,» and what is accomplished in the struggle is not clear.28 I have spoken in broad terms of these three representatives of this school.