Sentences with phrase «on reaching the lost»

a deep passion for evangelism where churches focused on reaching the lost, not just shuffling sheep.

Not exact matches

After reaching a remarkable level of versimilitude, console video games are now losing ground to simply rendered, cheaply made games played on wireless devices.

And, of course, if you're on an «all or nothing» crowdfunding website, you have a bigger chance of not reaching your goal and therefore losing all the funding you do attract.

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

SEOUL, April 23 - General Motors Co's South Korean unit on Monday said it has reached a tentative wage deal with its labour union, meeting a key condition laid down by the U.S. automaker to prevent it filing for bankruptcy for the money - losing operation.

Greene expects to lose $ 173,000 on sales of $ 1.6 million this year and hopes to make money in 2001, when sales are projected to reach $ 4.7 million.

As a result of their own incompetence and / or inflexibility, combined with the shifting sands of the digital - media market, they have lost their grip on the audience that both they and advertisers are trying to reach.

As long as businesses understand what they have to gain, and lose, from each strategy, they'll be well prepared to make an informed decision on whether to adopt a narrow focus or a far reaching plan.

We've been losing that sense of reaching out because we've been on the receiving end for so long.

You want webcasts that deliver optimum reach and ROI for your brand, but not the stress and time lost on smaller details.

Get lost in people's eyes today and in swaths of sun on any afternoon, and lose track of time and get lost in a good book, and smile abundantly, till your cheek hurts, because you are alive after all, and you have time to feel wind on your face and you have time to reach out to one person and remember how we all belong to each other and each of us gets a place to belong and the abundance of your life is not measured in the ways you gained — but in what you gave away.

When the erosions of age begin to leave their mark on my body, and still more on my mind; when the ills that must diminish my life or put an end to it strike me down from without or grow up from within me; when I reach that painful moment at which I suddenly realize that I am a sick man or that I am growing old; above all at that final moment when I feel I am losing hold on myself and becoming wholly passive in the hands of those great unknown forces which first formed me: at all these sombre moments grant me, Lord, to understand that it is you (provided my faith is strong enough) who are painfully separating the fibres of my being so as to penetrate to the very marrow of my substance and draw me into yourself

Teaching churches focus on training Christians, but do a relatively poor job of reaching the lost.

Millions of women are mutilated when they reach puberty, many little girls have lost their faces and eyes on their way to school just because they are trying to learn how to read and write, the minimal education, yet they are still punished.

Through the actions of its legislature and the relevant regulatory agencies, Illinois sets numerous conditions on that use: myopic people have to wear glasses or contact lenses while driving; people with retinitis pigmentosa are forbidden from driving at night; teenagers must reach a certain age and demonstrate certain skills before they obtain driver's licenses; people with a habit of driving after knocking back a dozen Budweisers lose their licenses.

By the time the fireflies have gone, the congregation and the preacher have struggled through the account of poor Uzzah's being struck dead for reaching out his hand to steady the ark when it wobbled on its way to Jerusalem (2 Samuel), or the heartbreaking saga in Judges about Jephthah's daughter, who lost her life because of her father's foolish promise.

Some individuals lose weight, I on the other hand was able to reach «normal» range once again, after battling severe weight loss for years.

On 3/17/14 I was hoping to lose 38 pounds, reaching my 128 wedding weight from 21 years ago.

«The amount of food lost or wasted before it ever reaches a table is simply unacceptable with devastating impacts on people, profit and planet,» said Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Man United are closing in on us, and they'll be in just a points reach after the next round when we lose to the Spuds.

On the international stage, he played a key role for Cesare Prandelli's men at Euro 2012 as they reached the final only to lose to Spain, before suffering bitter disappointment at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as they failed to make it beyond the group stage.

They may have beaten Chelsea on new years day and scraped past League One Sheffield United to reach the cup final, but they also got knocked out of the FA cup at home and have drawn with Burnley and lost to Crystal Palace in the league.

After Arsenal lost to Man City twice in the space of four days, ArseneWwenger was still adamant that the Gunners had to carry on trying to reach the Champions League via finishing in the Top Four.

This article I read on bleacherreport sums up what a fan who wants the club success would like to see from than onwards: - Beat Bayern and progress above our mental block - Make top four and possibly as good as last season finishing # 2 likely getting positive result in our 5 most difficult fixtures (Spurs, Man U, Man City, Everton, Liverpool) & taking back some lost points - Ensuring we finish above any team in London except Chelsea of course - Win FA Cup best chance of silverware - Win UCL long reach but beating Bayern could spur the team and maybe make them believe coupled with playing any team except Barca, Real & Atletico in the round after and could we do a Chelsea 2012.

Despite having at least 3 - 4 opportunities in front of goal, his shooting boots just were not on and many of his efforts surely reached row Z. Ramsey has not only lost his form in front of goal however.

I fear that once we lose out on the UCL spot, which we most probably will this season, the greedy board will realize that it's more lucrative to fight for the top five with way cheaper players than Ozil and Sanchez and with a wage structure never reaching 150 K a week.

Sorta sad that it's lost on the ones you meant to reach with it...

As great of a performance the 22 - year - old had in Brazil, it wasn't enough to reach the semi-finals after losing to the home - nation 2 - 1 on Friday.

An idea for another pole ---- Is Wenger a legend vs Has Wenger lost legendary status — Me, I believe once you reach certain heights you are a legend, a has been yes, but they're all has been's or are on their way to becoming has been's.

Conner gained a few seconds on the first reaching leg, but lost them at the mark when his spinnaker flew out of control, nearly causing the boat to broach.

He goes from being in possession of the ball to having a heavy touch and now he is reaching out or sliding in to win the ball back he just lost (with his QUALITY dribbling into players not around them) YES on very rare occasions he pulls off some flicks and one touch play but NOT constant enough.

Things get started on Tuesday night with the American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium, with the New York Yankees hosting the Minnesota Twins, the latter the first team in baseball history to reach the postseason one season after losing 100 games.

Although the referee would rule that Darren Sharper scored a touchdown — even after looking at the replay — the Saints» free safety seemed to lose control of the ball before reaching the end zone in the third quarter of New Orleans's 46 — 34 win over the Dolphins in Miami on Sunday (page 44).

The Cardinals would lose their first game after the fires on Oct. 23, but would follow it with five straight wins to earn the North Bay League title and eventually reach the North Coast Section Div.

Arsenal perhaps reached their nadir this season with a terrible performance at St Mary's on New Years day that saw them lose ground on their top four rivals.

Spurs who finished runners - up in the Premier League last year, which was an improvement on the third place finish they manage the season before, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost to bitter London rivals Chelsea 4 - 2.

In fact, Rodriguez has batted.281 and has an.865 OPS (on - base plus slugging percentage) against Boston since becoming a Yankee, including the playoffs and last weekend when he reached base eight times in 11 plate appearances as New York lost two out of three games.

Tyler and fellow captain Tanner Woods, a lineman bound for the Marines, played on the team that reached the 2011 state Division II bowl game and lost to Helix - La Mesa, 35 - 24.

Despite losing out on him as a recruit, Jim Tressel decided to reach out by sending flowers.

The Pac - 12's Oregon reached the Championship despite losing five starters for the year, plus constant damage to the offensive line, while Ohio State was on its third quarterback and Florida State was seemingly out of linebackers at times.

Overall, Quanjian's debut season in the CSL would have to be considered a success as they finished 7th in the table and reached the quarter finals of the Chinese Cup, losing to eventual winners Guangzhou Evergrande on penalties.

In 1966 he went to the World Cup finals in England as back - up to first choice Hans Tilkowski and despite failing to make an appearance as the Germans reached the final, he went on to establish himself as West Germany's first choice keeper four years later and played a major part as the Germans reached the semi-finals, only to lose to Italy in extra time.

After losing at Hereford in February - when fans vented their frustrations after seemingly seeing their side reach a new low - United embarked on a run of 11 games without defeat and only lost one of the final 14 league games.

Galatasaray 0 - 0aet Arsenal (Galatasaray win 4 - 1 on pens) 17/05/00, UEFA Cup final The Gunners beat Nantes, Deportivo, Werder Bremen and LOSC to reach the final only to come up short in Copenhagen, despite Galatasaray losing Gheorghe Hagi to a red card in golden - goal extra time.

The delay in Wenger and Arsenal reaching a decision could see them lose out to PSG for Tuchel, even though he has been on their radar as a possible replacement for some time.

After losing to Dinamo Zagreb away and Olympiacos F.C. at home, Arsene Wenger's side are for sure in desperate need of a result if they want to have a realistic chance of reaching the Champions league last 16 stage, but the task ahead of Gunners is everything but no easy as on the other side stands the German giant Bayern Munich who is in superb form.

France reached the finals of Euro 2016 on home soil before losing to Portugal, and will be hoping to go one step further and emulate the class of 98 by lifting the trophy this summer in Russia

Well it wasn't looking like a great night for Wales as they lost 2 - 0 in Bosnia on the weekend, but it turned out to be a terrific one, despite the result, as Israel lost at home against Cyprus to create a bit of history for the Welsh as they reach their first ever European Championships.

But in our nine semi-finals we have only reached the final twice, losing to West Brom in the last of the two - legged finals in 1965 - 66 (the following year the final was held at Wembley for the first time), and then in a replay to Liverpool in 1980 - 81, when we were a second tier team taking on the best club in England at the time.

We were still mightily relieved to reach half time at 1 - 1 having been second best throughout the half but things got even better for us in the second half when Gray scored his and our second to give us the lead, only the second time we'd been in front all season away from home; we'd previously led 1 - 0 at Spurs but went on to lose the game 2 - 1.