Sentences with phrase «over the comfort of»

Fussing over the comforts of one's home has not traditionally been a big thing in China, but homewares seem to be taking off — there are 21 Ikea stores in China now, and the company will add four to five new stores every year, according to Bloomberg.

Over his career, Mann has recycled the same material — single - minded, technically proficient cops / criminals pursuing a prize or target, and choosing professional accomplishment over the comforts of home and a conventional romantic life.

We are unwaveringly student - centered in our decision making, prioritizing the needs of students over the comfort of adults.

Not exact matches

I've used a variety of different ones on my commutes over the years, but the best ones for avoiding tangled wires and for blocking out the noisy people on the train are the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 Wireless Headphones.

But over time, this too exacts a psychological toll, resulting in the loss of local social networks and the comfort that comes from seeing familiar faces on hometown streets.

Each set of skis takes 10 to 12 hours to produce over a two - week period, leading to «improved balance, comfort, control, power, and efficiency.»

The Bose SoundSport Wireless headphones, available for $ 149, combine excellent sound quality, durability and comfort with the convenience of wire free connection over Bluetooth.

We can take some comfort from the major efforts over the past decade to improve the resilience of the global financial system.

We may take some comfort that the rate of increase has slowed but it is difficult to explain the increase in prices over the last few months based on supply and demand.

The primary advantage of this carrier over alternatives according to buyers is the comfort achieved when in use.

Mario has starred in a number of spin - off games over the years that place him out of his platforming comfort zone.

Like most of you, I personally prefer warmth and comfort over unpleasantness as well.

Walmart Canada's flagship website walmart.ca is visited daily by over 500,000 customers, making Walmart's everyday low prices available to customers from the comfort of their home or on the go.

Over the years, many investors have enjoyed a lot of comfort and peace of mind because they had a smooth relationship with their stockbroker.

Website Set up, Management and Security: You can set up and manage websites for thousands of clients all over the world, just from the comfort of your home - no start - up costs, no running costs, and no need to be present at the offices of your clients.

«Even if the market does increase and there is shared equity, the comfort of living and saving over the course of many years are worth it,» the couple says.

It may be comforting to have a known and steady stream of income from a fixed income investment, but when it comes to inflation then an investor needs to take into account the decreasing purchasing power of his fixed rate income over time.

A newly ordained bishop of the persecuted Church in China has chosen fidelity over personal comfort and political accommodation.

For many, it is the choice of truth over comfort with respect to this issue.

If postmodernism means anything, it means that the comforting illusion of modernity that conflict is, can be, and should be avoided is over.

The way this works out for me is that when I don't believe Jesus is enough, I try to fill the void with the approval of others, or by comfort in material things, or by power over others, or by controlling others.

It must come as something of a shock to many of these people to realize that over the last yen years the bulk of his time has been spent in a ministry whose chief work is preaching, baptizing, celebrating the Eucharist, teaching, counseling the troubled, comforting the sick and bereaved.

Nothing will be the death of the church is there will always be plenty of people who prefer a comforting fairytale over harsh truths.

The comfort and counsel of a pastor is needed as much by clergy families as by lay families, but clergy are reluctant to consult their peers or judicatory officials whom they perceive to have power over them.

They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

In each of these cases, people who should know better prioritize short - term comfort over the health, mission, and principles of their institutions.

At the same time, the electorate is split over their comfort level with a specific religion, Mormonism, and the prospect of a Mormon serving as president.

In this oracle of comfort the prophet uses the hymnic traditions of the pre-exilic temple to introduce the theme of Yahweh's sovereignty over nature and history.

Where a Pastor SHOULD be speaking to answers on where God is during these tragic events, he considers his opinion designed to stir up emotion to take precedence over the message of Jesus Christ which teaches, love, comfort and faith in God in all things.

Sometimes the only comfort I find is that as part of the human race I am only one person among many over centuries and centuries who find themselves in dire circumstances and suffer almost unbearably.

I am glad you feel a sense of peace, but I value truth over comfort, and there is simply nothing to support the truth in the stories of Jesus of Nazareth.

The burden of its supplication was, that an ever - merciful and benignant Father of us all would watch over our noble young soldiers, and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work; bless them, shield them in the day of battle and the hour of peril, bear them in His mighty hand, make them strong and confident, invincible in the bloody onset; help them crush the foe, grant to them and to their flag and country imperishable honor and glory --

It may be that some readers of this book will feel that its conclusions give what they might think to be small comfort for those who have been bereaved of someone they love and who mourn deeply over their loss.

This situation is nowhere more clearly described in modern literature than in the novels of Franz Kafka: «His unexpressed, ever - present theme,» writes Buber, «is the remoteness of the judge, the remoteness of the lord of the castle, the hiddenness, the eclipse...» Kafka describes the human world as given over to the meaningless government of a slovenly bureaucracy without possibility of appeal: «From the hopelessly strange Being who gave this world into their impure hands, no message of comfort or promise penetrates to us.

Over the past six months, I have received comfort in the form of care packages from friends.

Koko replied, «Close drapes» (Koko finds the closing of drapes over her windows to be comforting) and «Tug - of - war.»

We start seeking temporary comfort through a series of destructive habits like numbing ourselves with Netflix, choosing a latte over a nap or indulging our appetites with sweets and alcohol.

What she is saying is that ignorance is bliss and she wishes she could her blinders on and be comforted by the idea of an anthropocentric God who watches over us all.

From what you written you have been through some dark times i praise God that he has come to your rescue and set you free from your past.One of the verses that has been a comfort to me is that sin shall not have dominion over me.We do nt battle on our own but Christ strengthens us in our weakness.God wants to bless your life he gives us a hope and a future and purpose to live.regards brentnz

However, the thought recently occurred to me as I was working on this chapter that maybe I am just trying to comfort (or maybe cauterize) myself over my sense of loss about no longer being able to preach.

«While we rejoice that Professor Foster's earthly struggles are over and find comfort in the promise of his eternal life with Christ, we grieve the loss suffered by his wife Anise, his children Gus and Avery, and his many friends among the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Wheaton College.

«It seems be couldn't keep his body and his soul aligned,» the young pastor said, and seemed a little lost for words until he left the pulpit, walked over and opened the casket, took out a harmonica and began to play «Just As I Am» while everyone in the congregation nodded and wept and smiled, some of them mouthing the words of promise and comfort to themselves.

He describes comforting a grief - stricken girl, for example: «The sobbing subsides and she presses closer and the stroking gets out of rhythm and slides over the hips and over the breasts....

Humankind has a bleak history of choosing comfort and novelty over the welfare of their fellow man.

This inner victory of the eternal over the temporal, here and now as well as hereafter, is the original and creative element in the New Testament's use of future hope to comfort present sorrow.

Making a broad proprietal gesture over the scene of tree - shaded lanes and discreet estate fences, bourgeois comfort wrested from the unforgiving red earth of Africa, he smiles confidently.

Its only because people do take some sense of security in their groups of indoctrination, that prevents most people who barely have time to survive on a day to day basis, to want to take the time to challenge and possibly lose a source of social comfort, over what they also may deem to be other questionable items if doctrine.

No one will lament over them and tear himself, no one let his hair be cut for their sakes, no one break bread for a mourner to comfort him for his dead, nor give him to drink from the beaker of comfort, for his father or his mother.

To have faith that love is at the heart of the universe, that the whole scheme of things is conceived in wisdom and goodwill, that a divine purpose underlies creation and makes the ultimate victory of good over evil a foregone conclusion — that, you say, is obviously a most comforting and enheartening philosophy.

(Examples: «Suffering from a headache, she sought, for the glory of God, to relieve herself by holding certain odoriferous substances in her mouth, when the Lord appeared to her to lean over towards her lovingly, and to find comfort Himself in these odors.