Sentences with phrase «take gifts from»

and nothing could take those gifts from us!

An ethics opinion on public officers seeking outside employment states that public officers can not take gifts from contractors and lobbyists, and the definition of a gift is broad.

Mihaly, who is returning to Burning Man for the seventh time this year, has helped build a gifting tree where people can take a gift from a tree sculpture as they walk by it.

When it comes to President Donald Trump's constellation of foreign investments, properties, and companies, much of the attention so far has been on his business's apparent violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause, which bars officeholders from taking gifts from foreign leaders.

In 2010, the NCAA found Bush and his family had taken gifts from agents, including cash, a car, housing, and hotel stays.

That said, they have no business giving gifts to bloggers who may be writing on this issue, and any blogger who takes a gift from someone they may be writing about has an ethical problem.

«He has confessed it and I think we should be magnanimous enough to say let bygones be bygones, but I think from him, we should learn lessons that the President should desist from taking gifts from persons or money and everything like that,» he stated on Eyewitness News

The case shook Richmond, where until the former governor's conviction politicians had been allowed to take any gift from lobbyists and others who sought to influence their work.

The Citizens» Election Program was introduced in 2005 after former Gov. John G. Rowland was sent to prison stemming from charges he took gifts from businessmen who received millions of dollars in state contracts.

Recently, however, there have been media reports that he took a gift from late Nigerian President Sanni Abacha.

He took each gift from his Christmas stocking individually and ran into the other room to examine it privately before rejoining everyone gathered around the tree.)

Not exact matches

As we approach the heaviest shopping season of the year, many of us will do our holiday shopping from the comfort of our homes, taking advantage of the Cyber Monday deals, or praying Amazon makes that last - minute delivery in time for gift giving.

Encourage your Instagram fans and customers to take pictures of themselves with products that they purchase from your website and include a special branded hashtag in the pictures to be entered into a drawing to win a gift certificate.

Nostalgia for the 1980s and the 1990s has peaked in recent years, as evidenced elsewhere in the fashion world with a denim comeback not to mention listicle upon listicle on BuzzFeed, reboots of countless nineties sitcoms from Boy Meets World to Full House (or original takes on dated themes like Netflix's Stranger Things), or even the release of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition that immediately became The Gift of the 2016 holiday season.

Boire, who took the reins last summer, added that the retailer has benefitted from efforts to diversify its offerings and ramp up its educational toys and gift businesses, sales of which grew 12.5 % and 13.8 % respectively in the quarter ended Jan. 30.

It's really a gift to anyone struggling to figure out which emerging market could be the one that takes them from rags to riches.

Some other added benefits from taking out a loan with OneMain are that you'll have the option of paying off your loan over a longer period of time, and that you might qualify participate in a rewards program and earn points to redeem for gift cards at national stores and restaurants.

According to numerous ethics experts, the clause takes an expansive definition of gifts, encompassing everything from a direct bribe to a foreign official's approval of construction of a new Trump property.

Take It From Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett: These Miserable Markets Are A Gift From the Financial Gods

2) I am paying just over an additional 500 per mth as it is now, but again, I don't want to take from «investments» to pay off a mtg. 3) That's also been investigated but if I were to do that I would a) exceed the free gift law, b) the person would have to accept the $ from me (going through an acct.)

The process can be as simple as letting your company know about your gift and they take it from there, while others require you to send The Sato Project your company's matching gift form with your contribution.

Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.

«Life is a gift to us and if the time comes when I were to feel that I must give the gift back to Him, in extreme circumstances, I don't think He would want to take that away from me.»

One thing I realized is that every day is a gift from God that should never be taken for granted.

Speaking with Premier Revd Fletcher Harper from the charity GreenFaith, which is taking part in Sacred Earth, said: «The Earth is a gift that we absolutely must protect.

Major Val Mylechreest for The Salvation Army, which commissioned the study, said: «Taking a step back from buys and wrapping gifts means we can really appreciate the time we have with family and friends at this time of year.

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.

Yes, granting dignity and treating others as human beings is a great gift, one that in many ways, science and technology has taken away from us.

Personally, I can not imagine a worse judgement for sin than to have my children brutally murdered, and the greatest gift of this life (being a parent) taken away from me.

God will never take that gift away from us, but just as we had the freedom to accept it or reject it in the first place, we also have the freedom to reject it at a later date.

It takes its point of departure from the voluminous literature on the subject of the gift.

It takes an adult self - consciousness — the experience of an adult living and trying to believe but knowing doubt, trying to do the right thing but knowing failure, trying to be confident but sensing despair — to also know that there is a part of God that helps us through those obstacles, a part which is different from God's love or Christ's gift of salvation.

In our September editorial we looked at some implications of the idea of truth as a» gift received» (CiV, 34 & 77) but apart from Stratford Caldecott and Tracey Rowland, very few have taken up this profound idea from Pope Benedict's encyclical (See our November Road from Regensburg).

I used to fear, from childhood, that God would take things away from me that were very valuable and precious (for example, my own family, my parents, or small but precious things that I loved deeply, like a gift a friend game me or my guitar).

I think I still have giftings for Pastor / Teacher, but I am just do not bear the «title» or take a «salary» from it.

He and his wife take no salary from Gift Card Giver, which is a project of Shinabarger's Plywood People, a collaborative company addressing social needs and trying to be «known by the problems they solve.»

The idea surfaced at a wedding reception, when the couple offered to take unused gift cards from fellow guests» wallets, promising to use them for a good cause.

So bountiful hath been the earth and so securely have we drawn from it our substance, that we have taken it all for granted as if it were only a gift, and with little care or conscious thought of the consequences of our [ab] use of it; nor have we very much considered the essential relation that we bear to it as living parts in the vast creation.159

The needs escalate and so do the gifts, leading to the offer of the tree to be decimated to a stump just to make a boat — a boat that will take the boy away to some place far from the tree.

From Santa to Scrooge, mistletoe to mince pies — so many familiar festive favourites are down to creative Christian individuals, who had no idea that their cultural Christmas gifts would take over the party once unwrapped.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas can be traced back to the birth of Jesus, who Christians say is the son of God, believed to have taken on full humanity to save the world from sin.

We have lost compassion for our community members, our neighbors, and even our own families, because the gift of giving has been taken from us.

What was happening in Acts being different from what was happening in Corinth that Paul was dealing with in his letter to them, and how many Christians opposed to tongues take the admonition of Paul's with regard to public use in Corinthians and apply it to ALL the diversities of this gift rather than applying it to the one for corporate meetings.

Grady recounts stories of American evangelists who refuse to visit a church to preach unless a limo picks them up from the airport, takes them to a five - star hotel, and the church allows them to give time and attention during the service to an extended appeal for money or guarantees a hugely inflated ministry gift.

When a preacher claims to have a direct word from God that if a person gives a gift of $ 1,000 or more into the offering then God will return it to them a hundredfold, he is invoking God's name and authority, not something to be taken lightly.

What is clear is however is that Elizabeth immediately understands her pregnancy is a gift from God: «So the Lord has done for me at a time he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others» (Luke 1:25).

This included receiving gifts from God's people in order to sustain themselves, or roll up their sleeves and work in secular employment — whatever it took in order to fulfill their mission.

There seems to be little to gain by speculating what Joseph thought about why he had to travel to Bethlehem for the census or if the Magi picked up their gifts in the market on the way over to the stable, in comparison to the great mystery of the Creator of the cosmos taking on human form in order to save us from the fires of Hell and restore us to how we were created to be, let alone «considering afresh the Holy Incarnation».

not sure i said this before or not, i have been on cnn.com for over a year — anyway — i have been going to random churches, temples, really place that worships any form of the of abraham and others — i have yet to get anywhere but where i started from — which is what i am, what i am meant to be, and what i was... only this has been gained — gained is a gift of a word for i knew all of this before i started and so i view my time as wasted only for this the reason of getting somewhere — i did meet many great people with great views but all required the very real existence of god which was something lacking and why they had a constant failure yet what they called «keeping the faith» att itude type results... something was missing or missunderstood — your take?