Sentences with phrase «weakness has taken»

Not surprisingly, economic weakness has taken its toll on stock assets.

Not exact matches

That has prompted investors to take another look at the widening interest rate differential trends between the United States and Europe which hit the highest in nearly 30 years at 236 basis points last week, and protracted weakness in the greenback.

And what if you've taken a hard look at the complete list and have to admit to yourself you have some areas of weakness?

Imagine making it to the 10 - year mark without having adopted a new negotiating strategy, or taken a hard look at your own areas of weakness.

But you'd be mistaken to take it as a sign of weakness.

The imagery paints the picture of any good story, we could say that [Spoilers if you haven't read / seen Lord of the Rings] «Frodo and Sam fight a giant spider,» but Tolkien spends an entire chapter on the ordeal, taking the time to help the reader visualize the ferocious nature of the enemy and the bravery of our heroes who persevere despite their many weaknesses (doubt, fear, dismay, etc..)

At the root of these failures, say observers, is a combination of complacency, a lack of new ideas and tired leadership — serious weaknesses that have begun to take a significant toll.

You'd be surprised how many people don't recognize their weaknesses because no one takes the time to address them.

«You have to pick the exits you want to take very carefully, so you can maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses as a company.»

Williams often speaks tentatively, revising, disclaiming, and qualifying his thoughts in a manner that most businesspeople would take as a sign of weakness.

Mexican officials said in mid-2016 — several months after Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman was captured — that Caro Quintero had emerged and partnered with factions trying to take advantage of an apparent moment of weakness for the Sinaloa cartel.

At OpenView, we may have an outside firm or one of our CTOs take a look at your technology architecture to identify technical strengths and potential weaknesses.

The market weakness is not surprising given all the punches they have taken all year.

I suspect the Yellen Fed (correctly) has a much higher tolerance for stock market losses than Bernanke, and that interventions in the case of market losses and economic weakness will take a different form than quantitative easing.

Much of this weakness stems from profit taking, as the metal had been on a hot streak since November.

I've been able to continue to take advantage of market weakness and sector weakness as well.

As well, certain provinces have not adequately addressed weaknesses in the safety - and - soundness regulation of deposit - taking institutions such as provincial credit unions.

If these inflows however are counterbalanced by rising private inflows from Chinese businesses and wealthy individuals taking money out of China, either because of weaker domestic growth prospects of because of rising nervousness and uncertainty, asset prices might not fall as much as we would have expected, but Australia will be caught in a vice a little like that of, for example, Spain, in which export weakness can not be partially counterbalanced by a weaker currency.

Regardless, when it does occur the speech has the possibility to cause a good deal of volatility in the biotech sector, which should be taken advantage of (along with current weakness) to add to high conviction positions.

You are going to have competitors who might be regular food establishments like restaurants, food trucks and fast foods or other personal chefs and so your marketing strategies should take them all into consideration, study their weaknesses and strengths and then use this to create marketing strategies that will become very effective.

While some steps have been taken to address weaknesses in the mortgage market, there has been no meaningful progress in implementing comprehensive reforms to the housing finance system to ensure that housing credit is available and affordable and is delivered through a sound and competitive system.

We have seen some examples of GFI identifying past or potential weaknesses and taking steps to improve them.

I've noted before that day - to - day returns can't be controlled, so a «good day» for me is one where I take actions that I believe will produce good results over time (such as buying high ranked candidates on short - term weakness, selling lower ranked holding on short - term strength, and aligning our exposure to market fluctuations with the prevailing Market Climate).

That being said, most of the sequester is taking the form of furloughs rather than outright job cuts, and the effects of those changes could be more visible in data like retail sales, which have recently shown weakness.

«I would use any weakness in the overall market to continue to buy this mispriced company that could still double and not be expensive if you think about the worldwide multi-year growth path it is taking.»

I think I have a way to meld both the views of Flood and Boyd, a way that takes the strengths of both arguments and avoids the weaknesses.

How different would be the certainly inevitable controversies in the Church if all parties would fight honestly, admitting the weaknesses and dangers of their own position, if they would only acknowledge at least the speck in their own eye while they think themselves obliged to take exception to the log in the eye of their neighbour.

Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?

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

Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz

You all remember his half - pagan, half - Christian bringing up at Carthage, his emigration to Rome and Milan, his adoption of Manicheism and subsequent skepticism, and his restless search for truth and purity of life; and finally how, distracted by the struggle between the two souls in his breast, and ashamed of his own weakness of will, when so many others whom he knew and knew of had thrown off the shackles of sensuality and dedicated themselves to chastity and the higher life, he heard a voice in the garden say, «Sume, lege» (take and read), and opening the Bible at random, saw the text, «not in chambering and wantonness,» etc., which seemed directly sent to his address, and laid the inner storm to rest forever.

Although for a year we took our meals at the same boarding - house, so that I saw her continually and familiarly, our closer relations had to be largely on the sly, and this fact, together with my jealousy of another one of her male admirers, and my own conscience despising me for my uncontrollable weakness, made me so nervous and sleepless that I really thought I should become insane.

Thumpin» It does contain two serious weaknesses that do not doom it to failure but may well keep it from being take seriously by the evangelicals and orthodox Christians who would most benefit from Berlinerblau's critique.

But the most serious weakness of this outlook is that it tempts us to think we have outgrown those parts of the Bible which are early and unsophisticated (or even offensive), and that we may take seriously only those ideas of God which are congenial to us.

No one, Jew or Gentile, would have been taken aback at a statement that the power of God is greater than men; Paul's scandalous proposition is that the weakness of God reveals His true power, including the power to triumph over sin and death.

They might take the preacher more seriously if he would be honest about what he has to offer, namely, that sometimes he has little to offer, and can only stand humbly before the human question with the hope that God will be able to speak and act out of his honest weakness.

And he should learn to do this not only to defend the Christian position, but to understand and stand with his people as they take their place in the world, even though standing with them will sometimes have to be out of his weakness and lack of answers for the profound questions they are raising.

Kenneth agree with you totally its not just adams and abrahams problem its us guys we give in to our wives to keep the peace we should learn that the best way is always Gods way not our way or mans way.That to me is the message behind the story.The issue is rather than taking on the burden of his wife Abraham should have taken it back to the Lord its in our weakness he strengthens us.In the end he did what any married man would have done in order to please his wife.We are no different we put our wives or children church work before the Lord just as he did and loo at the consequences that came from that decision the arab nations became a thporn in there side.In my mind we need to put him first always.When we please the Lord he will bless us and our relationships when we do it our way there will be consequences.brentnz

It is beyond my understanding to believe that any true believer, one born again by His Spirit might be able, in a moment of supreme weakness, to deny their redeemer and all the experiences they may have had because of faith and the transformation that took place within them.

Instead of such sensitivity, receptivity, and responsiveness being signs of weakness, process thought would maintain they are virtues and marks of strength; it takes a very strong person indeed to allow more and wider elements of the world to enter into oneself, to wrestle seriously with new ideas, to penetrate the frames of reference of those different from oneself without being overwhelmed or losing one's sense of integrity.

In a moment of weakness, I told my boys I would take them to Chick fil A.

Hunter has a knack for finding companies embedded in the cultural zeitgeist, and his talk provides a revealing look at how he determines if a brand has what it takes to succeed and, once involved, how he helps the brand then understand its strengths and weaknesses.

Take a good look at our squad, weaknesses are there, defensive partnership, we rely on Coquelin, we have no lethal striker.

I know he has NOT yet proved to be the stellar signing we had hoped, but, some players take longer to adapt to the EPL, and, may need to work on some physical weaknesses, that take time, but, I have NO doubts he WILL be a future great of our Club.

«Man for man, they have no weaknesses,» says Malzahn, whose Tigers took a 14 — 0 lead over Alabama on Nov. 27 with a series of misdirection and gadget plays.

At daily fantasy football game Oulala.com, we have taken a look at how Sanchez and Mkhitaryan have ranked in eight key areas when compared to all 413 players to have appeared in the Premier League this season, to assess whether their strengths and weaknesses make them attractive fantasy football picks.

Darnold: Strengths: Size, patient in the pocket, takes what D gives, great at reading defenses, accurate, varies arm strength for different throws, good under pressure, mobile, mentally stable Weaknesses: release mechanics, turnovers, inconsistent decision - making, needs to work on deep ball

It takes time, most backs come out having a weakness, we're talking pick 32 here, not picks 1 - 10.

Aside from keeping possession and taking the easy option, you have to try to target the opposition's weaknesses to work a scoring opportunity and score the goal that makes the difference and secures you the three points.

Bottom line: Beal does far more to attack the Wizards» weaknesses than Kidd - Gilchrist, and since neither has really distinguished himself as being far better than the other, I'm taking the guy who fits in best on the court.