Sentences with phrase «with promises»

My mom would bribe me with promises of fresh cherry pie if I would just go pick some from our tree in the back yard in Montana.

In the six weeks since, I have waded through nearly 100 burger bun recipes, all submitted by you kind folks with promises that they'd be better.

Breathe in the scent of summer, of warm days in the sun, of trees heavy with promises.

I beg overripe bananas off of my friends, with promises of loaves of banana bread in return.

I do try to balance this truth with the promises of joy and contentment that is found through living in the Kingdom.

When a young woman gets pregnant out of wedlock, rather than come around her in love and support, with promises to protect and provide, we more often than not cast her out like a sheep among wolves.

This is a theological experiment with both promises and challenges.

In revolution - torn Mexico, Greene pits the weak, corrupt priest with his promises of heaven against the strong lieutenant, exponent of equality and heaven on earth.

Honest and open dialogue between Pentecostal leaders and the movement's own intellectuals — with promises there will be no negative consequences — could help shake off some of the mutual suspicion and fear that haunts their relationships.

Each age with its promises and risks becomes a preparation for the one that follows.

«Hundreds of thousands of women are sold into sexual slavery each year, victims of human trafficking rings that lure them abroad with promises of legitimate employment in the West.

Everyone knows that a true God would attract you to his superior wisdom by bribing you with promises of happy - happy land if you obey and threatens you with eternal torture if you don't.

We seek to be sure of God's actions, and not to rest content with his promises.

The wage - earner described above might well have been drawn to Bernie Sanders, with his promises of free college (for those who saw a better life that way), a higher minimum wage (for those who saw a better life that way), guaranteed government healthcare, and more generous government pensions.

If there was, than real scientists would be refining and honing that method and religionists would not need to manipulate others into belief with promises of salvation, threats of hell, and tsk - tsking of those who don't show respect for the insanity.

When I departed from the last evangelical church I attended a few years back, one of the men there sought to encourage me to stay with promises of renewal, of revival of coming restoration — I simply told him that I am no longer looking for these — I am looking for Reformation.

Later, passing through the countryside, Juan happens upon a peasant wedding feast, seduces the new bride with promises of marriage, deflowers her, and then slips away back to Seville.

My favorite part was «Their policy of recruiting and proselytizing young people to become missionaries, with promises of a low - cost education and a good career, is for the sole purpose of adding new members who are willing to add to the coffers of the church.»

«God» threatened people with hell and bribed them with promises of heaven.

This world is not a holiday resort with promises of enjoyment and happiness.

The world makes promises that we tend to believe align with the promises of the kingdom.

I pray your mouth is filled with the promises of God, with the teachings of Jesus, and then your life will simply be an overflow of the Story — it will haunt you forever.

Primarily they do this with promises of rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior.

I could give you other examples, but I think these are enough to demonstrate that in practice Christianity encourages good behavior with promises of rewards and discourages bad behavior with threats of punishments, whether you're willing to admit it or not.

Replace them with the promises of God instead by returning to Scripture to read what God has to say about your future and your security in Him.

Joy comes, however, from knowing that you are accepted in Christ's work and coming to you in word and sacrament, with his promises and assurances of forgiveness, which is outside of yourself and therefore «sure».

Premier's Political Editor Martyn Eden says the EDM is used by backbench MPs to keep pressure and scrutiny on the government to follow through with promises and proposals.

Speaking to the last of the Maccabean brothers, «the king appealed..., not with mere words, but with promises on oath, to make him rich and happy if he would abandon his ancestral customs: he would make him his Friend and entrust him with high office» (2 Mac 7:24).

I know others have lost much more but we all hate to be taken for fools and lose anything, so stay away from this company you can be sure they will suck you in with promises and you will end up losing money in the end

Usually a scam looks like this: after registering with a binary broker you get a call from their representative, trying to convince you to invest as much capital as possible with promises of gigantic profits and premium access to their exclusive tips and trading signals.

The Chinese may seek to purchase that peace with promises to buy more Boeings and grain.

Perhaps the purchasers are mainly owner - occupiers, but there is also a chance that there is a disproportionately large number of new investors being pulled into the housing market with promises of high returns through such things as rental guarantees and negative gearing.

The gang is approaching monks with promises of handsome profits on bitcoin investments, falsely claiming that a senior monk has already invested and urging the targets to invite others, according to local reports.

The problem with promises, however, they can be broken.

If Mr. Trump is elected and carries through with his promises, shock waves could be sent through the global economy and financial markets.

Smaller startups lure those same developers with promises of greater responsibility, interesting work, and potentially lucrative stock options.

Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu also put forward a motion expressing a «deep concern» that he shared with some of his colleagues over the way that certain Nigerians have been drawn into cryptocurrency investing with promises of fast, easy money.

With promises of more transparent government, better - trained police and improved public schools, four of the leading candidates for Baltimore County executive made their pitch to voters at a forum Saturday in Woodlawn.

The Philippines is the prettiest girl at the dance right now — Manila has Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, and others chasing it around with promises of investment and protection in return for security guarantees.

But it's hard to not notice the similarities between the site and the glossy magazines that line grocery store checkouts with promises of honest glimpses inside celebrity lives.

Like Rogers has done with its Share Everything Plans, pushing legacy customers towards more lucrative options with promises of value - added freebies like Shomi and NHL GameCentre Live, Fido's new plans offer tangible benefits for new and exiting subscribers.

If someone wants adventure and new experiences, they are better motivated with the thought they could withdraw their RRSP contributions in five years to volunteer in Africa than with promises of an old age spent in Fort Lauderdale.

President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address was rife with promises to put «America First,» but investors and political analysts in Asia seem to be taking it in their stride.

Even the CBC last year promoted its banal sitcom Being Erica with promises of a hot lesbian sex scene — and when the Mother Corp thinks girl - on - girl action makes acceptable prime - time viewing, it's a sure sign that sex is no longer shocking.

Still, a management shakeup in June left Lansing the sole head of the studio with promises of a bigger budget and more creative freedom, a strong vote of confidence from Viacom chief Sumner Redstone.

Their demands of austerity should be coupled with promises to strengthen the European economy.

For chaebols then, it's likely a case of being caught between a rock and a hard place: The companies have to deal with the fallout from the recent scandal, as well as follow through with the promises they had made in the lead up to the Olympics.

Being better at Jiu Jitsu, networking and following through with promises means taking time to yourself.

Follow through with promises and rewards «owed» to employees for helping out on projects big and small.

The donors were being enticed to give with promises of #SaveToysRUs bumper stickers, special edition toys, invites to a reopening block party and opportunities to tour the oldest toy factory currently operating in the U.S. depending on the amount they give.