Sentences with phrase «work is in vain»

Deadlines make the academic world go round, so no matter what you're writing, you have to make sure that it gets done on time, or else the work is in vain.

You have left your Beloved and are thinking of others: and this is Why all your work is in vain.15

As much as I enjoy writing and coaching, if no one feels inspired to action through my words, then it feels like my work is in vain — «What's the point?»

So their works are in vain, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall not give them any weight.

Therefore, their works are in vain; on the Day of Resurrection, they have no weight.

Not exact matches

«They want to cut programs and they hope in vain that the same plan that has been in place for the last 10 years will still work and will kick - start the economy,» the Liberal leader said in Trois - Rivieres, Que.

9 See life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that He has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity, for that is your portion in life and in your hard work with which you are working hard under the sun.

While it is of course true that those who belong to this school are perhaps most vocal in their assertion that in our Lord alone may God be seen at work, and while it is they who denounce the concept of «general» revelation as a vain fancy of sub-Christian speculation, a considerable number of other Christian thinkers take what in effect is the same position when they make central to their teaching a kind of uniqueness in the coming and the person of Christ which effectively removes him from the context of the total sell - expressive operation of the Eternal Word.

I assayed many ways to help to quiet my conscience, but it would not be; for the concupiscence and lust of my flesh did always return, so that I could not rest, but was continually vexed with these thoughts: This or that sin thou hast committed: thou art infected with envy, with impatiency, and such other sins: therefore thou art entered into this holy order in vain, and all thy good works are unprofitable.

Anyone who calls themselves Christian, says that God told them to run for president and then says things like «If you don't work, you don't get to eat» is no Christian, guilty of blasphemy and taking the Lords name in vain.

While it is vital that Christians hold one another accountable for working for the glory of God, we should be careful of using God's name carelessly or in vain in order to cover for our reluctance to promote our work....

Furthermore, unless you put yourself in the way of being encountered by the living God, rather than just thinking about God, or talking about God, or stating God's position with respect to various moral issues, your work will be in vain.

He said that Paul's statement that he went to consult the Jerusalem leaders, «lest somehow [he] should be running or had run in vain», (Galatians 2.2) meant more than that he feared his opponents might seriously interfere with his work unless they were checked.

The Dark Ages are reasserted as dark, as if all the recent scholarly work to shed light upon late antiquity were in vain.

«What can be expressed here if not Paul's deep concern that the Church shall be one «51 For Paul, his work would have been in vain if it had to be considered as a special or separatist Gospel.

The hope that, by farming the sea, increasing the yield of grains, or otherwise working a miracle of production in food science and technology we can in the nick of time prevent mass starvation without any of the affluent having to give up current privileges, is vain.

And is Paul being a bit too hopeful when he urges believers to «be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain»?

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord (AKJV).

We must do it humbly, recognizing the congenital sin from which we are not yet fully freed, but determined to abound in the work of the Lord, confident that our labor is not in vain if it be in the Lord.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, (AKJV).

The work of secular humanistic groups like Doctors Without Borders is not done in vain becuase they don't praise Jesus with every innoculation they give or bone they set.

I would order one to make sure they felt their work was not done in vain - hey, I was only trying to do my fair share of back patting for a job well done.

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

Arsène will assure us he will be working until midnight on 31st August to reinforce the squad but will depart for a cup of cocoa and a read of L'Equipe at 5.30 pm as Sky Sports search in vain for him.

After signing up with a temp agency, Zeldin was sent to work as a cleaner at a bank, alongside trying in vain to get a job to «sparkle clean» Heathrow's Terminal 2.

Holding swing voters will be in vain if Labour has not also got its working class support to the polls, and reconnected with disillusioned left - liberals.

President Akufo - Addo thanked all those who have worked so hard this year to ensure that this policy sees the light of day, adding that their contributions have been invaluable, and their sacrifices will not be in vain.

Winning swing votes will be in vain if Labour has not also got its working - class vote out and reconnected with disillusioned liberal opinion, too.

But it is satisfying that his work was not in vain after all.

My frustration with the party is based on the fact that I want it to win and to be worthy of that victory and until we send credible people to Europe and put forward credible candidates running on credible tickets we are working in vain.

Older staffers tried to console the younger, brokenhearted Spitzer loyalists with reminders that all their work hadn't been in vain.

The attention brought by the Nobel Prize left Prasher in a strange emotional place: pleased that his work had not been in vain, yet sullen about the way things had turned out for him.

The work was not in vain.

Is all this hard work in vain?

You are sure that the scales will reflect your hard work — those early morning starts have not all been in vain!

So when it was over, when the accomplishment was achieved, I not only felt relieved that all my work wasn't in vain, but I also felt strangely empty.

Humans are industrious apes; we like to produce, not work in vain.

This isn't something you should stress about, and you certainly shouldn't stop working out, but it's worth noting if you're doing sit ups in vain trying to get rid of abdominal fat.

I even feel like this article might even be conjuring up critiques of this lifestyle in the vain of how they still critique Dr. Atkins» work.

If your body doesn't have the fuel and nutrients there to build muscle, you're working so hard in vain.

But look at it this way: if you do rotator - cuff exercises, a few years down the road you will still be able to do heavy chest, back, shoulder and arm work, whereas those who did not strengthen their inner shoulders will be using pansy - ass weights trying in vain to save whatever muscle they already built.

* only 35 euros, definitely can afford it, and work would let me make the hours up, it is just the bother of it if it is likely to be in vain, and wanting to know from a trusted yet knowledgeable source, as the Doctors obvs have a motive for the test!

I even have a lovely lady working with me to keep this blog alive and kicking, so I am happy I am reaping the fruits of my labour, and all my efforts have not been in vain.

I started working crazy hours trying to finish off experiments, finalize grants, and organize my students, and every evening was spent booking flights, coordinating movers, setting up temporary accommodations in North Carolina, and trying (in vain) not to let our emotions get the best of us.

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A lot of people work very hard to lose pounds and maintain a healthy lifestyle, but do so in vain because of what's in the food they're eating.

Will Forte (The Watch, Rock of Ages) plays Woody's long - suffering son David, who tries in vain to tell his dad that it's all just a scam to get people to subscribe to magazines, eventually ending up taking a sick day from work in order to drive him down to claim his «winnings,» but in reality, he wants to make sure his father doesn't get lost or hurt in his mad quest.

(Working with his friend was something he'd tried to do, in vain, for years, to the point where the duo had developed an inside joke about their inability to get her cast as one of his characters: The role of Allison Janney will be played by John Malkovich.)

I'm thankful for the artists - writers, directors, and those below the line - who continue to push the envelope and bring us thoughtful and intelligent works of their own creation: Christopher Nolan, The Brothers Coen, Aaron Sorkin & David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky and so on, who make me feel like my passion for the medium has not been in vain.