Sentences with phrase «spirit lays upon»

Compelled to speak yet compelled to distort the infinite by our finite words, our Pentecost faith is hard - pressed by the task the Spirit lays upon us.

As the Holy Spirit lays upon your heart and mind the needs of others in your life, see if there is some way to love others like Jesus and help them in some tangible way.

Not exact matches

My paten and my chalice are the depths of a soul laid widely open to all the forces which in a moment will rise up from every corner of the earth and converge upon the Spirit.

We are still at war, of course, but the situation of the Church has materially altered, and I suspect that, by comparison to the burden the First Commandment lays upon us today, the defeat of the ancient pantheon, and the elemental spirits, and the demons lurking behind them will prove to have been sublimely easy.

He expresses deep emotion and inner feelings, but in highly codified ways: he has «peace and comfort,» «takes delight,» «strives mightily in this heart,» «lays hold upon,» «experiences conflict between the flesh and the spirit.»

Acts 15:28: «For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials».

The kerygma in Acts lays emphasis upon the Holy Spirit in the Church as the sign that the new age of fulfilment has begun.

Meanwhile, the minister was likely to be completely isolated from the sustaining power and status - giving context of his church, and, thrown into intimate face - to - face contact with his lay people, made dependent upon his own character and something as intangible to most colonists as «the Spirit» for whatever of prestige he could gain and leadership he could give.

Just got back from Mike Leigh's Happy Go Lucky, a movie about a quirky, plucky lady (Sally Hawkins) given to laying spirited, feel - good emotional fascism upon others, including the audience.

Ganon's spirit, too, is tied to his original form known as Demise, and the very curse he laid upon the bloodlines of both Zelda and Link has all three of their spirits reincarnating, just as they were, over and over again for all time.

When the spirit of prophecy comes upon you, you merely take your intellect and lay it off somewhere in a cool place for a rest, and unship your jaw and leave it alone; it will work itself.