Sentences with phrase «coming against power»

Instead of coming against power structures, we too often want to align with them in order to legislate and enforce holiness.

Not exact matches

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

• The legal saga could come to an end: Benchmark agreed to immediately suspend (and later drop) its lawsuit against ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, which it filed in August in an effort to limit his power and force him off the board.

But industrial capital as well as labor has come under attack in an internecine war of finance capital against industrial capital, and even against the power of governments to retain control over national economies.

His comments came days after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a speech that «China's offer always comes at a price» and cautioned Latin American countries against reliance on «new imperial powers that seek only to benefit their own people.»

After recalling Tsipras coming to power as an unrepentant demagogue whose high - wire negotiations in 2015 cost Greece «100 billion euros» (in extra austerity measures), the opposition accuses him of «belatedly discovering investments» that he fought against.

Word of the announcement came as the Trump administration on Wednesday warned that it would vigorously defend U.S. national interests against «hostile» powers such as China and Russia, vowing to use «all available tools» to combat unfair practices - a sign that the president may be preparing to erect new trade barriers.

Among his companions from the scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).

Conversations about the power of making arrests, the corruption and complicity of local governments, the holistic care for survivors, the mechanisms of business and labor, the dangers of coming against criminal syndicates — these are not simple ideas or odds to overcome — especially in the NGO community.

As early as 1934, just one year after Hitler came to power, Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, representing a small but growing group of conscientious Catholics, made a dramatic interfaith appeal against Nazism: «Jews and Catholics must stand together, for we are faced with the same troubles.

So, when Moses comes into prophetic power over Egypt, God is shown to be exacting revenge against Egypt by putting to death all the firstborn sons of Egypt.

«The time has come for a broad - based assault against the powers that be that want to change our culture to one of men marrying men and women marrying women,» said Owens, in an interview Tuesday after the launch event at the National Press Club.

«All the time not having a clue that they were being whispered against, campaigned against by both Catholics & Anglicans who made it palpably clear that this initiative was detrimental to the «dialogue towards unity» and temporarily compromised their positions as oecumenical ambassadors - that this was a counter-productive «wacked - out» scheme by an ailing Pope who merely needed to be placated until he died - hence delaying tactics, obfuscations, procedurality, red tape and making everything as difficult and administratively untenable as possible; with patronising sympathy and hand - wringing at their lot while sneering, dismissing and chuckling to themselves that the whole thing will eventually come to naught... that the administration will crumble via crises and power politics andpersonality clashes and outright frustration at the situation... and ultimately the Ordinariate will be re-integrated into the Conference system and those not happy about it will crawl back to their friends in the C of E.

Wayne said that his group had come straight up against the local power structure, which considers private property to be sacrosanct.

Adnama Satan uses external circumstances to direct our steps he knows that if we walk according to the flesh we come under his authority for the flesh is weak and he manipulates by keeping christians in bondage to sin through lust or whatever sin the christian is weak in.He can also fire into our minds evil thoughts to make us feel condemned or guilty these are fiery darts they are not ours and we need to stand on the word to rebuke them by faith.If we have given our lives to Christ then we belong to Christ so if we walk in accordance to the spirit the enemy has not power to effect us either internally or externally that is not to say that he can not manipulate situations and circumstances to his advantage that is why we need to be alert and pray against the work that he does we are in a spiritual battle but we have overcome in Christ so fear not brentnz

About the only place where Republicans want fewer regulations and less power is when it comes to what they believe is their right to pollute anything they want, discriminate against anyone they want or drill where they want.

People such as Hitler used that claim to come to power and justify building his military, claiming it a defense against the «decadent West» (which turned out to be much stronger than him).

One of the purposes of the Western «Gods» is to cause people to rise up against their gov «ts so that Western countries can gain influence and power in those countries... you know, to come steal the resources of that country.

Two of these — «Flower of Purity» and «Gentle Guide of Youth» — are especially relevant to our current theme In the Novena he composed in preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victory.

Mr. Reagan referred to the Ezekiel prophecy, noting that «Gog, the nation that will lead all the other powers of darkness against Israel, will come out of the north.

If God is conceived differently than tradition has presented and elevated, if the transcendent God is simultaneously the immanent God who is perennially with us and not over against us, if God's being is first love, after which power comes to be defined within the implicates of love, then such a God would be one whose death truly would be mourned.

No need to set our faces sternly against the massive cultural power of the academic and media establishment if we qualify any peculiar practices we retain by the qualification: We're open to change, that is, you progressives may be right» in fact it seems you are, so please excuse our very temporary clinging to old ways here, we're just waiting for the right (that is left) revelation to come along, let's hope sooner rather than later...

He came to power in June 2014, after the revolution of Egypt's people against former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, calling on the military for the termination of the devastating tenure of the Muslim Brotherhood regime.

Which when it comes to his ecclesia Jesus clearly taught against hierarchy, position titles, and using spiritual gifts to make money his teaching on those topics was the antithesis of power and commercialization of relationship with God.

Leaders of these ministries sometimes state if other people write off supernatural healings, demonic exorcisms, and the gift of tongues as possibly coming from the devil, such people deny the power of the Holy Spirit and commit blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which supposedly is the unforgivable sin.

After the Pharisees explained away the miracles of Jesus as the «work of the Devil», Jesus said to them «Now look, you can blaspheme against God the Father and that'll be forgiven, you can blaspheme God the Son and that'll be forgiven, but when you attribute the power that wrought these miracles to the power of Satan, you are now blaspheming against the Holy Spirit and that will never be forgiven in this age and in the age to come.»

Prophets also have basically affirmed nations so long as they are not subservient to the devils, that is, the powers and principalities that be rebellious against God: In KJV Isa 66:18 For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Charged with exorcising demons by the power of Beelzebub, he said, «And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

All his power last season came during two back to back games against Toronto where he belted the only three homers he had for 2017 and a 10 day period in September where he played three games and got 4 doubles.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

The way I see it Chelsea will make the top 4 and probably win the league with City coming in second, they just haven't been at their best in recent times and are powering through matches off player quality as opposed to a well drilled and coherent outfit e.g. Dortmund's performance against us.

The lack of power in our defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a goal to be had against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal

Yes, it ties up a lot of resources in the line for years to come, but in building a power running game we are already going against NFL trends, so let's take it all the way,

Jose Mourinho had the old guard to thank, as Didier Drogba and John Terry helped Chelsea to come back from behind, before Ramires sealed a 3 - 1 win against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

«Chizzy» came unstuck against the Power last week, and with Barney looking in more confident mood, a win would certainly push the current Premier League Champion back into the mix, while Chisnall will be looking to consolidate at the top of the table.

They'll look to rebound from this loss, pull back to.500 and move up our Power Rankings in Week 2 when they tip - off against # 2 Team Knox coming up on Tuesday night.

They'll look to continue their climb up the standings and up our Power Rankings in Week 5 when they square off against a Team Shlofrock squad that is coming off a big win themselves.

They'll look to grab that important third win coming up on Sunday when they tip off against a 1 - 13 Team James squad that will be doing everything in their power to snap their current 12 - game losing streak.

Arsene Wenger admitted that player power was responsible for the severe change of tactics against Manchester City but despite the success against the champions, Mertesacker says the proof the squad have learnt their lessons will only come if they keep winning matches.

but let's see... 2 decisions wins against Scott Holzman and Felipe Arantes, sandwiched around a decision loss to Desmond Green... then comes out and starches Ricardo Lamas in the 1st round, completely out cold, with a combination of speed and power I haven't seen at 145 maybe ever (even McGregor wasn't putting guys down like that).

Five came at The Hawthorns, where leaders Manchester City continued their winning run against West Bromwich Albion, while Jamie Vardy was on the scoresheet again as Leicester overcame managerless Everton at the King Power Stadium.

TEAM NEWS WATFORD: Watford came up short against Leicester City, 1 - 2, at the King Power Stadium on November 7th as the Foxes» built an early 2 - 0 lead that the Hornets could not overcome.

The key battle is no doubt going to come in midfield with the strength and power of Roma against the fast and fluid CSKA attackers.

The former is more likely — which says a lot about the power of players in modern football — and, despite playing a Norwich side fighting for their lives who nearly claimed a draw against Liverpool, United will come away with a victory.

If Sherwood wants to win the games against West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City, he needs experience and power and I only see this coming from either Sanchez or Gueye rather than Westwood.

Newcastle look to have successfully navigated the threat of relegation from the Premier League after winning three successive games, their most recent of which came against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

«Joined to the feeling of law, a feeling of impossibility of struggling against the law; a child's obedience, the basic condition for all further education, is thus solidly founded for the time to come... The most generally necessary condition for moral will power and character is the unconditional obedience of the child.»

around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just Ppower - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWERPOWER!

The disappearance of the man who had ruled from Addis Ababa for the past two decades — having come to power through guerrilla war against the communist Derg regime — has unleashed speculation regarding likely successors and an internal power struggle inside the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

We are against the proposed deal between the main Democratic caucus and the IDC because of the significant power it gives to the IDC, who have failed — along with Senator Simcha Felder — to enable progressive legislation passed by the Assembly to come to the floor in the Senate.