Sentences with phrase «lord it over nature»

Even some who stand relatively low in the prestige ladder now lord it over nature, as they drive great machines which coerce the earth to do their bidding, or shape and twist tough metal as if it were putty, or with explosives obliterate any obstacle in the wink of an eye.

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Maybe even the most ardent right wing religious zealots can read this story and finally let it seep into their brains that there is no Jesus, there is no Lord watching over you and protecting you, and there is no devil... there is only human nature and some of it is good and some of it is bad.

«Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, when he was about to offer himself once on the altar of the Cross to God the Father, making intercession by means of his death, so that he might gain there an eternal redemption, since his priesthood was not to be extinguished by death, at the last Supper, «on the night that he was handed over», left to his beloved Spouse the Church a visible sacrifice, such as the nature of man requires, by which the bloody sacrifice achieved once upon the Cross might be represented and its memory endure until the end of the age, and its saving power be applied to the remission of those sins which are daily committed by us.»

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

Protestants, for their part, never cease arguing over the nature of the Lord's lordship.

Keith the verse go and sin no more is a choice the choice is the giver of life Jesus or go and sin no more change the word sin for death.Its our hearts it chooses to sin because it likes to sin thats our nature and the word is clear that our hearts are deceitfully wicked.How do we overcome by admitting our weakness and asking the holy spirit to help us.That is how i have been able to break sins over my life personally i am powerless in the flesh and i freely admit that but i have the spirit of God at work in my life who is able to raise me above my weakness in him.He empowers us to do that so when you feel weak tell the Lord and ask the holy spirit to help you.The more you rely on the holy spirit the more you walk in the spirit and the less influence sin has over you.brentnz

The exciting part is that it isnt just when we are saved but a continual ongoing process of choosing between the spirit and walking in Christ in obedience or walking according to our old sinful nature.This is the battle we all face the struggle over the old nature and the power of Christ in us to overcome our weakness.I believe that is what he is saying when he tells her to go and sin no more and he speaking through that word to our hearts today.i hear this verse ring in this JOISHUA24: 14 - 15 and it says choose this day whom you may serve as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.

Dr Reiko Tanaka, one of the study's authors from the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London, said: «It is amazing to think that an abstract concept for a shape devised by the mathematician Lord Kelvin over a century ago may be an important shape in nature, helping our skin to maintain its effectiveness as barrier.

Ace, who is used to smaller dogs excitedly jumping all over him, seemed to appreciate Lord Barkley's sedate nature, and while I think he was eager to explore every nook and cranny of the mansion, Ace sat mostly still and behaved well.