Sentences with phrase «lord it over others»

It becomes important in adolescence when a flood of hormones changes the reward centers in the brain and causes lording it over others to suddenly become much more pleasurable.

[1] A ruling class of pigs emerges that lord over the other animals with claims of higher knowledge and importance to the cause.

I often wonder if churches attract bullies or if people who get into a position of power in churches find it's easy to use their position to lord it over others and even bully them.

People of faith typically tend to keep their beliefs to themselves and not lord it over others.

Godly leaders lead «not lording it over others».

In the name of the one who taught us not to lord over others but rather to serve them (Matt 20:25 - 28), the church often lorded over others with a vengeance as ruthless as any version of the kingdom of the world ever has.

They believe that lording it over others is the only way organizations work efficiently and so the behavior of leaders is indisputable, unquestionable and excusable.

Marriage is not an opportunity to lord over each other.

To lord over others is the antithesis of Christian service (Luke 22:25 - 27) and results in a turning away from God; it is, therefore, a negation of self.

I think the ones who get off on the power of «being right» and have a desire to lord over others that are the primary dividers... and if they are in the pulpit, the teach division as desirable.

The ring has great power, and that is precisely why it is not ours to possess, nor lord over the other.

Lots of suspension travel to soak up the worst bumps of our crummy UK road network, a high seating position to let you lord it over all other motorists, and off - road ability that's well - suited for a posho countryside excursion.

That last point interests me purely because video games are better, as an industry and a medium, when one company isn't lording over the other.

Not exact matches

Recently when a customer was dropping Lord of the Rings references, the employee on the other end, who had never read the books, tapped a new representative to take over and continue the Tolkien - themed banter.

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.

«These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord; then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads.»

The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those who «give excessive importance to certain rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»

Then a lot of other things come to mind (like references to «that which is Caesar's» versus «that which is God's» and admonishment to «not lord it over one another» and then there's the whole deliverance from Egyptian slavery thing...)

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

I would have though that Lord J would have known the guys name he was calling other than you, and you over there..

He rose to show he indeed is Lord over life and death, other wise he would have just been another crazy man making crazy claims and dying and that being the end of him.

``... Borders soft with refugees Streets a» swimming with amputees It's a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart It's getting harder and harder to tell them apart Days are nights and the nights are long Beating hearts blossom into walking bombs And those still looking in the clear blue sky for a sign Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine Now the wolves are howling at our door Singing bout vengeance like it's the joy of the Lord Bringing justice to the enemies not the other way round They're guilty when killed and they're killed where they're found If what's loosed on earth will be loosed up on high It's a Hell of a Heaven we must go to when we die...»

The stories are endless, and we share them with each other over tomato soup in the crypt at the end of the night, everyone touched by seeing how the Lord worked that evening.

Purpose of post is to make hindu secular, ignorant self centered human to realize power of truth, nothing can over power truth, nor can deviate from truth in life, because truth absolute rules the world, their is none other but truth absolute LORD GOD of the world.

The report repeatedly stresses that «this crisis [is] one of the episcopacy as much as it is a crisis of the priesthood,» and it cites the 2003 apostolic exhortation by John Paul II, Pastores Gregis: «The title of Bishop is one of service, not of honor, and therefore a Bishop should strive to benefit others rather than to lord it over them.

In John 18:5 - 6 Jesus sais «I AM he» and The power of his declaration of BEING GOD brought them to their knees... This clearly coincides with Exodus 3 when God appeared to Moses and Declared that his NAME was «I AM who I AM» Do you REALLY think that that is not by design??? Is this not also a very clear foreshadowing of the future (Romans 14:11, and Philliapians 2:10 - 11) Please oh please see how the Bible is so intricately intertwined and full of the The masters handiwork... Everything, all of life's questions are all within this book, not other sources, if one but will accept them, pray over them, and get the Lord's guidance... This is why I brought up 1 Cor 2:14, Which you took EXTREMELY out of context in the way I meant it to be discerned, which the verse itself explains I might begrudgingly add... John 8:24 after he tells them I am not of this world.

Beloved there is now sett before us life, and good, deathe and evil1 in that wee are Commaunded this day to love the Lord our God, and to love one another, to walke in his wayes and to keepe his Commaundements and his Ordinance, and his lawes, and the Articles of our Covenant with him that wee may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may blesse us in the land whither we goe to possesse it: But if our heartes shall turne away soc that wee will not obey, but shall be seduced and worship... other Gods, our pleasures, and proffitts, and serve them; it is propounded unto us this day, wee shall surely perishe out of the good Land whither wee passe over this vast Sea to possesse it:

But over and above the broad ethical teaching, intrinsically universal in its scope, there are sayings addressed directly to the disciples as a community in being, capable of being compared and contrasted with other existing communities: «You know that in the world the recognized rulers lord it over their subjects, and their great men make them feel the weight of authority.

Rick i struggled for over 20 years as a christian in the end i said whats the point of struggling i feel powerless and useless so i gave in to sin that did nt work either but i was so sick of struggling and seeing the same results i became more miserable and even more powerless in my struggle with sin.I decided one day no more enough was enough i needed to get my life back in order.That was years ago and it was a process over 5 years that God dealt with all those things in my life that needed fixing most days i just said to him Lord i cant do this i just do nt have the strength and he said thats okay you cant do it anyway just trust me.So now now i l know what it means to be an overcomer in Christ sin does not have the victory over me anymore because Jesus is my strength in my weakness.I know i cant live a christian life in my strength but i certainly can with Christ in me he is my strength and in him i am an overcomer.If this is speaking to others just want to let you know that you to can be an overcomer you do nt have to struggle or battle with your walk or feel miserable because you give in to sin there is a better way.Just admit that you cant do it and ask for his help for the holy spirit is in you and he is the one who helps us in our weakness.regards brentnz

I suppose they believe that by giving God credit for their * righteousness * they are giving Him glory; but the Pharisee in the parable gave God the credit for his «righteousness» when he prayed, * Lord, I thank thee that I am not as other men, especially that publican over there.

plz leave people alone im a phd of the o'ccult i am a follower of aleister crowley i've read the bible & the koran & i remember that ur god of the so called bible said judge not 4 2 judge is 2 be judge leave islam alone just because of 9/11 99 % of americans can not get over the past most people r still carryin on over pearl harber & that was 69 yr's ago get over this ur so called christans need 2 do what ur jesus said 4give 4giveness is the way 2 hevan there r nuts in all religons but most people r in hell 4 judgeing others that ur lord - god is the 1 who judges so let him do his job & do what jesus said turn the other check his job is 2 lead ur life as he did 4giveness islam is a great peaceful religion true islam is peaceful loving & 4giveness is the greast america grow up

Though there are people among the «priestly class», as you call it, that use the doctrine of inspiration to lord their educated / professional status over the average church members, there are plenty of others (such as my pastor, and probably most every Calvary Chapel pastor) who approach their charge as shepherds of the flock with the proper attitude of a helper and clarifier to the flock seeking to understand the meaning of the Bible.

Get arrested, put your body in the middle of things, hold your «gentile leaders who lord their power over others» accountable, but don't just stand by.

Lord, please open our understanding to get your true message of repentance and remission of sins and to make this known to all others for we have no control over the time left for each of us.

Father Driscoll discussed the shocking cost of shipping from Florida, and expounded on coconut palms, and fishtail palms, and tiger palms, and many other species of palms, and noted that as far as he could tell from his inquiries, Our Blessed Lord rode His donkey over the fronds of date palms, which is why our parish makes a strenuous effort every year to obtain date palms, for historical accuracy, but inasmuch as this year the cost of date palm fronds was prohibitively high, he was sure that the ladies would agree with him that the correct thing to do was to use local willow wands instead, and thus save money that could be directed to the poor and unfortunate of the parish.

Those who corrupted their own religion will never, ever hesitate to corrupt other religions but my Lord has a message for them «It is He who has sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the religion of truth, that he makes it prevail over all religion, even though the disbelievers may detest - Al Quran 61:9

You were called to be part of God's family for the same reason that Abraham was called and the Jewish people were called and all of God's people are called... not to lord your position over others and think that you are smarter and more blessed than others, but rather to be a blessing and a help to them.

However Ritschlianism was already giving way to the religionsgeschichtliche Schule, whose philosophy of religion centred in a decided preference for cultic experience over ethical action, and whose historical reconstruction saw primitive Christianity orientated like other Hellenistic religions to the cult's dying and rising Lord, rather than to the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount.

When the Declaration later proclaimed that the church must always hear and obey her Lord over against all other authorities, it did so in the light of the scriptures and the communal memory of the church, which gives concrete embodiment to her worship.

At the same time not seeming to have noticed what Jesus said about not adopting ranks and titles and authoritarian hierarchy and about how His disciples were to learn to serve each other and not to lord it over one another.

The Lord revealed that the problem was with my heart it is so wicked and deceptive i still believed that i was a good person i did nt drink or take drugs smoke or swear i wasnt violent i had some hangups but kept them to myself but this wicked thought was the reason why i couldnt get free.That was enough for the enemy to bring guilt and condemnation upon me.So when i confessed that my heart was indeed wicked and that i needed a new heart.I was instantly delivered and set free from the past and have not looked back though i am sometimes reminded by others for what i did wrong.It no longer has power over me.I believe we all struggle with two areas as christians we must confess our sin and we must confess our pride for without him we can do nothing.May the Lord show you what it is that is blocking you from receiving his love and forgiveness the issue will be found in your heart ask the Lord to reveal it for what it is.We do nt like to see the truth its ugly and i am sorry if this offends you it wasnt my intention.May he set you free as he has done for me.regards brentnz

There is now set before us life and good, death and evil, in that we are commanded this day to love the Lord our God, to walk in His ways and to keep His laws and the articles of our covenant with Him, that we may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may bless us in the land whither we go to possess it: but if our hearts shall turn away so that we will not obey, but shall be seduced and worship... other gods, our pleasures and profits, and serve them, it is propounded unto us this day, we shall surely perish out of the good land whither we pass over this vast sea to possess it.

If I had possession, over judgment day Lord, the little woman I'm lovin» wouldn't, have no right to pray And I went to the mountain, lookin» as far as my eyes would see Some other man got my woman, and these lonesome blues got me And I rolled and I tumbled and I, cried the whole night long Boy, I woke up this mornin», my biscuit roller gone

A post like this does grieve me... I did try to encourage you in the other thread over this crisis you are in or whatever you are going through, but please don't blame the Lord... I do nt understand what you are going through.

«A post like this does grieve me... I did try to encourage you in the other thread over this crisis you are in or whatever you are going through, but please don't blame the Lord»

Then I will lord it over all the other less - trendy moms so that I can be Queen of the Playgroup.

Help them to reflect on their actions, and refrain from punishments, which teach them to lord power over others.

Santos, Museveni, Mugabe, Mswathi, Bashir, Biya and others in the same ilk started their games; mindlessly lording it over their people in an age of docility.

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