Sentences with phrase «power over mind»

Music has an undeniable power over mind and body — and the science behind its mysterious sway is a hot topic at the moment.

Ancient rules and customs will have little power over a mind that can soar thousands of miles at the speed of light.

It is altogether another to recognize that such a God had tremendous power over the minds and faith of Christians for two millennia but has now ceased to wield such clout.

But the fence possesses a power over their minds and they are tricked into thinking they are trapped.

It may not be polished literature, it may not be learned writing, but judged by its power over the minds and hearts of successive generations of men and women of many races, it would be difficult to give it a lower classification.

Having power over someone's career opportunities obviously doesn't mean you have power over their minds and bodies as well.

Not exact matches

If you train your mind you can have immense power over your outlook, eventually rendering external factors irrelevant and mastering focus.

Our Data Center has been built with redundancy in mind: dual power source with automatic switch - over, dedicated UPS's and diesel generators and multiple tier - 1 upstream providers.

I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master... no christian can argue against this, as far as «turning over all logic, your mind, and your powers of thinking, your power to love»..

«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.»

No doubt when he is out of his mind and a relative has medical power over him... they will put them out of his misery.

It says more about the power of the human mind over the human body than it does about prayer itself.

Instead of worrying about a demon behind every corner and whether or not our neighbor exhibits sings of demonic possession, we should be filling our minds with Jesus, focusing our minds on Christ and Him crucified, and praising Him for the victory He has won on the cross over all the principalities and powers.

And politicians, recognizing that America has so many mindless zombies willing to believe that a higher power guides everything from who they marry to what they eat for breakfast, use this game of mind control to sway these gullible voters over to their cause.

i'm an avid believer in the power of the human mind to over come most problems whether they are man vs. nature, man vs. man or man vs. the supernatural... we can conquer most obsticules placed in our path.

Obviously that millions of innocent people died because simple - minded men are in power and yield control over groups of other simple - minded men who do their bidding... see Hitler and the Nazis, Stalin and the Soviet police, etc...

But it is really healthier for the mind to leave behind all the characters that people over the centuries have invented or given powers to, for which there is little or no foundation.

The desire is fading out of your mind, the habit is losing its power over you.

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

«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz

Victorian America's fascination with the power of mind over matter provides the anthropological foundation for the movement.

From my perspective the Fathers of the church were basically correct, even though it is unlikely that the narrator had in mind the victory of the future Messiah of Israel over the demonic powers of darkness.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

The exhilarating experience of the mind's power can lead to an intellectual arrogance in which one sets oneself over against God and man.

Turning away from orthodox Christianity because of the emotional excesses of frontier evangelism, he found it easier as a young man to accept what was called the Doctrine of Necessity, which he defined as the belief â $ ˜that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.â $ ™ Later, he frequently quoted to his partner, William H. Herndon, the lines for Hamlet: â $ ˜Thereâ $ ™ s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough â $ «hew them how he will.â $ ™ â $ œFrom Lincolnâ $ ™ s fatalism derived some of his most lovable traits: his compassion, his tolerance, his willingness to overlook mistakes.

The basic existential thrust of postmodern cultural study is to relax the power of any particular culture over the minds of students.

Even though the mind has a certain kind of power over the biological subsidiaries in which it dwells, it is at the same time susceptible to suffering from modifications that occur within its substrata.

For Holloway human reason is that natural and immediate power of spiritual mind over physical matter which recognises unities of matter - energy and sees the potential to develop them into new unities.

The editors and their collaborators know better; but only in selected instances have some of them managed to transcend such limited conceptions in behalf of the central purpose of the volume as a whole: to demonstrate how the literary dimensions of these texts do, indeed, make credible the power and authority they have exhibited for more than two millennia in shaping decisively the lives and minds of thoughtful people the world over.

The epistemology of control is simply the carry - over of the will to power into the realm of the mind.

Being in love has wonderful power, but loving someone else (with not just your heart but also with your mind)-- makes you choose the same person over and over again, day after day, even when things aren't cotton - candy perfect.

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«I believe in the power of mind over matter and always staying positive in the face of adversity and I am proud to join forces with Devotion in supporting a cause that is very close to my heart,» said Bloom.

But apparently Wenger does a good job because every July he certainly has the power to erase the minds of some fans which he has control over.

Your powers have been removed and handed over to Modern, professional, forward thinking experts in Sven and Raul.If you can't see that you are the Dead Man Walking then you really have lost what's left of your decrepit old mind.

A first step in the gradual shift of your mind would be to forgive yourself the conditioning you've been taught to rely on — that you must hand over your body (and, essentially, your power) over to your doctor, hospital, modern medicine and technology.

I know how much power the mind has over the body, so I am making a big effort to convince myself the baby will drop and I will go early.

This jargon was constructed by the mostly male minds that invented OBGYN, and was intended to place women in a passive position, while declaring conquest and power over their own basic bodily processes.

Given the current US situation, another joke comes to mind: «In 1945 [the year communists took over power] Poland was standing on the edge of a precipice.

The PAC's mission is to recruit reform - minded candidates, but will also serve the purpose of further consolidating Krueger's power over the factious conference.

But you need to concentrate on a new G election in 2017 never mind waiting till 2020 We voter are ready now for a change in Govt power how about a new G election in MAY 2017 same time as local C.C. elections Then we can have a joint run Govt put in place you Mr Corbyn will have to diced which over party you wish to sharer power with It must be a joint run Govt because we have sampled the one party in power we are all in it togther crap.

Work with the «iceman» Wim Hof has led intensive - care researchers Matthijs Kox and Peter Pickkers to test the power of the mind over immune responses

This is a pervasive power of the mind; it's seen in battles over perspective on all kinds of issues.

Over the next several years, Sladek and her allies learned about power generators and the grid — that mind - numbingly complex web of wires, power substations and transformers.

The stinky cheese also illustrates the power of culture over our minds.

Engineering professor Robert Jahn laid his career on the line to test the power of the mind over machines.

«The bulk power system was constructed over a long period of time with different resources in mind,» McClelland continued.

The idea that the mind has power over the body may be especially useful to chronic pain patients who often find themselves without satisfactory medical treatments.

For me, that's what these 30 - day things are all about; noticing what arises in your mind when you are challenged, the unconscious patterns that wield their power over you like an iron sword, and how you overcome it.