The idea here is exactly what Paul says in Romans 8:31 - 39: God's power does not remove us from persecution, danger, difficulty, sickness and death, but makes us more
than conquerors in and through all such things.
Or do we try to press into the question and understand the truth that we are a people of rest, that we have been given peace, and that we are more
than conquerors in this life also?
Not exact matches
The route that brought us — we
conquerors and creators of the New World — to our growing disinterest
in anything transcendent may be more pleasant
than the thuggishness of the old Soviet system.
But he did have a perspective that grounded him when worry hit: «
In all these things we are more
than conquerors through him who loved us.
37 No,
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him who loved us.
One story
in his book entitled More
Than Conquerors, tells the story of a woman who died after having a premature baby that was so weak would not last without assistance.
37 Nay,
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved us.
No,
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us....
Yet
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us.
In all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved us...»
Scores of passages come to our minds: «Joy unspeakable and full of glory»; «Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people»; «Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory»; «Mine eyes have seen thy salvation»; «We are more
than conquerors»; «We rejoice
in the hope of the glory of God»; «Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift»; «Thanks be to God who causeth us to triumph
in Christ»; «God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined
in our hearts.»
With Paul these Christians gloried that — whether
in persecution, famine, or violent death — they were «more
than conquerors through him who loved» them (Romans 8:3 - 37).
Even Jeremiah, while
in contrast with his contemporaries he counseled submission to Babylon, could not draw the full inferences of universal moral obligation that were implicit
in his idea of God; and his contemporary, Habakkuk, could get no further
than the assurance that the terrible power of the
conqueror was temporary and that his downfall would vindicate the moral order of Yahweh's world.
Then comes the answer, «No,
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him who loved us.»
While he would have been comfortable with the rest of the film, Ian Fleming would have been turning
in his grave if he thought his creation might be turned into a sexual experimenter rather
than an alpha male
conqueror of beautiful women.
No,
in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him who loved us.»
The jury decision, he revealed, came only after some old - fashioned horse - trading: Bille August's «Pelle the
Conqueror» won over Chris Menges» «A World Apart»
in a 6 - 4 vote, but jury president Ettore Scola only got the «World Apart» supporters to stop arguing when he offered to not only give that film the Grand Jury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more
than one prize.
So,
in order for you to be more
than a
conqueror, you're going to have to defeat fear with faith.