The Power of God's Elect Puritan beliefs are very numerous and strong. ... Mary sees the twenty-four Puritans who escaped death that tragic day as the chosen or predestined, " .yet the Lord by his Almighty power, preserved a number of us from death, for there were twenty four of us taken alive; and carried captive" (14). ... Not seeing this as an attempt to keep her alive, Mary thanks God, and quotes from the Bible, "When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee" (21). ... However, Mary finds peace in the Bible once...

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A quote from Elder Bednar says: "Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.... I had the impression to share this quote that I had found with my cousin Emily. I sent this quote: "Knock, and He'll open the door. ... In closing, I want to leave you this quote I found on Instagram from LDS church. ...

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Among other quotes in which the monster deigns Victor as [his] creator, this is a powerful novel reference and this quote beautifully shows the direct motif of religious role-playing in Frankenstein. Power is another key element used by Mary Shelley in her novel, which helps us even more to uncover the aforementioned biblical relationships. ... The power that the monster retained over Victor wasn't only physical though. ... Power relates to the motif of religious role-playing because the same "power-swap" occurred in the biblical story of Lucifer's betrayal to God. ...

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Without being familiar with the dangers she is facing, she quotes, "When thou passeth through the waters I will be with thee, and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee, Isaiah 43.2" (123). ... In another time of need, she quotes, "Psalm 94.18, When my foot slipped, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up" (130). ... Then she quotes, "Psalm 119. 22, 23, 24. ... She quotes God saying, "Psalm 81: 13, 14. ... After this tragic experience, she walks away a completely different person with a new understanding of the world and the power of God. ...

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A central issue in both works is the conception of power. ... To show that Zorba's views are more complicated, one can refer to the end of the novel and the collapse of the mine he owned, as he blames God for the happenings.(289) As stated in the last quote, Zorba still views lifes happenings as existing separate from God. ... As outlined earlier, the role of power is shown in many different ways. ... He displays a form of weakness by always looking to a higher power. ... Kazantzakis uses the form of power through knowledge. ...

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Referring to sin, Pelagius quoted, "Whether we will or whether we will not, we have the capacity of not sinning." ... Pelagius explains that performing a good deed became so difficult for some because "the long custom of sin which begins from childhood and gradually brings us more and more under its power until it seems to have in some degree the force of nature." This quote explains Pelagius" notion of how sin can become a habit which is done unconsciously without a second thought. ... With the quote, "No one is not sick, no one is not healed without God's grace" , Augustine conv...

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He acknowledged the power of his country but the poverty prevalent there worried him. ... He brings up the question of evil's existence, to quote "The Tyger," from Songs of Experience: "Did he who make the lamb make thee"". ... He believed that God is the spiritual and creative power in man, and apart from man the idea of God has no meaning. When Blake speaks of the divine, it is with reference to this power and not to any external or independent God or deity. ... When Blake speaks of divine, it is the reference to this power and not any external or independent godhead. ...

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This is one of the most important quotes from the entire narrative. ... This is an important transition because it shows the power of Christianity, the way he almost naturally converts himself unofficially to Christianity soon after being exposed to it Equiano can be used to show how strong the influence of Christianity can be. ...

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Joseph Campbell states "Now the snake in most cultures is given a positive interpretation The serpent represents the power of life engaged in the field of time, and of death, yet eternally alive- (Power of Myth, page 47). ... (Power of Myth, Page 81). ... There's no chance of relapsing back to boyhood after a show like that- (Power of Myth, page 82). ... "The power of life causes the snake to shed its skin, just as the moon sheds its shadow. ... That's an image of life- (Power of Myth, page 45). ...

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Ancient Greek Society Ancient Greece thrived from the third millennium to the first century B.C. The term "ancient Greece" refers culturally to the ways ancient Greeks spoke, worshiped, understood the nature of the physical world, organized their governments, made their livings, entertained th...

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In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. God has to power and the self awareness to respect what he has created. ... Jesus was on the cross as a result of our choices as humans and it was God's self-limiting power that prevented him from saving Jesus. ... Edwards states, "They will often think of a God who can do absolutely anything - of power without limits of any kind. ... In Jesus crucified we find that Divine power, which, as the resurrection assures us, is a real power to save and heal, can look like utter foolishness- (Edwards, 4...

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The following quote explains the flower's diminutive relationship with God: "These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickning, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an houre; Making a chiming of a passing-bell, We say amisse, This or that is: Thy word is all, if we could spell"(Flower 15-21). The flower submits to God's absolute power. ... According to Herbert, we have as much power to resist God as the flower does, which is none. ... It knows who holds the power and it also knows that it possesses no ability to resist it; this is the message Herbert is attempting to ...

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It seemed natural to conclude that there must have been a higher power that created the reality known by man. ... However, perhaps the most quoted philosopher on the absolute existence of God is St. ... Hume wrote: Our ancestors in Europe, before the revival of letters, believed, as we do at present, that there was one supreme God, the author of nature, whose power, though in itself uncontrollable, was yet often exerted by the interposition of his angels and subordinate ministers, who executed his sacred purposes. ... These people could not explain such natural phenomenons as lightning or eart...

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In which Lucifer-also known as the devil-falls from heaven because he is jealous of Christ's power. ... Because Jack was jealous of the immense power that Ralph held over all of the other boys, he decided to gain power by splitting their group into two, to form one that is under his control-one that characterizes evil. ... This quote is parallel to when Jesus carried the cross. ...

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To me this quote means, whatever thoughts or reactions you have when the word God is mentioned will determine how you think, feel, and behave. ... You may not always get the answer you want but we have to look at our problems in the light of God's power instead of looking at God in the shadow of our problems. ...

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In times where natural disasters and tragedies had no explanation, belief in higher power helped one to cope with the fear and confusion that comes with uncertainty.  ... They told stories of how the gods had the power to determine your fate in the afterlife based on your actions on Earth. ... Another approach to proving the existence of an afterlife is quoting the bible. ...

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John Edward's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, shows you how much power the Puritans believed God has and how easily he it would be for him to seek retribution. ... The strongest have no power to resist Him, nor can any deliver out of his Hands." ... This quote shows two things, it points out how the Puritans feared god and his holy wrath, and it also shows the irony in relation to the Salem Witch Trials which Hawthorne points out. ...

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It is interesting that in this quote Lodahl refers to McFague again. ... Lodahl, in fact, asserts "it would be theologically inelegant to imagine God's power to be exerted at some sort of ontological distance from God's own being. Any such notion would tend to turn God's presence into an impersonal force, an attenuated power, thereby implying that it is not in God's immediate presence that each creature exists (GNG, 136)....

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Zeus's rise to power is different than other religious stories where is father did not pass those powers down to his son but instead he overthrew is father Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. ... He was also son to father Cronus and owned supreme power over his realm of the underworld. ... That lightning bolt when seen was associated with him and the power that he possessed. ... Quotes that "treat every moment like your last" or "never put tomorrow what you can do today" or "time is money....

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The Old Testament speaks of Gods word by Law; it has no thought of the word of God becoming flesh (only a mandate, message, or a power). ... Therefore I end with the quote: "The striving after God is the desire of beatitude, the attainment of God is beatitude itself. ... "Holy, Holy, Holy, God of all power! ...

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He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize and was recently cited as the third most quoted chemist in the world. ... In so far as we"re talking about God as a creative power, he doesn't need to make it perfect. ...

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Many people believe religion is the most sacred way of life, and to some it is their biggest obligation. A Buddhist once proclaimed in context to religion, "Many paths lead up the mountain, but the view from the top is the same." This quote, I believe contradicts religion in its entirety. However...

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This is portrayed in a quote by Anu, a Sumerian god,Because they have killed the Bull of Heaven, and because they have killed Humbaba who guarded the cedar mountain one of the two must die?. ... They were treated like a god on earth and given divine power over the people. ...

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Peter quoting the 16th Psalms in the Bible, traditionally ascribed to David, he spoke of an greater. ... How David could influence our lives if we will open our eyes to see David as a person like us who is thriving to know God and all His power. ...

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She was quoted to love sex and did not care for what others thought. ... The central moral problem is the human tendency to want to acquire more and to act unjustly whenever one has the power to do so. ... People think that a moderate amount of virtue is enough, but set no limit to their desires of "wealth and property, power, reputation, and the like. (391) Happiness is more often found in those who are cultivated in their mind and in their character, and have only a moderate share of "external goods," than among those who possess extensive "external goods" but are lacking in higher qualities...

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