exercise authority

He said that when coaching a youth team, he tries to empower his players by putting them in position to exercise authority, such as making them the coach.

“Dominionism” is the idea that Christians should exercise authority, that the kingdom of God is to be established here on earth now, and it’s the responsibility of Christians to bring that about.

Definite ideas about who deserves to exercise authority are always in the background of this kind of view; fascism's only contribution was to move it into the foreground.

Lawlessness, especially drug trafficking, flourishes in Myanmar’s border region because the central government is unable to fully exercise authority there.

May the Spirit of the Lord who anointed Jesus at his baptism, so anoint you this day, that you might exercise authority with wisdom, and direct your counsels with grace; that by your service and ministry to all your people, justice and mercy may be seen in all the earth.