Verb
lay hold on (third-person singular simple present lays hold on, present participle laying hold on, simple past and past participle laid hold on)
Alternative form of lay hold of
Scatter money in a crowd, how they scramble for it; offer bread to the starving, how greedily they seize it; throw a rope to the drowning, how he eagerly grasps it! With like eagerness and earnestness may the Spirit of God help you to lay hold on Christ. Thomas Guthrie
Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us. Jerry Bridges
In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother. Martin Chemnitz
With Death at my side I seek new counsel for my life, and I see the better but I lay hold on the worse. Petrarch
Lay hold on Christ with both your poor, empty hands. Elizabeth Prentiss
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. Andrew Young