For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape of our lives, we find that God is enjoying our attention as never before.

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.

You can't change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.

God stands ready to allocate his power to all who are radically dependent on Him and radically devoted to making much of Him.

Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort.

God's power under us, in us, surging through us, is exactly what turns dependence into unforgettable experiences of completeness.

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.

The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.

So the challenge for us is to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only God can provide.

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God.

Sin is powerful, but not as powerful as the liberating power of grace.