Quotes about Power

Spiritual accountability proved insufficient for Peter, because no outward teaching can compare to the inward power of the Holy Spirit.

One of the ways the Spirit glorifies Christ is to build up his body for the common good. That is how God strengthens his church. Since the church is a spiritual organism, it needs spiritual ministry to build it up. Spiritual ministry can only come by the Holy Spirit showing himself through human beings. His power flows through human vessels.

As we open up our church meetings to God's power, they will not always follow a predetermined schedule or order. Who can outline what God might have in mind?

If the times are indeed as bad as we say they are … if the darkness in our world is growing heavier by the moment … if we are facing spiritual battles right in our own homes and churches … then we are foolish not to turn to the One who supplies unlimited grace and power. He is our only source. We are crazy to ignore him.

So many times when we get into emergencies and the situation seems totally hopeless - it's actually a setup. God wants to do something great. He wants to demonstrate his power, so that his name will be praised in a new and greater way. The next generation will hear all about it. After all, their spiritual nurture is far more important than material things.

A basic sign of revival is that the wind is allowed to blow where it will.

Andrew Bonar wrote in his diary on December 13, 1880, "I long more and more to be filled with the Spirit, and to see my congregation moved and melted under the Word, as in great revival times, 'the place shaken where they are assembled together,' because the Lord has come in power.

But for those who put their trust in Him and Him alone, they discover He is the God of the impossible who finds great delight in revealing His power to make a way where there is no way. He is a God of miracles who also loves to encourage us in prayer.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ISAIAH 40:28 — 29

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

Law: the only game where the best players get to sit on the bench.