Quotes about Power

words are powerful and should not be spoken frivolously.

Trust in Him Faith in Jesus is "the leaning of your entire personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness" (Col. 1:4). Are you leaning on Him?

If you will do what you can do, God will do what you cannot do.

Although we do not always have the power to change every unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we do have the power to change our outlook. We can look out at life from our inmost being with our hearts filled with positive thoughts and attitudes, or we can respond as Charlie did—allowing the events of life to shape our thoughts and attitudes. This is a decision that only we can make—no one can make it for us!

With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God. MARK 10:27

The amplification of the word faith in Colossians 1:4 is "the leaning of your entire human personality on [God] in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness" (AMPC). I love this

I wonder how much of our mental time is spent worrying, reasoning, and fearing—possibly more than is spent on anything else. Instead of meditating on our problems, let's choose to meditate on the "alls" of God. He says you can cast "… [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you…" (1 Pet. 5:7). Let us realize how unlimited His power is and trust Him to do what we cannot do.

I encourage you to begin pondering the truth that every word you speak holds some kind of power and to start praying and asking God to help you speak words filled with life and hope.

If you apply God's word to your life, you will find that it works exactly as He says it will.

The Word of God is powerful. It has the ability to calm you down, cheer you up, give you hope, and stir your faith up!

Words can poison, words can heal. Words start and fight wars, but words make peace. Words lead men to the pinnacles of good And words can plunge men to the depths of evil. —Marguerite Schumann

The fact that Jesus weeps and that he is moved in spirit and troubled contrasts remarkably with the dominant culture. That is not the way of power, and it is scarcely the way among those who intend to maintain firm social control. But in [John 11:33-35] Jesus is engaged not in social control but in dismantling the power of death, and he does so by submitting himself to the pain and grief present in the situation, the very pain and grief that the dominant society must deny.