Quotes about Empowerment

Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. But fear itself? Fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out?

The stone was moved—not for Jesus—but for the women; not so Jesus could come out, but so the women could see in!

There is no one God won't use.

He empowers us to be what he calls us to be.

She couldn't alter the past but this was her chance to change the future.

God doesn't call the qualified. He qualifies the called.

You can. With God's help you can close the gap between the person you are and the person you want to be.

Pray for people. Serve more. Practice patience. And, bring the best out in people.

Grace comes after you. It rewires you. From insecure to God secure. From regret-riddled to better-because-of-it. From afraid-to-die to ready-to-fly. Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.1

People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be—not what you nag them to be.

Do you want to get . . . sober? Solvent? Educated? Better? Do you want to get in shape? Over your past? Beyond your upbringing? Do you want to get stronger, healthier, happier? Would you like to leave Bethesda in the rearview mirror? Are you ready for a new day, a new way? Are you ready to get unstuck?

If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 4:11).When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.