Quotes about Empowerment

Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.

Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.

She's her mother's daughter - full of courage, determination, and strength she doesn't even know she has.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 2 Corinthians 12:9, NLT

Being a disciple maker is as simple as helping someone else experience the risen Jesus and draw closer to Him—just as happened in our own lives.

We need each other's gifts, talents, and skills to do the work of the Lord. Empowering others is the key here. This is the beauty of the body: We all have something to contribute; therefore, we need to discover what that is and believe that we can do it. Then it's our job to find out what others have and release them into the life they were intended to live, even if it far exceeds our own.

Don't let the hurts, disappointments, and regrets of the past cripple your present or define your future. Forgive.

The cross can heal and hurt; it can be empowering and liberating but also enslaving and oppressive. There is no one way in which the cross can be interpreted. I offer my reflections because I believe that the cross placed alongside the lynching tree can help us to see Jesus in America in a new light, and thereby empower people who claim to follow him to take a stand against white supremacy and every kind of injustice.

If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth.

Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13—14).