Quotes about Empowerment

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'

I delight in knowing that there is something in me which must fall prostrate before God when He reveals Himself to me, and also in knowing that if I am ever to be raised up it must be by the hand of God. God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us.

If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, then ruthlessly kick it out. It is definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God's strength.

God grant that we may determine to work out through our bodies the life which Jesus Christ has put into us by His Spirit.

When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but completely, we are able to "receive the Holy Spirit." "Receive the Holy Spirit"—the idea is that of invasion. There is now only One who directs the course of your life, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Vicarious intercession means that we deliberately substitute God's interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.

The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . ." (Acts 1:8)—not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us.

God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us—He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come.

Just think what we could be when we are awakened to the truth!