Quotes about Empowerment

The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, 'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature to knowledge...

But we will never advance this heavenly cause if we do not rely on the power of the Spirit. Jesus needed the Spirit's power—what makes us any different?

In regard to empowerment, grace gives us the ability to go beyond our natural ability. We didn't have the ability to deliver ourselves from hell; grace did. We shouldn't live in freedom, but grace enables us. We couldn't change our nature; grace did. We don't have the ability to live holy, but grace enables us. No wonder we call it amazing!

Grace is not merely a God-given cover-up of our sin. It empowers us to live like Jesus, to rule in this life by manifesting heaven's authority and power to change our world of influence.

John, I'm not saying that if you keep My commandments, you prove to Me that you love Me," He said. "I already know whether you love Me or not! What I'm saying is if a man falls head over heels in love with Me, he will be the one enabled to keep My commandments!

God didn't introduce grace as free gift, salvation, or forgiveness of sins. Let me be clear, I am forever grateful for these amazing benefits. But they are all brought out later in the New Testament. God introduced grace as the impartation of the fullness of Christ. This speaks of possessing the nature and empowerment (John 1:16)

Grace is God's free empowerment that gives us the ability to go beyond our natural ability.

Grace enables and empowers us to live a life of holiness and obedience to the authority of God.

Liberty is to be used to serve others. There is freedom in serving but bondage in slavery. A slave is one who has to serve, while a servant is one who lives to serve.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.