Quotes about Empowerment

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you.

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me.

We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please. And it's not just because of the vicious cycles of people pleasing, although that's part of it. I miss Best Yes opportunities sometimes because I simply don't know they're part of the equation. I get all twisted up in making the decision to check either the Yes or No box, not realizing there is a third box that reads Best Yes.

No that relationship didn't work out. But that doesn't mean you'll never find love. It also doesn't mean you aren't capable, likable, and lovely.

What happened yesterday can't be changed, but it can be forgiven. That's your miracle in the mess. The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you. That's your miracle in the mess.

No, that relationship didn't work out. But that doesn't mean you'll never find love. It also doesn't mean you aren't capable, likable, and lovely.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength. —[PHILIPPIANS 4:13]

They were everyday choices to honor God right where I was: spending time in God's Word even when the items on my to-do list seemed more urgent. Getting filled with Him first so I could love and give and serve out of an overflow rather than relying on my own strength.

This is the power available to us! The same power that raised Jesus from the dead. It may not feel like we have this power, but we do. And each time we proclaim, "I am made for more," I pray all the power-packed truths within that statement rush into our hearts and keep us enlightened.

Girls who have the lingering whispers of rejection still echoing in the hollows of their soul rarely feel completely held safe.