Quotes about Strength

Always when I say that I am not able, I get the same answer from the Lord. He says, "I know you can't. I have known it already a long time. I am glad now you know it for yourself for now you can let Me do it." "All right, Lord, You do it," I said. And surely the Lord did.

Love is not soft as water is; it is solid as a rock on which the waves of hatred beat in vain.

I looked at my sister kneeling beside me in the light of burning Holland. "Oh Lord," I whispered, "listen to Betsie, not me, because I cannot pray for those men at all.

At last she pointed to a second tier in the center of a large block. To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

The strongest man is not the one who lifts the most weight but the one who has the most faith.

Our fears matter. Because ultimately, our fears show how we're relying on our own efforts and not trusting in our Savior. The truth is we—you and I and everyone—are always inadequate. We're never enough. We're always weak.

My pastor used to say you're either coming out of a tough season, in the middle of a tough season, or heading into a tough season.

What if rather than avoiding brokenness we embraced it? Welcomed it? And even prayed for it? "God, break me.

Let your fears drive you to God. The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.

God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. —2 TIMOTHY 1:7 NKJV

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4)

Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves.