Spiritual Empowerment Quotes

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there is nothing in it! Try what it is to speak with God behind you, to speak so as to be only the arrow in the bow which the Almighty draws.

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

Jesus, deliver me from the spirit of witchcraft!

Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam--he is only nourishing or protecting a life he could never have acquired by his own efforts.

As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited... Focus your attention on God, and you shall have all the power you want, to use in any direction.

When I say that you are gods and goddesses I mean that your possibility is infinite, your potentiality is infinite.

Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.

The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the light. The most important source of light we can come to know is the gift of the Holy Ghost. It is the source of inner strength and peace.

There is nothing the Lord has asked of us that in faith we cannot accomplish.

Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.

Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result of the community's constant prayer (cf. "Evangelii Nuntiandi," 75). Moreover, for the mission to be effective, communities must be united, that is, they must be "of one heart and soul" (cf. Acts 4:32), and they must be ready to witness to the love and joy that the Holy Spirit instils in the hearts of the faithful (cf. Acts 4:32).

Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!

A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

Your career you will only hear the drum of setback but it is time to shine! Whatever situation you have been facing - this is the time you have been praying for to shine, to move, to overcome, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!

God's desire is not for us to turn our churches and Christian gatherings into hideouts from the world. Rather, they're meant to be places where we become equipped and fortified to minister out in the world.

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.