Quotes about Strength

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.

Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.

I think the essential point is a weakness of faith.

At the end of the day, the enemy is going to be sorry he ever messed with you. You're about to become his worst nightmare a million times over. He thought he could wear you down, sure that after a while you'd give up without much of a fight. Well, just wait till he encounters the fight of God's Spirit in you. Because . . . This. Means. War.

But I say his reign of terror stops here. Stops now. He might keep coming, but he won't have victory anymore. Because it all starts failing when we start praying.

when we talk about the peace of God, don't think of singing and swaying and holding hands in a circle. The peace of God is strong, intense, palpable, real. You can sense its stable presence giving you inner security despite insecure circumstances.

In prayer you gain your strength—the power to gird yourself with armor that extinguishes every weapon your enemy wields.

Therefore, the way for the Christian to avoid spiritual collapse is to consider Christ and the opposition He faced from the likes of sinners like Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate. Consider how He faced them with confidence, meekness, and strength.

How can I know God wants to get into my life like that? When I have come to the end of my own strength, I may be sure that God's time is at hand.

No matter what degree of power may be given us for a moment of need, let no one ever think he or she has arrived and will always have such power and boldness. We are all as weak as baby kittens before people if God does not supply the power. He can give it or withhold it.

More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.