Quotes about Strength

The scandal is that the gospel means liberation, that this liberation comes to the poor, and that it gives them the strength and the courage to break the conditions of servitude.

Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.

Mark 3:25: "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

Holy Spirit of God, thank You for filling my life with You. You are in control of all that I am—my thoughts, my actions, my words, and my feelings. Thank You, Spirit of God. I am now living under the downpour of Your power and strength and blessing, and I thank You for the riches of Your mercy. In the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired.

As a follower of Jesus through faith in Him, the Holy Spirit is your only hope of ever consistently acting like a man. He is the courage to make right choices, the guide toward truth and away from error, the source of our comfort, and the provider of our strength. His primary tool is the Word of God.

The joy of following Jesus is the fellowship of living in His strength and knowing His presence as a moment-by-moment reality.

A soul that is happy in the things of God can overcome tremendous obstacles.

Every man needs a place to be open and vulnerable with brothers leaning together upon the Lord.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13—14).

God calls us to have strength in our character and conduct, not simply a stiff upper lip in sorrow or a stubborn persistence during hardship. Secondarily, because the word is "passive voice," we know that the strength God demands He also provides. The strength does not come from a place inside us but a source beyond ourselves, namely, the Lord.

We know we are called to act like quality men with urgency that is governed by clarity in the strength of the Lord. What remains is this matter of love.