Quotes about Power

It is not on what we spend the greatest amount of time that molds us the most, but whatever exerts the most power over us.

The thing that approaches the very limits of His power is the very thing we as disciples of Jesus ought to believe He will do. We impoverish and weaken His ministry in us the moment we forget He is almighty. The impoverishment is in us, not in Him. We will come to Jesus for Him to be our comforter or our sympathizer, but we refrain from approaching Him as our Almighty God.

Lord, the range of Thy power, the touch of Thy grace, the breathing of Thy Spirit, how I long for these to bring me face to face with Thee; Lord, by Thy grace cause me to appear before Thee.

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

There are some things over which we may lose faith if we have confidence in God's power only. There is so much that looks like the mighty power of God that is not.

It is not the baptism of the Holy Spirit that changes people, but the power of the ascended Christ coming into their lives through the Holy Spirit.

The creative power of redemption comes through the preaching of the gospel, but never because of the personality of the preacher.

Prayer is not mere wishing. It is asking — with a will. . . . It is energy. We turn to an active Giver; therefore we go into action.

Ask, in Aramaic, means a combination of "claim" (as in, that deed to the land is yours) and "demand." To ask for something in prayer is to simply lay hold of what's yours. You have the right, and even the responsibility to command your life.

Europe got over the loss of its colonies much more quickly than the colonies got over their loss of Europe.

the fear of God is the reverence we give to God Almighty because He has the power and authority to give us what we do deserve. The

Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace of Christ has the power to produce that love.