Quotes About Strength

I used my cravings for food as a prompting to pray. It was my way of tearing down the tower of impossibility before me and building something new. My tower of impossibility was food. Brick by brick, I imagined myself dismantling the food tower and using those same bricks to build a walkway of prayer, paving the way to victory.

We are supposed to maximize God, which keeps our weaknesses in perspective.

Puedo enfrentar las cosas que están fuera de mi control y no actuar fuera de control.

Through relationship with God, man is finally capable of doing that which he was incapable of doing on his own. That's what walking in the Spirit is all about.

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

I am God's girl. That's right, I am. I am going to humbly and quietly let God have His way in me. And when I do, God will lift up me and my frayed nerves from this situation and fill me with a much better reaction than what I can give you at the moment. Give me just a few minutes and then we'll talk calmly about this.

It's tough being a sold-out soul for Christ stuck in a body that's so tempted to sin. That's why it's essential that I view my time with God each morning as a preparation and an invitation.

sometimes when you can't find your footing with your own faith, you just have to go stand on someone else's for a while.

But even in the darkest parts, I have immediate access to Him.

Power enters our prayers not by sounding powerful, but by listening for even the slightest whisper from the One who is all-powerful. That

When we have Christ, we are full—fully loved and accepted and empowered to say no.

When we think the process of longsuffering is unbearable, we must remember it would be deadly for God to put us up on that solid rock before we are strong, firm, and steadfast. And it would be cruel for Him to require us to sing before we have a song.

The devil is viscous, but he's not victorious!

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

Our life could have been very self-focused. Our marriage. Our home. Our kids. Our plans. Our life. But God wanted so much more from us. He didn't bring us together simply to build a life that would make us happy. He brought us together to be partners in the purpose He assigned. Our own strength would not have prepared us for kingdom assignments.

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He's not just looking to distract you, or tempt you, or pull you slightly off course. He's looking to devour you.

I am made to rise up, do battle with my issues and, using the Lord's strength in me, defeat them — spiritually, physically, and mentally — to the glory of God.

Fear makes the gap between where I am and trusting God seem an impossible chasm.

I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I was not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

When lies are swarming and attacking me like a bunch of bloodthirsty mosquitoes, the best thing I can do is open God's Word and immerse myself in His truth. Lies flee in the presence of truth.

Broken boards can't provide stability.

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So , i keep asking for your wisdom to know what it eat and your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me

Operating in the flow of God's power is so much better than working against the flow of God's power.

I often pray this prayer: I need wisdom to make wise choices. I need insight to remember the words I've read in scripture. I need power beyond what I can find on my own.