Quotes About Authority

Parents are not interested in justice; they are interested in quiet.

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.

I brought you in this world, and I can take you out!

In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

When we fail to speak properly, many in our audience will question our education and our knowledgeableness.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.

When people unqualified for leadership start making the decisions of spiritual leaders, they will make many bad decisions that will not take the church in the direction God would have it go.

We don't lead because we are necessarily the most qualified; we lead because we are "called" to be the leader.

We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But while God calls us "kings," the degree to which we walk in that position is still a matter of potential. And God is not responsible for making us reach our potential. It requires our participation.

Rule with the heart of a servant, and serve with the heart of a king. This is how Jesus used His authority.

The doctrine stating signs and wonders are no longer needed because we have the Bible was created by people who hadn't seen God's power and needed an explanation to justify their own powerless churches. Revelation

Rule with the heart of a servant, and serve with the heart of a king.

Jesus rebuked a storm. If that storm was the will of God the Father, then Jesus is fighting the will of God.

The idea of Kingdom power and spiritual conflict unsettles some people, but without power, the gospel is not good news. Jesus never made the gospel simply a doctrinal exercise.

To give witness is to "represent." This actually means to re-present Him. Therefore, to re-present Him without power is a major shortcoming. It is impossible to give an adequate witness of God without demonstrating His supernatural power.

My prayer went something like this: Father, this was Your idea. You commanded us to pray for things to be here as they are in heaven, and I know there is no numbness there, so there shouldn't be any here. So I command, in the name of Jesus, the nerve endings to come to life. I command full restoration of feeling in this body.

Oftentimes religious circles are known for extreme control of the people, situations and environment around them. Control then becomes the issue of the hour. Studying the Scriptures without letting the Holy Spirit teach us puts us in control. He always takes us to Jesus. Going to the One the Scriptures point to puts Him in control. In other words, when the Bible is an end unto itself, it gives us a measure of learning, but no personal transformation.

We, as sons and daughters of God, are destined to reveal our Father to the world by bearing His likeness. We do this as Christ did, by communing with the Father, walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to earth through demonstrations of power and authority, all in the context of showing the love of God.

We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But the fact is, while God calls

We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But the fact is, while God calls us "kings," the degree to which we walk in that position is a matter of potential.

There will always be generals in the army. But a private in the New Testament army has access to more authority than any of the generals of the Old Testament army did. Jesus made the point by saying that "he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he [John]" (Matt. 11:11).

Nicodemus said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him" (John 3:2). It was understood that God's kind of teachers don't just talk—they do. And the doing that is referred