Molded By Grace: The Potter & The Clay Quotes

“True strength lies not in human ability but in divine empowerment.” (Unknown)

“We are taught that the hero’s journey is the journey from weakness to strength. But I am here today to tell you that those stories are wrong. The real hero’s journey is the journey from strength to weakness.”  (John Green)

“If you live by the grace of God and you constantly recognize His grace in your life, then your weakness turns into strength” (Sunday Adelaja)

“His strength is perfect when our strength is gone. He’ll carry us when we can’t carry on. Raised in His power the weak become strong. His strength is perfect” (Jerry Salley & Steven Curtis Chapman, Song Writers)

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  (2 Corinthians 12:9)

“God always turns a person’s weakness into strength”. (Sunday Adelaja)

“To admit that I am weak is the exercise of strength.”  (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

“Our strength grows out of our weakness”. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“Our weakness is an invitation to discover God’s strength.” (Carlos A. Rodriguez)

“Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.”  (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.” (J. Hudson Taylor)

“He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.”  (J.E.B. Spredemann)

“The greatest act of strength is to acknowledge that we have none. The greatest act of faith is to believe that our weakness is God’s strength. And the greatest act of courage is to act on these realities.” (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

“As we turn to God, he provides strength for our weakness, peace for our anxiety and hope for our despair.” (Ellen Banks Elwell)

“When you understand who God is, you can see beyond a shadow of a doubt why your weakness is nothing to be feared, because it just leaves more room for him and his strength.” (Hayley and Michael DiMarco)

“The failure of a person is wrapped in his ignorance about his strengths.” (Israelmore Ayivor)

“A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness.”  (Barbara Ehrenreich)

“God knows your abilities, and he also knows how to turn your weak points into strong ones”  (Sunday Adelaja)

“God can turn your biggest flaws into your biggest cause.” (Mandy Hale)

“Remember, it is not your weakness that will get in the way of God’s working through you, but your delusions of strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness! Point to His strength by being willing to admit your weakness.” (Paul David Tripp, Pastor)

“If we could be humble enough to submit our passions, sentiments and even weaknesses to God Almighty, he would successfully convert them to something positive that would eventually glorify Him.” (Sunday Adelaja)

“When weakness becomes power, it leads you to success.”  (Junaid Raza)

“There is no greatness without weakness.”  (Abhijit Naskar)

“God’s strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching”. (Billy Graham)

“As our faith grows and we come to know more about the attributes of God and his role in our lives and our obedience, we learn to see our weakness in light of these words, “For is it God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13).”  (Hayley and Michael DiMarco)

“Because the point, son, isn’t us. The point is God. It’s what He can do through us in our weakness. When everyone can look at us and see our weaknesses open and laid bare, yet they see strength shining through those weaknesses, they know that strength is God and He’s the one who’s glorified.” (Naomi Rawlings)

 “Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.” (1 Chronicles 16:11)

“My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances – things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Yes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God’s power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes”.  (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we’re not only useful, but priceless”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“It is a glorious thing to know that your Father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust Him, no matter what.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Even at the cross, God permitted what he hated – the unjust and agonizing death of his own precious Son – in order to accomplish something he prized above his own Son’s cruel death; that is, salvation for a world of sinners. So the world’s worst murder becomes the world’s only salvation”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“True, God hates Alzheimer’s, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet he permits these things to accomplish something far more precious in our lives: patience, endurance, compassion for others who hurt, and refined faith and trust in God, to name a few”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desperate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God’s purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God’s strength in you”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“No other religion, no other, promises new bodies, hearts, and minds. Only in the gospel of Christ do hurting people find such incredible hope”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Suffering is arguably God’s choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God turns on its head one form of evil – suffering – in order to defeat another form of evil – that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Subdue your heart to match your circumstances”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“My life goal is to see the world’s one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“There is nothing that moves a loving father’s soul quite like his child’s cry”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“Some people tend to believe that I’m a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that’s not true. I’m not a strong believer. I’m very weak.” (Joni Eareckson Tada)

“The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they’re always related to real people”. (Joni Eareckson Tada)