“The purpose of religion should be to empower all people in this adventure of living with dignity and fulfilment.”

The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human.

All human beings have a right, and duty, to be joyful. Anything that thwarts this spiritual human right goes against the very purpose of human being.

We must not rest until right livelihood is within reach of every human being upon this earth we love and cherish.

They tend to make us meaner rather than better human beings, less sensitive to the demands of justice, compassion and fellow humanity in our times.

It is imperative that a new and proactive spiritual vision commensurate to the challenges of the emerging world order be enunciated without delay.

Spirituality mandates us to wage a relentless war to eradicate these forces of oppression and disempowerment.

We all have a role to play in achieving this goal.

Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress.

First, we must liberate people from religion, as religion is understood and practiced today. Second, we must effect a paradigm shift from religiosity to shared spirituality.

For the world order to be one of peace and justice, for the global village to be a theater of right livelihood.

Peace among religions is a precondition for world peace.

Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence of life.

The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment.

And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.

I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.

And be connecting in other countries with other people, did open them up and empower them and their sense of being. Whether it affected their writing, it’s hard to tell.

And to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

Allow yourself to experience what it is to learn step by step the freedom that comes from being unattached to the outcome, but operating from an empowered heart.

May God remind us daily-no matter what kind of obstacles we face-that we are loved and empowered by the One who brought the universe into existence with the mere sound of His voice. Nothing is impossible for Him.