Bill Johnson Quotations | Page 2

So Jesus came and modelled a lifestyle of power and purity because the power of the Spirit of God was on him. He was trying to show those of us who would follow what life would be like in someone who had no sin and was completely empowered by the Spirit of God.

One of the side effects of losing intimacy with God is that at some point we stop doing ministry out of imagination and we begin doing it out of memory.

Doesn’t it honor Him more when His children no longer see themselves only as sinners saved by grace, but now as heirs of God? Isn’t it a greater form of humility to believe Him when He says we are precious in His sight when we don’t feel very precious?

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

The enemy lies to make the problems we face appear larger than the solutions we carry.

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

If you make history with God, He'll make history with you

When Jesus performed miracles, he wasn't demonstrating what God can do, but what God can do through a man.

The biggest enemy to prayer is praying for something you already have.

Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.

Our faith can only go as far as our awareness of Gods goodness

If we rejoice in the acts of God without discovering His ways, we'll question who He is when He doesn't do what we've asked.

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time

People follow courage, not titles.

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion

Jesus ruined every funeral he attended including his own.

It is unnatural for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible.

Part of our problem is this: we are accustomed only to doing things for God that are not impossible.

Our assignment is to see the dominion of God realized into people's lives. It is not an overpowering control, it is a life-giving, liberating experience with the almighty God, who is an ultimate, perfect Father who loves to bring liberty and freedom to His people.

An area of life that does not have hope is under a lie.

Beware 'good' main characters who have a limited repertory of culturally acceptable feelings, while your evil bastards have a full range of vivid, passionate feelings.

Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.

Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

In the old, sin contaminates. In the new, righteousness contaminates. It's a different day.

Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.

When we pursue kingdom principles above His presence, we are looking for the kingdom without a king.

Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.

We don't believe because we understand. We understand because we believe.

Passion produces the best discipline.

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

People who refuse to step out and be used by God become the critics of those who do. Risk takers, the ones who thrill the heart of God, become the targets of those who never fail because they seldom try.

Presence always wins out over principles.

Faith is not the result of striving. It is the result of surrender.

The most simple way to stay encouraged is to feed your heart on what He is doing, not on what He hasn't done. If you can't see what He is doing, feed on what He has done in the past.

We must dream so big that without the support that comes through favor with God and man, we could never accomplish what is in our hearts.

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in

Once you've left the concept of family, you've left the concept of kingdom

Our identity sets the tone for all we do and become. Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others. They don't work to fit into other people's expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father. says they are.

It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus.

The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.

God wants people to meet Him when they meet us.

I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will spend the rest of my life exploring what could happen through the life of one who is willing to cultivate the God-given appetite to see impossibilities bow to the name of Jesus.

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!

A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.

You know your mind is renewed when the impossible looks logical.

There’s something amazing about unbelief – it is able to fulfill its own expectations. Unbelief is safe because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects. Then, after a person gets the answer for their unbelief, they can say, I told you so.

I finally discovered something - it's all about Jesus.

All fruit grows through abiding, not striving.

Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.

The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence.

I try to live in such a way that nothing gets bigger than my awareness of God presence on my life.

Whenever God restores something, He restores it to a place greater than it was before.

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

I can't afford to have thoughts in my head about me that God doesn't have in His.

Jesus did not command us to pray for the sick.He commanded us to heal them.

I will not lower the standard of the Bible to my level of experience.

If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains

God will never violate His Word, but He doesn’t seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.

In His mercy, God gives us the level of revelation that our character is prepared to handle.

Jesus took what I deserved so I could get what He deserved.

Every loss is temporary. Every victory is eternal.

Don’t be impressed by darkness. Jesus didn’t do the opposite of whatever the devil did. He did what He saw the Father doing… The moment I have a lesser sense of Him and a greater sense of the problem, I will live in reaction to the problem.

Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.

If you believe you will not be free from sin until you die,you have just made death your savior instead of Jesus.

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive.

Automatically thinking ‘everything that happens is God’s will’ is a lazy way to live. We live in a war. Jesus wasn’t fighting the Father’s will when He raised the dead.

There's something about valuing people not because they value you, but because you can see God in them.

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

Much of today’s church relies more on a book the early church didn't have, than the Holy Spirit they did.

The way you silence fear is to give attention to faith.

Jesus is returning for a bride whose body is in equal proportion to her head.

Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.

Religion idolizes concepts and avoids personal experience.

God is the ultimate steward. He even turns our tears into the seeds of a hope filled future.

You cannot hold God hostage (to your questions). He doesn’t owe you an answer. If you want the peace that passes understanding, you’re going to have to give up your right to understanding. It’s called trust.

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.

Your courage draws people out of complacency into their destiny.

Any revelation from God's Word that does not lead us to an encounter with God only serves to make us more religious. The Church cannot afford 'form without power,' for it creates Christians without purpose.

A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not.

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

God has called us into a place of tenderness, when nobody is looking, when there are no great decisions to make, when it’s just him and me in a hotel room, with no one to pray for, no one to preach to. When it is just two people in a room, that’s where you learn. That’s where you learn his heartbeat. That’s where you learn the presence. That’s where you learn the voice. It’s in the moments when nobody is watching, nobody is evaluating how good you’re doing. When it is just you and him.

The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

I cannot live in mediocrity, content with merely knowing that there is more of God to experience and explore -and then do nothing about it. Truths that are not experienced are, in effect, more like theories than truths. Whenever God reveals truth to us He is inviting us into a divine encounter.

Complaining proves nothing but that you can hear the voice of the Devil

We're happy with those results with the few people we had there.

We were brainstorming in the office one day, which is what everyone does when nobody wants to work. And we decided we had to do something with this, because it was so politically incorrect.

Obviously, there are children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, so they've got a lot of emotional challenges.

I firmly believe in giving back to the community.

He's had a great year. He's stepped up even better during the playoffs. He has played rock-solid all year.

He has managed the second largest department in the city....he knows what we can and cannot do,

He hadn't been in Hawaii for more than about two hours. We're disappointed, but with Rod, family comes first and family has always come first. In my opinion, he should have played in the last couple of Pro Bowls.

He hasn't taken the test again, but I'm confident he will pass.

Having him close by is a great legal benefit to him.

I think the sky is the limit. He's a very talented player. He's played with the Haitian national team. Professional ball is definitely in his future.

Our city has done a good job of slowing down some of those developers,