Bill Johnson Quotes

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

Remaining poor in spirit, combined with a first love passion for Jesus are the keys God created to anchor us to the center of His work.

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

We went from rotten sinners to born-again saints in a single moment when we accepted salvation. Once the blood of Jesus has wiped out sin, you can't get any cleaner. That doesn't mean we can avoid the hurdles and issues that come with changing your life and renewing your mind. Maturity is a process. But as my associate Kris says, "You are not a sinner; you are a saint. It doesn't mean that you can't sin; it just means that you are no longer a professional." That's the story of your life.

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

Corporate greed is killing America, and that's what we battling at Boeing.

When we dream with God, we become the masterpieces of His imagination.

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive.

He arms us with purpose by giving us a promise instead of the answer. That way, we are forced to learn how to believe Him before the answer comes and then learn how to exercise His will in the circumstances that are contrary to the given promise. This is part of what it means to be a co-laborer with Christ. He labors, and we labor with Him.

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.

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.

Whatever you gain through self promotion you'll have to sustain through self promotion. When our promotion comes from God, He sustains it.

Through radical generosity, we are awakening in people an in built divine consciousness of His goodness.

Because God is better than we think we have to change the way we think.

Nothing compares with the satisfaction of pleasing the heart of our heavenly Father.

True humility is not in the absence of confidence but strength restrained.

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

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

As Christians, we must get rid of the notion that the only answer for life's troubles is for us to die and go to heaven. Don't be mistaken - heaven is real and is greater than we can possibly imagine. But the kind of attitude that says rescue from this earth is the only thing we live for is an insult to the power of the blood of Jesus and the purpose of redemption.

Fear is just faith in the wrong person.

The best way to prepare yourself for your own miracle is to rejoice in somebody else's.

It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love.

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

Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.

The transfiguration was a physical illustration of what the renewed mind looks like in the spiritual.

Jesus made it possible for humanity to host the fullness of God on the earth. The Holy Spirit has empowered us to carry out this purpose.

Jesus did not go through all His sufferings so we could go to church; He did what He did to atone for sin. And by doing so He made it possible to raise up a new breed of world changers, those who could maintain the standard He set in love, purity and power. This reality is one of the great prophecies that Jesus spoke: "Greater works than these shall you do because I go to the Father" (see John 14:12). Not only does Jesus' life compel us to follow the miracle worker, so do His promises.

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.

God is not pre-occupied with sin, He's already dealt with it.

The anointing to heal and bring deliverance will be of no value in Heaven. These graces must be used here and now as part of the package of tools used to bring the nations to Jesus. After all, He is called "the desire of the nations."Everyone desires Jesus. They just don't know it. We must become like Him more fully so that the harvest becomes all that God desires and has provided for.

Seeing a Kingdom culture established on earth is the dream of God, and it must become the dream of His people.

Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others.

Many stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology. The word of God is to lead us to the God of the word.

We have been given the privilege to host this presence. The Holy Spirit is in me for my sake but he is upon me for yours.

His presence is not upon us to be commandeered or directed by us. Instead, we are tools in his hand. If there is a dove resting on my shoulder in the natural (and I love that phrase 'and remained') and I don't want it to fly away, how am I going to walk around this room? Every step will be with the dove in mind. Every movement I make will be to preserve what I value most.

Faith is not opposed to the mind. It's superior to the mind which is why the renewed mind enhances faith.

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.

Jesus did not live in reaction to the devil. He lived in response to the Father.

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

Grace is God's empowerment to do what we are called to do.

Those who restrict themselves to mere words limit their gift, and may unintentionally lead believers to pride by increasing knowledge without an increased awareness of God's presence and power. It's in the trenches of Christlike ministry that we learn to become totally dependent upon God. Moving in the impossible through relying on God short-circuits the development of pride.

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.

If you want to kill giants, hang around a giant killer. It rubs off.

The Holy Spirit is in you and he wants out. He is in you as a river, not a lake.

Your shadow will always release whatever overshadows you

Eternity puts loss in its place. Losses are temporary. Every setback and defeat is put in its place because of eternity. And then add to that the realization that the work of the Redeemer takes every bad situation and works it for our good. So not only is every loss temporary, it is actually reversed in its effect to become a blessing and even grounds for personal promotion and gain. And all of that pertains to loss. This is why every believer is able to live with constant hope.

A successful story always offers its audience more than a simple resolution of events. A story offers a dramatic affirmation of human needs that are acted out to resolution and fulfillment. Even when that resolution and fulfillment are dark, the journey can still be vivid, potent and illuminating.

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

Anything you think you know about about God, that you can't find in the person of Jesus, you have reason to question.

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

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for.

Who I am in Christ is amazing. Who Christ is in me is the real story. It is beyond amazing.

To have divine favor on your life means you'll attract extraordinary opposition

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The devil considers all misplaced trust as devil worship, for he hides himself in its shadows.

Every peace-filled moment you experience brings terror to the powers of darkness.

We always become like the one we worship!

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

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

WHETHER OR NOT we believe that Heaven is open does not negate the truth that it is. Our thoughts do not alter the open heaven over our lives; instead, they determine whether or not we partake of this reality. Jesus Christ secured an open heaven for every single Spirit-indwelt believer. This is a fact. The question is: Do our minds agree with this fact or do they entertain a lie?

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.

Jesus is interested in changing cultures, not just putting bodies in chairs.

When I live out of discipline, I'm admired - When I live out of passion, I'm contagious.

My destiny is to go to heaven, my responsibility is to bring heaven.

For those without fire, any fire is strange fire.

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

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

that He is committed to meeting our needs, but not our wants. That concept comes in reaction to those who have taken the wonderful Gospel and made it a self-centered lifestyle, in which we use the name of God, along with His principles, to get what we want. While that is a tragic misuse of Scripture, so is the concept that God cares only for our needs. He is not the director of an orphanage, guaranteeing us three meals a day and a cot to sleep on at night. He is a Father who delights in His children by becoming involved in their dreams. He fulfills dreams and desires out of His nature. It is who He is.

The quest for the face of God has two central dimensions - the quest for His presence and the quest for His favor.

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

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

Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.

All fruit grows through abiding, not striving.

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

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

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

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

Now is the time to Start a Normal Christian Life!

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

Just because you are going to Heaven doesn't mean you have Heaven established in you. Success is Heaven on earth.

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.

Many people criticize those who long to experience more in God, but I don't trust the ones who don't. We are not going to be kept free from deception by abandoning experience. In fact, the ones who do not hunger more for God are already deceived.

The enemy uses lies to make problems appear bigger than the solutions we carry.

Grace is the atmosphere created by love that makes faith the only reasonable response

The way you think either expresses or undermines faith.

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.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

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.

What you know will keep you from what you need to know if you don't remain a novice.

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

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion

Heaven is filled with absolute, perfect, confidence in God. This world is filled with absolute mistrust. And you and I will always reflect the nature of the world we are most aware of. What you live conscious of is what you will reproduce in the world around you. I try to live in such a way that nothing ever gets bigger in my awareness than my conscious awareness of the presence of God upon me. I don't care what the problem is; if it's an international crisis or a personal issue, the moment that problem gets bigger than my awareness of the presence of God on me, then I will live in reaction to a problem.

The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.

Reaction to error almost always creates another error.

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.