John Wimber Quotes

When we stand for social justice, we testify to the presence of the Kingdom.

As we interact with God, we'll find ourselves more satisfied in Him and less satisfied with things much less important ..

Worship, the act of freely giving love to God, forms and informs every activity of the Christian's life.

Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps our energy as well as our love for God and other people ... Like Jesus and Paul, we can learn to be content with what we have, living modestly in order that we may give liberally to the work of the kingdom and to meet the needs of others.

Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I'll tell you what you worship..

It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key..

We're in a declared war, but unless were clear about who the enemy is, we'll waste our time fighting enemies that aren't enemies at all. There's only one enemy and no matter what people do, say or react people are never the enemy. The enemy is our only enemy..

Instead of a call to the King and His kingdom, people are hearing a gospel that emphasizes self: come to Jesus and get this or that need met, be personally fulfilled, reach your potential.

Remember the economy of the Kingdom is simple. Every time we come to cross a new threshold, it costs us everything we now have. Every new step may cost us all the reputation & security we've accumulated up to that point. It costs us our life..

When God calls you to an extraordinary task, He provides extraordinary resources..

The Church is not the building, its the people, its not just the gathering, its also the scattering ...

If we serve Jesus then every act & thought has meaning. Acts of kindness aren't just niceties, they become acts of worship..

It is important to be biblically literate, but we must also be biblically obedient!

Worship has a two-fold aspect ... we lift Him up and exalt Him, and as a result are drawn into His presence where He speaks to us.

Sometimes God offends our minds in order
to reveal our hearts.

Our heart's desire should be to worship God; we have been designed by God for this purpose. If we don't worship God, we'll worship something or someone else.

We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.

God has given us a vision to see the body of Christ move from being an inactive audience to a Spirit-filled army ... God is about to unloose a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit of an unprecedented magnitude ... He is looking for individuals who will be 'dread champions' for his cause.

Visitation of God's presence is a byproduct of worship. However, we don't worship in order to gain His presence. He is worthy to be worshipped whether or not He chooses to show up.

Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples ...

Everybody gets to play.

The good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it!

We don't seek God's power, we seek His presence. His power & everything else we need is always found in His presence..

Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.