Bickle Quotes

I think I'd rather be branded than submit to some of the things that you have to." He said this without spite, just a soft statement of fact. "I'm not strong enough to do that. ~ Laura Bickle

Shoulders slumped in defeat, I turned to walk away. The drugstore had caved under the force of my criminal will, but the Coke machine was virtuous. Inviolate. ~ Laura Bickle

Understanding God's great love for undeserving people such as us, gives us insight into His great majesty. As beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so great love reveals the nature of the One who loves deeply. ~ Mike Bickle

It is not possible to live biblical Christianity without being committed to a lifestyle of praying, fasting, giving, serving, and blessing our enemies. A form of Christianity devoid of any of these five elements is not New Testament Christianity. We are all called to fast regularly.

There is no Bible passage that excludes 21st century people in the Western world from the Sermon on the Mount lifestyle because we are too busy or too important, or for any other reason. When we come face to face with Jesus one day, He will not make an exception for us because we lived in the 21st century. What He called the early Church to do is what He calls all believers to do, and He provides the same grace to us to respond. ~ Mike Bickle

He has joy in our friendship and in our partnering together in the work of the kingdom with Him. ~ Mike Bickle

There was a difference, I had decided, between knowing and believing. And I wanted both. ~ Laura Bickle

No matter how great the power is that the Holy Spirit releases through a prophet, we are to focus our hearts and attention first on loving, worshiping, and obeying Jesus. ~ Mike Bickle

We must know the power of truth and experience the truth about power. ~ Mike Bickle

People will give themselves to prayer for numerous reasons, but at the core of it all is a God, raging with zealous desire. ~ Mike Bickle

Grace does not cancel out our responsibility or accountability for the things God has given us to do. ~ Mike Bickle

The enemy works overtime to keep us in shame. He knows if he can keep us in shame, he can minimize our intimacy with God. ~ Mike Bickle

. . . waves of desert heat . . . I must've passed out, because when I woke up I was shivering and stars wheeled above a purple horizon. . . . Then the sun came up, casting long shadows. . . . I heard a vehicle coming. Something coming from far away, gradually growing louder. There was the sound of an engine, rocks under tires. . . . Finally it reached me, the door opened, and Dirk Bickle stepped out. . . .

But anyway so Bickle said, "Miracles, Luke. Miracles were once the means to convince people to abandon reason for faith. But the miracles stopped during the rise of the neocortex and its industrial revolution. Tell me, if I could show you one miracle, would you come with me and join Mr. Kirkpatrick?"

I passed out again, and came to. He was still crouching beside me. He stood up, walked over to the battered refrigerator, and opened the door. Vapor poured out and I saw it was stocked with food. Bickle hunted around a bit, found something wrapped in paper, and took a bottle of beer from the door. Then he closed the fridge, sat down on the old tire, and unwrapped what looked like a turkey sandwich.

He said, "You could explain the fridge a few ways. One, there's some hidden outlet, probably buried in the sand, that leads to a power source far away. I figure there'd have to be at least twenty miles of cable involved before it connected to the grid. That's a lot of extension cord. Or, this fridge has some kind of secret battery system. If the empir ~ Ryan Boudinot

I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain. ~ Damien Chazelle

The Second Coming will probably happen within the lifetime of people living today. ~ Mike Bickle

There is only one way to a man's heart. Through gentleness. Not by getting angry or jealous. ~ Laura Bickle

Our work for God is to flow from loving God; thus, we work with Him instead of for Him. ~ Mike Bickle

I always compare young missioners to the kids who naively signed up to go to Iraq to fight terrorism. They are just the foot soldiers in the spiritual war that Mike Bickle and Lou Engle are waging against what they consider sin. They will say it is biblical truth, but the Bible says many things, and you don't see anyone saying that slavery is okay or that we should not eat shellfish. Why the fascination with sex? ~ Roger Ross Williams

People scared Petra - they were volatile, unpredictable. But the natural world could always be explained. It behaved according to established laws that didn't change. Petra could play by those rules. ~ Laura Bickle

God intends us to be like gods, he intends us to be like the Son of God ... God has conceived in His heart of a plan to make a race of men that would live like gods on the Earth. He has conceived in His heart to have Sons that would live like His Son, the Lord Jesus lived ... That we were to be on earth the extension and manifestation of God's life in heaven. ~ Mike Bickle

The revelation of His glory includes seeing One so high (transcendence) who went so low (condescension) to bring us so near (redemption) because we are so dear (Bride). The Most High God went so low because of such great desire to partner with us ... We are awestruck by His power, overwhelmed by His humility, and made confident by His love. ~ Mike Bickle

God releases more of His power and presence according to the measure of our hunger for Him. ~ Mike Bickle

Men are essentially useless for the difficult things in life. For births and deaths, one clearheaded woman is more useful than a half-dozen men. ~ Laura Bickle

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.1 - JOHN CALVIN ~ Mike Bickle

We will never have more affection or passion for God than we understand He has for us. We will never be more committed to God than our understanding of His commitment to us. ~ Mike Bickle

The Lord wants us to have a threefold confidence. First, we are to be confident that He loves us in our weakness. Second, we are to be confident that He esteems our weak love for Him as genuine.Third, we are to be confident that He still entrusts us with the calling that He originally gave us. ~ Mike Bickle

For me, that was love. Tangible. Love was what was in front of me, not a distant fantasy. ~ Laura Bickle

That night I lay in bed and stared out the window. Night and I were old friends. ~ Laura Bickle

God has a part,and we have a part. God will not do our part and we can't do His part ~ Mike Bickle

Allegiance to Jesus and loving the truth are primary truths (2Thessalonians 2 v10). The Body of Christ must tolerate all religions in the sense of greatly valuing the dignity of their people and religious liberties. They possess great dignity before God. Yet, we are not willing to let them go to hell by refusing to love them and tell them the truth about Jesus. A false application of tolerance is foundational in the movements that lead to the harlot religion. ~ Mike Bickle

Maybe now that Elijah was feeling well enough to be interfering in my business, he'd also be well enough to look after his own chores. ~ Laura Bickle

The church generation in which Jesus returns will actively participate in this revolution ... My premise: Many people alive today will see this revolution in their lifetime. ~ Mike Bickle

Any who love Jesus will love others much more. ~ Mike Bickle

I ran my fingers over the black ink. "They're holy to you."
Alex flexed his fingers. "They are now. ~ Laura Bickle

Don't evaluate yourself, don't evaluate others. Just keep going after it. ~ Mike Bickle

If the eternal King started in Bethlehem, so will anyone who follows Him. ~ Mike Bickle

As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between a man and a woman will become illegal. He believes there will be a war. He believes it'll begin in schools and the Christian kids will rise up and slay the non-Christian kids. This was an on-camera interview! ~ Roger Ross Williams

The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God. ~ Mike Bickle

Intercession is God's brilliant strategy for including the saints in ruling with Him in power. Yet, it has such great impact on us as it draws us into intimacy with God, protects with humility, transforms with holiness, anoints with power, unifies in community, releases revelation, and increases our inheritance while it trains us to rule with His wisdom. ~ Mike Bickle

On the other hand, Jesus rebuked those who could not receive because of their lack of faith in Him. ~ Mike Bickle

We love God with our mind by taking the time to fill our mind with the Word. ~ Mike Bickle

[The USA in the '70s] The country's cinematic output was appropriately bleak, reflecting the moroseness and self-hatred that riddled the national psyche. Anti-heroes such as Bonnie and Clyde, Travis Bickle, Popeye Doyle and the Corleones dominated the box office and the public wallowed in a morass of guilty introspection. There was never a country in more desperate need of a blow job than the United States of America: enter George Lucas. ~ Simon Pegg

God's grace is sufficient when we come up short in our obedience, but it is important to call sin "sin" and declare war on it. Those who love God in truth will set their hearts to live in a spirit of obedience in every area of their lives - including their use of time, money, and words, and in what their eyes look at. ~ Mike Bickle

This prayer for the Holy Spirit to strengthen the inner man of believers is one of the most important prayers recorded in the Scripture, and it is vital that we understand it if we want to grow in prayer. ~ Mike Bickle

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK. ~ Travis Bickle

I began to murmur the Lord's Prayer in thanks.
"Shit," Mrs. Parsall said. ~ Laura Bickle

We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer. ~ Mike Bickle

Almost every Spirit filled believer is able to prophesy on an inspirational level. ~ Mike Bickle

God doesn't love you more when you obey, you experience Him more! ~ Mike Bickle

If we have the Word without the Spirit, we dry up. If we have the Spirit without the Word, we blow up. But if we have the Word and the Spirit, we grow up. ~ Mike Bickle

I slipped outside ... and into the realm of the ravens. ~ Laura Bickle

God gives salvation to the needy, but gives the deep things of His heart to the hungry who refuse to live without them. ~ Mike Bickle

Find your security, success, and peace in God. Then, and only then, can it never be taken from you. ~ Mike Bickle

If you are too busy for prayer, you are too busy for a relationship with God. ~ Mike Bickle

Jesus called us to abide in Him. The foundation of this reality means to talk with Him. ~ Mike Bickle

I ask that this one thing, your church would gaze on the, the beauty of the Lord, I ask that you would awaken the hardened lost. I ask you to fascinate your church with the revelation of the beauty of Jesus. Come and release lovesickness for Jesus. Come and unlock the fountains of the hearts, now, Lord, by the river of fire, by the Holy Spirit, by the spirit of revelation. Let us see what the Seraphim see. Let us be awestruck by the beauty of the God-man. In the name of Jesus we ask that. ~ Mike Bickle

God cannot be with everyone. Not everyone is right. ~ Laura Bickle

Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him-one that is free on the inside. ~ Mike Bickle

The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil (pursued ministry as their priority over getting oil). The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps (pursued oil as their priority before ministry). At the dark midnight hour of history, the Spirit will raise up forerunners who cry out that Jesus is coming as a Bridegroom God and that we must go out to meet Him (make the necessary effort to encounter Him). They all slept which speaks of living in context to the natural processes of life. ~ Mike Bickle

Demons don't move because we complain. They move because we speak the name of Jesus. ~ Mike Bickle

In some seasons, Jesus asks us, Will you still love Me when things are not happening the way that you thought they would happen? ~ Mike Bickle

The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation-lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling mom, and so on-to have a real prayer life. ~ Mike Bickle

I was afraid to be Outside alone, without Elijah. But, no matter what, I would have to get used to his absence. I would have to prove to him and to myself that I could. ~ Laura Bickle

We offer our prayers in weakness but they ascend in power because of the blood of Jesus. ~ Mike Bickle

I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me ... just like everyone else. ~ Laura Bickle

There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer ~ Mike Bickle

When we meet the great men and women of the Bible face-to-face, we may be surprised to discover just how much like us they are. It is faith in a great God that makes a great man or woman of God. ~ Mike Bickle

The small prayers of weak and broken people move the heart of God. ~ Mike Bickle

Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one's life. ~ Mike Bickle

It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it. ~ Mike Bickle

Joyful intimacy with God is the great power source of the kingdom of God. ~ Mike Bickle

Jesus wants us to love Him in a way that gives Him full leadership over our lives. ~ Mike Bickle

I'm not looking for Bible verses to back up a lifestyle of passiveness. I'm looking for Bible verses and life experiences to teach me to live more radically for Christ. ~ Mike Bickle

The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me that the music was a big part of their success at attracting young people. ~ Roger Ross Williams

Humility is the ultimate standard of greatness in the Kingdom of God. ~ Mike Bickle

That is my mom. The lady who made Christmas cookies every year and never figured out how to drive a stick shift. My mom is a Jedi. ~ Laura Bickle