Bill Johnson Quotes - Page 3

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

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

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.

Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.

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.

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?

Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.

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

Religion idolizes concepts and avoids personal experience.

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

When you keep it within the walls, it dies. When you take it out where Jesus intended it to be, it happens.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

You can redefine your external world by an internal experience with the love of God.

Faith is generated in the atmosphere of experiencing truth.

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

When you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you.

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

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

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive.