Bill Johnson Quotes

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.

We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom.

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

The soul shall mightily rule in all hidden secrets: but it must not let in the devil.

Are you facing a superheated furnace? What God wants is for you to look full in the face of Jesus. Get your focus off whatever it is that appears to be unanswered and focus on the Son.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that?

People talk about revelation, and say it has ceased; but what ignorance it bespeaks, when man knows not the least thing on earth without revelation.

It is always a dangerous symptom when men pray to know what is their duty.

We are blind: we cannot see God with our senses, and our deductions from what we know or are thinking about the word of God itself - how little power they have to bring us to God! We are blind, and our eyes need the touch of our Lord's hand to enable us at times to even see dimly.

We've got to know the Word of God. That is our absolute stability. That is our offensive weapon against the kingdom of darkness.

I prayed about it, and I do believe that the Lord, at least in my life, likes to use one-year contracts and not long-term contracts.

If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God.

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.

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will let you know something gradually over the years. And in that word from God you will find the inner place from which to live your life. Solitude is where spiritual ministry begins. That's where Jesus listened to God. That's where we listen to God.

The question each of us must answer is ... What shall I do with Jesus? He Himself has provided us the answer: "Follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do"

If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

What’s the will of God for my life? You don’t need to know the will of God in your life, you need to know the God of your life!

The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit’s work to discourage us.

If I were Satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God's kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit.

For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of any portion of Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by His Spirit, is a high provocation of him; nor shall I expect the discovery of truth from any one who thus proudly engages in a work so much beyond his ability.

Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave!