Top 200 Bill Johnson Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “He has made us stewards of the presence of God. It is not as though we can manipulate and use His presence for our own religious purposes. We are moved upon by the Holy Spirit, thereby becoming co-laborers with Christ.”

— Bill Johnson

152. “Most Christians repent enough to get forgiven, but not enough to see the Kingdom.”

— Bill Johnson

153. “My destiny is to go to heaven, my responsibility is to bring heaven.”

— Bill Johnson

154. “Fear is just faith in the wrong person.”

— Bill Johnson

155. “Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.”

— Bill Johnson

156. “Fear is the guard dog that is protecting the fortress of spiritual prosperity. When the dog starts barking, we know that the treasure he is guarding is near.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

158. “The promise of the Father, the coming of the Holy Spirit, reintroduces us to the original purpose for humanity – a people suited to carry the fullness of God on earth.”

— Bill Johnson

159. “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?”

— Bill Johnson

160. “Having a renewed mind is often not an issue of whether or not someone is going to heaven, but of how much of heaven he or she wants in his or her life right now.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

162. “Our faith can only go as far as our awareness of Gods goodness.”

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163. “Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.”

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164. “I have purposed to try to live in such a way that nothing ever gets bigger than my consciousness of God’s presence.”

— Bill Johnson

165. “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.”

— Bill Johnson

166. “Clarity comes to the one who is willing to do the will of God. The willingness to obey attracts revelation, because God is the ultimate steward, sowing His treasures into fertile ground – surrendered hearts.”

— Bill Johnson

167. “Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects.”

— Bill Johnson

168. “Presence always wins out over principles.”

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

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170. “Princes and princesses are commissioned to see the people they lead reach their full potential in God. That means that the greatest compliment we can ever have is when the people we are leading become greater than us. If we believe that we are leading because we are the most qualified, then we will subconsciously work to undermine other people’s advancements.”

— Bill Johnson

171. “There is no question that spending time with God changes our desires. We always become like the one we worship. But it’s not because we’ve been programmed to wish for the things He wants us to wish for; it’s because in friendship we discover the things that please Him – the secret things of His heart. It is the instinct of the true believer to search for and find, that which brings pleasure to the Father.”

— Bill Johnson

172. “I finally discovered something – it’s all about Jesus.”

— Bill Johnson

173. “You are God’s idea, and He longs to see the treasure that is in your heart. As we learn to dream with God we become co-laborers with Him.”

— Bill Johnson

174. “The same way that Jesus became flesh, the Holy Spirit becomes words, and when they are spoken, they bring life.”

— Bill Johnson

175. “It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

177. “The reason for problems in our churches is not that we are all evil people. It is simply that we have not learned the ways of the King and His Kingdom enough for Him to influence how we think and live in every part of our lives.”

— Bill Johnson

178. “Show me how to carry Your Presence boldly, not trying to reduce Your truth in fear of offending people.”

— Bill Johnson

179. “Revelation enlarges the arena that our faith can function in. Deception shrinks our area of faith.”

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180. “Just because you are going to Heaven doesn’t mean you have Heaven established in you. Success is Heaven on earth.”

— Bill Johnson

181. “The Bible was meant to be read by those in love. It’s sad when it’s not.”

— Bill Johnson

182. “God is not pre-occupied with sin, He’s already dealt with it.”

— Bill Johnson

183. “Saying what the Father is saying releases the creative nature and Presence of God into a situation to bring His influence and change.”

— Bill Johnson

184. “Serving reconnects people to purpose. Serving someone else’s dream empowers not just us, but them.”

— Bill Johnson

185. “Faith is generated in the atmosphere of experiencing truth.”

— Bill Johnson

186. “Occasionally, we go through times when we feel God is not speaking to us. While that may be so, most of the time He has simply changed His language, and He expects us to adjust with Him.”

— Bill Johnson

187. “There is no such thing as secular employment for the believer. Once we are born again, everything about us is redeemed for Kingdom purposes. It is all spiritual. It is either a legitimate Kingdom expression, or we shouldn’t be involved at all.”

— Bill Johnson

188. “The way you think either expresses or undermines faith.”

— Bill Johnson

189. “Religion idolizes concepts and avoids personal experience.”

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190. “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.”

— Bill Johnson

191. “To say that we have the power to heal someone is inaccurate, but to say that we do not have the power to heal someone is equally inaccurate. We cannot heal anyone, but Christ in us can. We cannot set anyone free, but Christ in us can. We cannot save anyone from his or her sins, but Christ in us can.”

— Bill Johnson

192. “Faith must rise beyond the recognised norm into a lifestyle that accurately represents the victorious Son of God.”

— Bill Johnson

193. “God has hidden mighty and mysterious things for us, not from us.”

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194. “Whenever you step into what you are called to do, it gives life back to you and doesn’t drain you as much as it builds you. There is a divine grace.”

— Bill Johnson

195. “Being willing to do what you are not qualified to do is sometimes what qualifies you.”

— Bill Johnson

196. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” It’s not a promise but a warning. Desire realized is a tree of life, and the tree of life is only found in Genesis, Proverbs and Revelation. Genesis is what was, Proverbs is what is, and Revelation is what will be.”

— Bill Johnson

197. “Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.”

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198. “Creativity is normal for any believer who is not influenced by anxiety.”

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199. “The Holy Spirit eagerly reveals His mysteries to all who are truly hungry. He makes us hungry in the first place and reminds us that our hunger cannot be satisfied except by receiving the love of God. Take your current level of hunger and ask Him to increase it even as He satisfies it. He will do it.”

— Bill Johnson

200. “Knowing God is not hard. It’s actually the most obvious thing in the world. All you have to do is glorify Him as God and be thankful. This response, because it agrees with the truth, gives you open access to the vast treasures of the knowledge of God.”

— Bill Johnson