Top 200 Bill Johnson Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Jesus made it possible for humanity to host the fullness of God on the earth. The Holy Spirit has empowered us to carry out this purpose.”

— Bill Johnson

152. “People who refuse to step out and be used by God become the critics of those who do. Risk takers, the ones who thrill the heart of God, become the targets of those who never fail because they seldom try.”

— Bill Johnson

153. “An area of life that does not have hope is under a lie.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

155. “It’s difficult to get the same fruit as the early Church when we value a book they didn’t have more than the Holy Spirit they did have. To value the Scriptures above the Holy Spirit is idolatry. It’s not “Father, Son, and Holy Bible.” The Bible reveals God, but is itself not God.”

— Bill Johnson

156. “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

157. “Compromise is the door through which deception enters.”

— Bill Johnson

158. “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

159. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

161. “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

162. “When we dream with God, we become the masterpieces of His imagination.”

— Bill Johnson

163. “Thankfulness and hunger create the atmosphere for increase.”

— Bill Johnson

164. “We have authority over any storm we can sleep in. You have to have peace to give it away. Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.”

— Bill Johnson

165. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

168. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

170. “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

171. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

175. “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

176. “I can’t afford to live in reaction to darkness. If I do, darkness has had a role in setting the agenda for my life. The devil is not worthy of such influence, even in the negative. Jesus lived in response to the Father. I must learn to do the same.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

179. “Presence always wins out over principles.”

— Bill Johnson

180. “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

181. “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

182. “Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us. That is the essence of the gospel: to do exactly what Jesus did and destroy the works of the devil.”

— Bill Johnson

183. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

191. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

193. “When I feel fear, I know that the enemy is present, trying to keep me from stepping into my destiny in that moment.”

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

195. “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

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

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

— Bill Johnson

199. “It is quite another to endure and respect those whose passion is to pursue living an authentic Gospel in ways that challenge our comfort zones. Such is the nature of real faith. It offends the stationary.”

— Bill Johnson

200. “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