Top 200 Bill Johnson Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “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

202. “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

203. “Leaders who lack passion cost everyone who follows.”

— Bill Johnson

204. “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

205. “When God is serving wine, drink. When He’s serving bread, eat.”

— Bill Johnson

206. “We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But while God calls us “kings,” the degree to which we walk in that position is still a matter of potential. And God is not responsible for making us reach our potential. It requires our participation.”

— Bill Johnson

207. “God never allows a storm without first providing the tools to calm the storm.”

— Bill Johnson

208. “It is the worst time in history to be a backslider. It is the worst time ever to be cold in heart and stupid and go and do your own thing.”

— Bill Johnson

209. “In this case, the actual presence of the Spirit of God upon Jesus stirred up a hunger for God in the people. That hunger brought a change in their attitudes without their being told it should change.”

— Bill Johnson

210. “God himself is the greatest gift.”

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211. “Something is always expected from us when God is revealed to be with us. It is a grave mistake to think the Holy Spirit is among us simply to comfort or encourage. That is a given. He is also present to make possible the impossible task in front of us! Perhaps this is part of what the apostle Paul.”

— Bill Johnson

212. “Every miracle brings the release of glory.”

— Bill Johnson

213. “We all remember things, it’s what we remember that determines how we live.”

— Bill Johnson

214. “I think the law as it is today probably does prohibit an off-reservation casino, but there is uniqueness to Turtle Mountain and there is uniqueness to the state, and these things need to be looked at.”

— Bill Johnson

215. “Why do we question good news? It’s because we have allowed our circumstances to shape us in a way that expects good things to end. In the Kingdom, when life is created, it continues to bring life. Anything outside of the Kingdom teaches us that good things end. So what world do we want to live from? The Kingdom or outside of the Kingdom?”

— Bill Johnson

216. “Many make the mistake of trying to grow their faith through striving and self-determination. This always leads to disappointment and frustration. It can also lead to presumption, which is counterfeit faith – and devastating. Use the measure of faith you have to discover Him for the sake of knowing Him. Increased faith is the result.”

— Bill Johnson

217. “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

218. “God’s agenda is so glorious, and His love and purposes for our lives are so great, that everything else pales in comparison. We should all be like Nehemiah, who, when the enemies of Israel tried to get him to come out of the city and talk with them on the Plain of Ono, said, “... I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

— Bill Johnson

219. “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

220. “Now is the time to Start a Normal Christian Life!”

— Bill Johnson

221. “When the Church discovers who she is, she no longer wants to be rescued. There’s a big difference between being rescued from the big bad devil and being taken up for a wedding. And only one is acceptable for a believing believer.”

— Bill Johnson

222. “It is the most amazing time in the world to be alive in God – to hear his voice, to hear what he is saying, to see what he intends to do in the earth, and what his heart is like for the people. It is an amazing time.”

— Bill Johnson

223. “I read the last chapter and we win.”

— Bill Johnson

224. “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

225. “If you want to kill giants, hang around a giant killer. It rubs off.”

— Bill Johnson

226. “God’s job is to get me to Heaven. My job is not to go to Heaven; my job is to bring Heaven to earth through my prayers and obedience.”

— Bill Johnson

227. “The biggest enemy to prayer is praying for something you already have.”

— Bill Johnson

228. “What you know will keep you from what you need to know if you don’t remain a novice.”

— Bill Johnson

229. “One of the toughest lessons a Christian can learn is how to trust and praise God in the uncertain time between a promise and its fulfillment.”

— Bill Johnson

230. “As we give ourselves to serving our city for the sake of the city – not for the sake of our ministry, our church attendance or even the church attendance across the city – we find greater open doors of influence.”

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231. “We went from rotten sinners to born-again saints in a single moment when we accepted salvation. Once the blood of Jesus has wiped out sin, you can’t get any cleaner. That doesn’t mean we can avoid the hurdles and issues that come with changing your life and renewing your mind. Maturity is a process. But as my associate Kris says, “You are not a sinner; you are a saint. It doesn’t mean that you can’t sin; it just means that you are no longer a professional.” That’s the story of your life.”

— Bill Johnson

232. “Beware ‘good’ main characters who have a limited repertory of culturally acceptable feelings, while your evil bastards have a full range of vivid, passionate feelings.”

— Bill Johnson

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

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234. “Many people are impressed by their problems. They live in reaction to the devil.”

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235. “I’m not a good faster. My friends have visions of God, I have visions of hamburgers. The only time I watch the Food Channel is when I’m fasting. It’s pitiful. We did a 40 day fast. I bought 29 cookbooks. I don’t cook, but the pictures! I bought a deep-fryer and we don’t eat deep-fried food!”

— Bill Johnson

236. “Once, while teaching a group of students about the importance of signs and wonders in the ministry of the gospel, a young man spoke up, saying, “I’ll pursue signs and wonders when I know I have more of the character of Christ in me.” As good as that may sound, it comes from a religious mind-set, not a heart that is abandoned to the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

— Bill Johnson

237. “July 21 Being full of Holy Spirit is not evidenced in tongues; it is evidenced by being full.”

— Bill Johnson

238. “America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for.”

— Bill Johnson

239. “Every peace-filled moment you experience brings terror to the powers of darkness.”

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240. “That depth at which he goes in me determines how far he goes out of me. It’s a personal encounter. It’s not our commitment to healing. It’s not our commitment to evangelism. It’s not our commitment to any of these things. It’s our commitment to the person, to live faithfully with a person.”

— Bill Johnson

241. “No one who discovers who God has made him or her to be would want to be anyone else.”

— Bill Johnson

242. “If you watch what you think about, you won’t have to watch what you talk about.”

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243. “The doctrine stating signs and wonders are no longer needed because we have the Bible was created by people who hadn’t seen God’s power and needed an explanation to justify their own powerless churches.”

— Bill Johnson

244. “Keep in mind that if you do not give up the right to understand, you will not receive the peace that passes understanding.”

— Bill Johnson