Bill Johnson Quotations

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.

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling would've still been hit, because, those are bills that are coming in as a result of purchases and commitments made by the administration and the previous Congress.

The American people were really not 100% convinced that this idea of default was really going to occur, and I think the media, current company excepted here, did not help in that regard because they confused the American people about what default actually meant.

Obviously, there are children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, so they've got a lot of emotional challenges.

We were brainstorming in the office one day, which is what everyone does when nobody wants to work. And we decided we had to do something with this, because it was so politically incorrect.

Having him close by is a great legal benefit to him.

He hadn't been in Hawaii for more than about two hours. We're disappointed, but with Rod, family comes first and family has always come first. In my opinion, he should have played in the last couple of Pro Bowls.

He's had a great year. He's stepped up even better during the playoffs. He has played rock-solid all year.

He has managed the second largest department in the city....he knows what we can and cannot do,

I firmly believe in giving back to the community.

He hasn't taken the test again, but I'm confident he will pass.

Many have never received praise, have never achieved top grades or are not the top athletes, but who come to school with burdens each day and still do well. They may be physically challenged or have suffered abandonment or abuse by their parents, they face all sorts of real obstacles.

Relative to the overall statewide timber harvest, the net addition is relatively small. There is an effect, but it's a small one and it can be easily mitigated.

Release of the draft environmental impact statement represents a significant milestone in the review process. This document gives the public a detailed look at the project and its consequences. There's also the opportunity to provide feedback for agency consideration.

I think the sky is the limit. He's a very talented player. He's played with the Haitian national team. Professional ball is definitely in his future.

Our city has done a good job of slowing down some of those developers,

It has become more accepted by the general public. Movie stars, sports professionals are showing their tattoos. It's more mainstream.

We're very proud of that fact that we have been able to maintain a manufacturing facility in Western New York not only locally but supply the world globally with products.

We have at least 400 or 500 in Florida alone, so it's impossible to say. I would guess there are about 10,000 shops nationwide, but that would be a rough guess.

You actually could see a green-featured stadium move to a blue-featured stadium in a very short time.

We do not have the resources or counsel to investigate this case to the fullest.

We're happy with those results with the few people we had there.

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

I cannot live in mediocrity, content with merely knowing that there is more of God to experience and explore -and then do nothing about it. Truths that are not experienced are, in effect, more like theories than truths. Whenever God reveals truth to us He is inviting us into a divine encounter.

The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

God has called us into a place of tenderness, when nobody is looking, when there are no great decisions to make, when it’s just him and me in a hotel room, with no one to pray for, no one to preach to. When it is just two people in a room, that’s where you learn. That’s where you learn his heartbeat. That’s where you learn the presence. That’s where you learn the voice. It’s in the moments when nobody is watching, nobody is evaluating how good you’re doing. When it is just you and him.

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

A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not.

Any revelation from God's Word that does not lead us to an encounter with God only serves to make us more religious. The Church cannot afford 'form without power,' for it creates Christians without purpose.

Your courage draws people out of complacency into their destiny.

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.

You cannot hold God hostage (to your questions). He doesn’t owe you an answer. If you want the peace that passes understanding, you’re going to have to give up your right to understanding. It’s called trust.

God is the ultimate steward. He even turns our tears into the seeds of a hope filled future.

Religion idolizes concepts and avoids personal experience.

Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.

Jesus is returning for a bride whose body is in equal proportion to her head.

The way you silence fear is to give attention to faith.

Much of today’s church relies more on a book the early church didn't have, than the Holy Spirit they did.

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

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

There's something about valuing people not because they value you, but because you can see God in them.

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.

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive.

If you believe you will not be free from sin until you die,you have just made death your savior instead of Jesus.

Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.

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.

Every loss is temporary. Every victory is eternal.

Jesus took what I deserved so I could get what He deserved.

In His mercy, God gives us the level of revelation that our character is prepared to handle.

God will never violate His Word, but He doesn’t seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.

If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains

I will not lower the standard of the Bible to my level of experience.

Jesus did not command us to pray for the sick.He commanded us to heal them.

I can't afford to have thoughts in my head about me that God doesn't have in His.

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

Whenever God restores something, He restores it to a place greater than it was before.

I try to live in such a way that nothing gets bigger than my awareness of God presence on my life.

Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence.

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

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

Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.

All fruit grows through abiding, not striving.

I finally discovered something - it's all about Jesus.

There’s something amazing about unbelief – it is able to fulfill its own expectations. Unbelief is safe because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects. Then, after a person gets the answer for their unbelief, they can say, I told you so.

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

A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!

I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will spend the rest of my life exploring what could happen through the life of one who is willing to cultivate the God-given appetite to see impossibilities bow to the name of Jesus.

God wants people to meet Him when they meet us.

The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.

It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus.

Our identity sets the tone for all we do and become. Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others. They don't work to fit into other people's expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father. says they are.

Once you've left the concept of family, you've left the concept of kingdom

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

We must dream so big that without the support that comes through favor with God and man, we could never accomplish what is in our hearts.

The most simple way to stay encouraged is to feed your heart on what He is doing, not on what He hasn't done. If you can't see what He is doing, feed on what He has done in the past.

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

Presence always wins out over principles.

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.

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

Passion produces the best discipline.

We don't believe because we understand. We understand because we believe.

Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.

When we pursue kingdom principles above His presence, we are looking for the kingdom without a king.

Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.

In the old, sin contaminates. In the new, righteousness contaminates. It's a different day.

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.

Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Jesus ruined every funeral he attended including his own.

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion

People follow courage, not titles.

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time