“It is not possible to encounter one so overwhelming and maintain the status quo”. (1)
“Some of my brothers and sisters belittle such pursuits [travelling to where Signs and Wonders are happening], saying ‘Signs and Wonders are supposed to follow you, not you follow them.’ My perspective is a little different: if they’re not following you, follow them until they follow you” (1)
“When God invades a person’s life, things change. Not only that, but the impact of that life on the world also changes”. (1)
“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, if effect, more like theories and truths. Whenever God reveals truths to us He is inviting us into a divine encounter” (1)
Many people are content to live with the concept of the presence of God in their lives, but they fail to enter the intended experience. (1)
“The fundamental difference between authentic Christianity and religion is the issue of knowing and being known by God verses merely knowing about Him” (1)
“Being known by God is the most important thing in life, and it won’t happen without my surrender and response to him” (1)
“Seeing God is costly. Something in us always dies” (1)
“We need to give more grace to those who differ from us” (1)
“In order to gain a heart that longs to know God, we must sacrifice our need to be right, to understand or explain things” (1)
“This profound encounter with God [Baptism in the Spirit] is given to us so that we might be filled with His power and be enabled to authentically deonstrate the life of Jesus before this world” (1)
“the kingdom of God must never be reduced to talk, ideas and principles. The kingdom of God is power” (1)
“the sobering thing to realise is that our response to the move of the Spirit is not a response to the manifestations. Rather, it is a response to the face of God. to reject the move of the Spirrit of God is to reject the Face of God” (1)
“People are often tempted to look for shortcuts to kingdom benefits, resulting in Ishmaels instead of Isaacs – counterfeits instead of the real thing” (1)
“Its best to live from what you know to be true in spite of the mysteries that you can’t explain” (1)
“Jesus modelled what it looked like to grow in favour with God and man” (1)
“it was the intimacy that Jesus had with His heavenly father that became the foundation for all the signs, wonders and miracles performed in his three and a half year ministry” (1)
“we must press past intellectual awareness to hunger for heartfelt encounters that change and transform” (1)
“In the quiet part of our day, when no one is looking, the true desires of our hearts can be seen” (1)
“Leaders who lack passion cost everyone who follows” (1)
“gifts of the Spirit rest best on the fruit of the spirit” (1)
“God desires to release gifts to us more than we desire to receive them. He is just too merciful to release gifts upon us that he would have to judge us for later because we failed to carry them with integrity” (1)
“The fear of man is the heart and soul of religion – form without power” (1)
“Some teach of the balanced Christian life as though we need equal measure of joy and depression. Foolishness! The kingdom is one of joy. And I dont ever have to leave” (1)
“discovering who he is and when He is like is the great journey for the believer. it is an eternal quest: one that we will delight in forever. But in our discovery is the responsibility to make Him known. Do we do so by preaching the word? Yes. But He is also to become manifest through our lives. We are to become a portrait of God. This is part of what being the body of Christ means” (1)
“people who get breakthrough in the miracle realm face a temptation: its’ easy to pursue miracles for miracles sake. but the greater ambition ought to be that in all we do we display the love of God” (1)
“Powerlessness is such an aberration that we are either compelled to see for a fresh baptism in the spirit until the power that was promised becomes manifested through us, or we create doctrinal reasons to comfort ourselves in our powerlessness” (1)
“it saddens me to see Christians who will not associate with unbelievers because they want to be separate from the world, yet their lifestyles are the same as unbelievers” (1)
“You know your mind is renewed when the impossible looks logical” (1)
“we fight from the victory of Christ. We do not warfare in order to win. Rather it is to enforce the victory that Jesus already won on our behalf” (1)
“For the believer most closed heavens are between the ears” (1)
“under the old testament, if you tough a leaper you become unclean. The primary message of that covenant was to reveal the power of sin. But the law of God was not the answer to the problem of sin … But in the new testament [because of the new covenant received though Jesus] we tough the leaper and the leaper becomes clean” (1)
“False Humility is the most dangerous form of pride as it is often mistaken as a virtue” (1)
“To avoid us becoming impartation junkies, He sometimes places His biggest impartation in something like a time release capsule.” (1)
“Our faith cannot depend on early our felt experience. It must be on the promises of God” (1)
1. Johnson, Bill. Face to Face with God. s.l. : Charisma House, 2007. 978-1599790701.
