The Lifestyle of a Prophet Quotes

“Do you want to become a true messenger of the Lord with fire burning in your bones? Then have the Man of fire dwelling in your heart. Abandon any attempts to build your own kingdom or ministry. Forget about building your own empire; build His instead. Worship God passionately. Consecrate yourself to Him to be His holy dwelling place.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Judgmental, prophetic lone rangers do not last”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Questions from the Lord are an invitation to emerge from the place of hiding into transparent honesty and light.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Yes, the true heart of the prophet is the testimony not of how great you are, but of how awesome He is! The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed” (Genesis 2:24–25). Here we are given a graphic picture of what things look like when a man or woman is filled with the brilliance of God’s presence. When we are filled with His pneuma (the Greek word for breath), we are not self-absorbed and fearful but walking with God and others in transparent love.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“the breath of God, and then in turn exhaling onto others the breath of life they have received from their Creator. This is what our Messiah did as well. After His resurrection He appeared to His disciples, who were hiding for fear. He said, “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21). Then Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (verse 22).”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Genesis 2:7 grants some awesome relational insights: “The LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” What a beginning! All humankind took on life by the very breath of God’s mouth. Talk about an intimate exchange! Ponder this for a while. In some manner God blew into the lump of clay that He had fashioned, and Adam’s body took on an added dimension. Man became a living being. That is what the prophetic life and ministry are all about—human beings being filled with”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Jesus and worship Him.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Do you want to experience the lifestyle of a prophet? It begins with intimacy. Surrender to”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“In the midst of all this, he gives us a revolutionary concept concerning the central issue of what authentic prophetic ministry is all about: Worship God! Worship God, and you will be walking in the opposite spirit from that of this world. And as you worship God, someone—the great Someone—will inhabit your praises,”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“John became a broken vessel, and it was pleasing to the Lord. See him—and yourself—yielded, merciful and leaning on the Master’s chest.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“long; team ministry is the higher pathway. Are you in this for the long haul or just the short run? To judge a city or build one up?”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But He turned and rebuked them. Luke 9:54–55”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“The Broken Vessel Have you ever been scorched by the hot words of Jesus? Has He ever spoken something so deep into your heart that you were cut to the very core of your being? I think this is exactly what happened to John in the passage below. I believe he was pierced by God in his fleshly strength, never to recover. When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“Do you realize the cost they paid when they surrendered to their new Lord? No money, no job, no understandable future. They had just hurt the one person they had been trained all their lives to honor and whom they never wanted to bruise—their father. They left him to finish the fishing. They left him with no inheritance. But something in their hearts said, “Go.” So they left all they knew to become something that their minds could not comprehend.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“John, who was transformed into a passionate lover of God, had lost everything he knew in order to come into that which he did not yet know. Oh, the cost of authentic discipleship!”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“We must remember that keys like intimacy, devotion, faithfulness and friendship with God are how you embrace the One who calls you and ultimately discover your calling.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“John’s journey with his Lord took a different turn from that of the others. He laid his head on the chest of the Creator of the universe. He saw the excruciating ordeal of the criminal death of an innocent Man. He was also given an amazing stewardship—the ongoing care of Jesus’ mother, Mary (see John 19:27). I would give over the care of my mother only into the very best hands. I wonder what Jesus saw in John. What was different in him? Did he have an uncommon love for his Master?”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling

“John actually saw the crucifixion. He witnessed the effects of the crown of thorns piercing the brow of the Savior. He saw the face of Jesus marred. He saw the results of the 39 lashes on His lacerated, raw back. John witnessed firsthand the nails piercing His hands and feet. He heard the desperate cries of the Son of Man, the only Son of God, for help. The sound of Jesus’ words from the cross probably echoed in John’s heart and mind all his life. According to John 21:20, the John who was at the cross was the same John who had laid his head on the chest of the Messiah at the Last Supper.”
― James W. Goll, The Lifestyle of a Prophet: A 21-Day Journey to Embracing Your Calling