The Power That Changes the World Quotes

“We reign with the heart of a servant and serve with the heart of a king, all for the benefit of the people around us. Rulers in God’s Kingdom never rule for their own sake. It is always for the sake of others.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“If you can’t be free from sin until you die, then Jesus isn’t your Savior, death is.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“The Bible says God has no pleasure in the death of the ungodly and that He wants all to come to repentance (see Ezekiel 18:23, 32; 2 Peter 3:9). That is His will. Anything that happens differently has happened for a reason other than His will. The reality we live with is that the problems we face are often surrounded by many things that we do not yet know how to dismantle. To label something that is evil as coming from God is to credit God with evil. Instead, I keep what I call a mystery file. It is safer than attributing evil to God. The”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“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, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Rule with the heart of a servant, and serve with the heart of a king.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Let me put this in my words: Solomon asked for a hearing heart, and God said, Okay, I’ll give you wisdom. The implication is that wisdom is not just a deposit made into somebody who now has all the answers. It implies that the ability to hear the voice of God is the key to wisdom. Wisdom, then, is a relational fruit.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Rule with the heart of a servant, and serve with the heart of a king. This is how Jesus used His authority.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“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.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Creativity is normal for any believer who is not influenced by anxiety.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“No one who discovers who God has made him or her to be would want to be anyone else.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“When we reduce our influence to elections and popular vote, we disgrace the One who covenanted with us never to leave us or forsake us. That political spirit is the leaven Jesus warned us of in Mark 8 when He said to be careful of the leaven of Herod. The political system is real, but it is seriously inferior to the Kingdom of God.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“When God creates peace, it is based on the presence of a Person called the Prince of Peace. That peace also has a military effect: “And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet” (Romans 16:20). Outside the Kingdom of God, peace is the absence of something, whereas in the Kingdom of God, it is the presence of Someone.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“theology, and as such, He provides the only example worth following. I will not lower the standard of Scripture to fit my experience. Instead, I work to raise my level of experience to the standard of Scripture. I refuse to create another standard to give any explanation for my lack.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“that He is committed to meeting our needs, but not our wants. That concept comes in reaction to those who have taken the wonderful Gospel and made it a self-centered lifestyle, in which we use the name of God, along with His principles, to get what we want. While that is a tragic misuse of Scripture, so is the concept that God cares only for our needs. He is not the director of an orphanage, guaranteeing us three meals a day and a cot to sleep on at night. He is a Father who delights in His children by becoming involved in their dreams. He fulfills dreams and desires out of His nature. It is who He is.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“The dominion we lost is one of the things Jesus came to take back. He bought us through shedding His blood as the sacrificial lamb when He took our place in death.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“When people hear about what God used to do, one of the things they say is: “Oh, that was a very long while ago.” . . . I thought it was God that did it. Has God changed? Is he not an immutable God, the same yesterday, today and forever? Does not that furnish an argument to prove that what God has done at one time he can do at another? Nay, I think I may push it a little further and say what he has done once is a prophecy of what he intends to do again. . . . Whatever God has done . . . is to be looked upon as a precedent. . . . [Let us] with earnestness seek that God would restore to us the faith of the men of old, that we may richly enjoy his grace as in the days of old.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“As someone once said, vision gives pain a purpose. Without hope, we don’t have the endurance needed to see His dreams realized.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Reaction to error almost always creates another error.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“We cannot use the political spirit in one situation and think we can be free from it in another. The political spirit uses the fear of man and manipulation to get people to support a particular way of thinking.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Passionless leaders cost everyone who follows them.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“As Christians, we must get rid of the notion that the only answer for life’s troubles is for us to die and go to heaven. Don’t be mistaken—heaven is real and is greater than we can possibly imagine. But the kind of attitude that says rescue from this earth is the only thing we live for is an insult to the power of the blood of Jesus and the purpose of redemption.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“One of the most priceless parts of our human life is the area called desire. It is a God-given gift that separates us from all the rest of creation.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Culture gives opportunity. It does not take away the free will of the individual. That would be a violation of God’s design.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Imagine a city that is filled with a tangible peace—a thick, impressive atmosphere of peace that enables people to think for themselves, dream and celebrate life. Imagine a place where hope is real and measurable, so the prevailing attitude is that anything is possible. Imagine a city where prosperity touches every citizen, and there is no lack of any kind. Imagine a place where not only is there no lack, but there is creativity, beauty and stunning design everywhere you look. Prosperity takes on purpose as God’s nature is seen in the things people have made. Imagine having a government that made you proud to be a citizen.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“I realize that true success is not measured in the number of people who attend church on a Sunday, as good a thing as that may seem. Success in God’s eyes is seen in the impact the message of the Kingdom has on how people think and live in my city, region and nation.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Instead, I hope to raise the value we place on the call of God, in whatever way that call manifests in someone’s life. The dentist, the lawyer, the housewife, the mechanic and all the rest are called by God to do what they do to more fully express who He is in a functioning and healthy society.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Unfortunately, pulpit ministry has long been seen as the measure of true devotion to Christ, or worse yet, it has been seen as the measure of spiritual maturity.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“When He said “on earth as it is in heaven,” He actually meant what He said. He was not trying to keep us busy with spiritual activities until the day He comes back to rescue us from the prevailing darkness. He longs for places on the earth that remind Him of heaven, places in which He feels at home. Prayer and radical obedience make such places possible.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“Busyness is an enemy of true Kingdom experience.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now

“God is the solver of impossible problems. He often does this through the co-laboring effect of His people.”
― Bill Johnson, The Power That Changes the World: Creating Eternal Impact in the Here and Now