Strengthen Yourself in the Lord Quotes

“The enemy uses lies to make                problems appear bigger                  than the solutions we carry.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“Paul is basically saying that God has not kept who He is a secret. 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. But without that response, your thoughts become futile and your heart is darkened. Futile means “purposeless.” When we fail to sustain the response of thanksgiving for everything in our lives, our thinking is cut off from our purpose in God. When we lose sight of our purpose, we will inevitably make choices that are outside of God’s intentions for our lives, and this can only be destructive because it works against His design for us. A dark heart is a heart that is unable to perceive spiritual reality. It is unmoved by the desires and affections of the Lord, and therefore cannot respond to His invitation to relationship, which is the source of life. As Paul goes on to explain in Romans chapter 1, a dark heart perverts our desires and leads us into all kinds of sin that degrades our identity and relationships. The most perverted sins known to mankind came about through a door left open because of the absence of thankfulness.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“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, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“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, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“While Eastern meditation tries to get people to empty their minds, biblical meditation focuses on our filling our minds—and our mouths—with the truth. Joshua 1:8 says, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” One of the definitions for the Hebrew word “meditate” is “to mutter.” Meditating involves repeating the words God has said out loud. As Joshua was told, this regular repetition of what God had said is the key to our ability to do the Word.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“I have purposed to try to live in such a way that nothing ever gets bigger than my consciousness of God’s presence.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“The enemy is empowered by human agreement. To agree with anything he says gives him a place to kill, steal, and destroy. We fuel the cloud of oppression by agreeing with our enemy. Praise, with rejoicing, cancels that agreement.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“As king, Saul was entrusted with a measure of anointing to lead the armies of Israel to victory and shepherd the people. Yet, without the strength of character that only comes by winning private battles, these public victories exposed the previously hidden weakness of Saul’s heart toward God.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“minister to ourselves is a vital skill that we must learn if we are going to develop the character to fulfill our potential as kings and priests. It is impossible for anyone to reach his ultimate destiny in life without learning to minister to himself.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“God never fails to give you the tools you need beforehand. You can see this aspect of His nature in this episode of the Exodus story: Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt” (Exodus 13:17).”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“The people who are most vulnerable to overextending themselves on behalf of ministry relationships are people who struggle with intimacy—both with God and others. Ministry can be a great place for them to feel connected and loved, but the truth is, without the accountability that only comes from covenant friendships, they are just being set up for burnout or compromise.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“God has already pursued us with a love so totally overwhelming that it will take all of eternity to plumb its depths.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“Thanksgiving keeps us                              sane and alive.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“Our assignment and destiny is to advance the Kingdom,”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“The key to either great purpose or great destruction lies in where we choose to sustain our focus. Knowing”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“Your faith grows as your heart, led by the Holy Spirit, perceives and understands the invisible realm of spiritual reality. That unseen realm governs the visible realm and brings your mind and will into agreement with the reality of the Kingdom. In essence, what I have just described is the process of renewing the mind.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“If one man who was a sinner who lived hundreds of years before the blood of Jesus was shed, could come into that place of favor with God, then how much more should those who are covered by that blood be able to come into an even greater destiny—to be like Christ and finish His work on the planet?”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But the fact is, while God calls us “kings,” the degree to which we walk in that position is a matter of potential.”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life

“We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But the fact is, while God calls”
― Bill Johnson, Strengthen Yourself in the Lord: How to Release the Hidden Power of God in Your Life