Bill Johnson
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.
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.
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.
Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.Collection: Identity
Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.Collection: Way
Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence.Collection: Problem
Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.Collection: Effort
Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.Collection: Assignments
Abiding in peace makes us a threat to any storm.Collection: Storm
If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.Collection: Want
My responsibility is to obey, to surrender my heart and to yield myself to the will of God. It is in the process of obedience that we gain understanding. You can’t get the peace that passes understanding until you give up your right to understand.Collection: Giving Up
When you keep it within the walls, it dies. When you take it out where Jesus intended it to be, it happens.Collection: Jesus
Anything you think you know about about God, that you can't find in the person of Jesus, you have reason to question.Collection: Jesus
I can't afford to have thoughts in my head about me that God doesn't have in His.Collection: I Can
If we rejoice in the acts of God without discovering His ways, we'll question who He is when He doesn't do what we've asked.Collection: Way
Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.Collection: Trying
God doesn't have to try to do supernatural things. He is supernatural. He would have to try to not be. If He is invited to a situation, we should expect nothing but supernatural invasion.Collection: Trying
One of the side effects of losing intimacy with God is that at some point we stop doing ministry out of imagination and we begin doing it out of memory.Collection: Memories
Much of today’s church relies more on a book the early church didn't have, than the Holy Spirit they did.Collection: Book
Sometimes our breakthrough begins when we refuse to be impressed with the size of our problem.Collection: Size
God is not pre-occupied with sin, He’s already dealt with it.Collection: Sin
All fruit grows through abiding, not striving.Collection: Abiding
The biggest enemy to prayer is praying for something you already have.Collection: Prayer
Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.Collection: Sacrifice
We owe the world an encounter with GodCollection: Encounters
The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.Collection: War
Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.Collection: Law
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.Collection: Father
Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.Collection: Heart
Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.Collection: Christian
Serving reconnects people to purpose. Serving someone else's dream empowers not just us, but them.Collection: Dream
In my own pursuit of God, I often became preoccupied with ME! It was easy to think that being constantly aware of my faults and weakness was humility. It’s not! If I’m the main subject, talking incessantly about my weaknesses, I have entered into the most subtle form of pride.Collection: Humility
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.Collection: Character
If you make history with God, He'll make history with youCollection: Ifs
The journey makes things valuable not the title. Learn to enjoy and value the process of what God is doing.Collection: Journey
Living in regret will become your biggest regret.Collection: Regret
It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can graspCollection: Way
If we really knew who God created us to be we would never want to be someone else.Collection: Want
A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.Collection: Church
As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.Collection: Son
Evangelism, in its purist form, is an overflow of worship.Collection: Worship
You have authority over every storm you can sleep inCollection: Sleep
While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.Collection: Two
Just because you are going to Heaven doesn't mean you have Heaven established in you. Success is Heaven on earth.Collection: Mean
It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love.Collection: Tragedy
The only true worship is extreme worship, and only extreme worship brings extreme results – transformation.Collection: Transformation
The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation.Collection: Mystery
God is the ultimate steward. He even turns our tears into the seeds of a hope filled future.Collection: Tears
Most Christians with bitterness have a need to justify their sin. They usually do so with virtuous names for the sin like discernment, wisdom, etc. They attract people with complaints as it confirms their “discernment.Collection: Christian