A. Johnson
A. Johnson
humility pride thinking
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.
perceive
Oftentimes what you see cancels out what you perceive.
errors safe reacting
Responding to truth will keep you safe. Reacting to error will only create another error.
simple generations power-of-god
Our mandate is simple: raise up a generation that can openly display the raw power of God
way failing attempting
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.
way worship environment
It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp
two forgiving reconcile
While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.
jesus thinking reason
Anything you think you know about about God, that you can't find in the person of Jesus, you have reason to question.
heaven doe earth
What is the will of God? On earth as it is in heaven. If it doesn’t exist there, it’s not supposed to exist here. If it does exist there, it’s supposed to exist here.
mind
I cannot afford to have one thought in my mind that is not in His
tragedy great-tragedy
It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love.
vision watches hamburgers
I’m not a good faster. My friends have visions of God, I have visions of hamburgers. The only time I watch the Food Channel is when I’m fasting. It’s pitiful. We did a 40 day fast. I bought 29 cookbooks. I don’t cook, but the pictures! I bought a deep-fryer and we don’t eat deep-fried food!
sleep storm
You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.
past your-future your-past
Don't let your past dictate your future.