Quotes from John Wimber

We don't seek God's power, we seek His presence. His power & everything else we need is always found in His presence.

Sometimes God offends our minds in order to reveal our hearts.

When God calls you to an extraordinary task, He provides extraordinary resources.

Our heart's desire should be to worship God; we have been designed by God for this purpose. If we don't worship God, we'll worship something or someone else.

Visitation of God's presence is a byproduct of worship. However, we don't worship in order to gain His presence. He is worthy to be worshipped whether or not He chooses to show up.

Find where God is and get behind what He's doing. He always wins.

As we interact with God, we'll find ourselves more satisfied in Him and less satisfied with things much less important.

One question you never want to ask God is, 'What's wrong with me - because He'll tell you.

The good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it!

If we serve Jesus then every act & thought has meaning. Acts of kindness aren't just niceties, they become acts of worship.

Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I'll tell you what you worship.

Everybody gets to play.

Instead of a call to the King and His kingdom, people are hearing a gospel that emphasizes self: come to Jesus and get this or that need met, be personally fulfilled, reach your potential.

I also visited several healing meetings... and became angry with what appeared to be the manipulation of people for the material gains of the faith healer... Dressing like sideshow barkers. Pushing people over and calling it the power of God. And money - they were always asking for more, leading people to believe that if they gave they would be healed..." - John Wimber

Christian signs and wonders are beyond rationality, but they serve a rational purpose: to authenticate the gospel. The gospel is opposed to the pluralistic lie that says all religious experience is equally valid. Signs and wonders validate Christ's sacrifice on the cross and His lordship over every area of our lives.

When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with the wrong motives" (James 4:3).

Proclamation of a faulty gospel will produce faulty or, at best, weak Christians.

Lamentations 2:19 states, "Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord.

Today, I no longer try to be good; instead, I am only concerned with doing God's bidding. What He commands, I do. Now my personal life is more conformed to His righteousness and character than it used to be. Following His commands does not leave much time for sin.

The end of biblical study consists rather in enhanced faith, hope and love both for the individual and the community. The historical-critical method is inadequate, in other words, because it does not address piety.

unbelief is the evil that is conquered in a power encounter.

It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.

We need to learn how to keep people through love. Despite imperfections, sins, and irritating habits of other Christians, they belong to Jesus and they need our love as a healthy climate for growth.

Worship, the act of freely giving love to God, forms and informs every activity of the Christian's life.