Quotes from John Paul Jackson

A moment of insight from God is worth more than a lifetime of experience.

The degree of your anger over correction equals the measure of your pride.

Pastors and leaders must recognize, and then relinquish, any methods of control and manipulation they exercise. They must cease to gossip against fellow pastors and other believers, to talk disrespectfully about other ministries, or to reveal personal tidbits shared in confidence with them. Pastors who have privileged information, are sometimes the worst offenders of gossip. They must refrain from talebearing, before the wineskin tears.

With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with her flattering lips she seduced him. Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to slaughter…He did not know it would cost his life—PROVERBS 7:21-23.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things—1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't worry about runaway emotions. Don't worry about the things that scare you in the deepest parts of your soul—like rejection, like condemnation. Don't be afraid of God. There is nothing in Him to condemn us. He knows, and He loves, and He fights for us more than we could imagine.

Revelation births creativity.

Frequently, I hear people say, "The reason we can't go in is the giants. We must first take them down." I think perhaps a major reason we are not going in to possess the land is that we are more interested in giants than we are desperate to taste the honey of our inheritance.

Satan would willingly lose every battle to us, so long as he could successfully steal the attention that belongs to God.

Putting on the armor of God is a poetic way of saying, "I choose to examine anything in my life that is impure.

Knowledge and strategies can be helpful. But knowledge can become an "Ishmael" if you don't put it on the altar.

We need to note that not once did Paul address any second Heaven powers of his day. He did recognize their existence, but he always chose to ask God for strength to overcome them rather than taking them on himself. Should we not do the same?

Tolerance becomes the cultural buzzword meant to disarm anyone who embraces biblical absolutes.

People who are deceived by lawlessness do not understand that by rejecting God's laws they are led into even greater licentiousness and enslavement to sin. When lawlessness is practiced, it becomes easier to do it again. Thus, lawlessness leads to more lawlessness.

Although mankind abdicated authority to the enemy, God gave mankind a second chance—He always does, because He is full of love, mercy, and forgiveness. God has always believed in us to fulfill His created purpose. His love bears for us whatever we cannot bear. His love believes in us when we have lost ability to believe in ourselves. His love hopes for us when we have lost hope. His love endures everything we do (1 Corinthians 13:7.)

We are not human beings having a temporary spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a temporary human experience.

Jezebel spirit is ruthless and deceptive, even to the person who manifests this spirit.