“In politics no permanent friends, no permanent enemies but permanent interest.”
— Patience Johnson
“God promotes you based on your heart not based on your head. Your head might be right but if your heart is not right you will mess up the promotion. Men looks at the outward but God looks at the heart. From the heart flows the issues of life.”
— Patience Johnson
“Always try to fix what is broken so that when the blessings come, you will be able to receive it. This generation does a lot of right things for wrong reasons.”
— Patience Johnson
“Do not work at Walmart expecting to receive your salary from Microsoft.”
— Patience Johnson
“If you permit God to test you at the beginning, you will stand every trial for a long time. Don’t plan to drive a Mercedes jeep as a boy and ride a bicycle in your adult age. Every trial given to you while you are young is made to prepare you for your old, age so that you can proclaim; I was young and now I am old, I have never seen the righteousness forsaken nor their children begging for bread.”
— Patience Johnson
“No matter how holy you are, holiness does not take satan to hell, it just makes you a better person. Holiness makes you an instrument in the hand of God but your righteousness does not kill the devil.”
— Patience Johnson
“Never let your fears ever stop you from living your life”
— Patience Johnson
“I have tried a lot of things in my life minus one thing ..and that is doubting God. I am so sure of Him that I know that whenever I surrender He kicks in and takes over.”
— Patience Johnson
“The less you know, the less your children can learn from you, the more you know, the more they can also learn from you..”
— Patience Johnson
“Stop shouting praise the Lord when you can’t handle your life, you can’t represent God when you are messing up his reputation.”
— Patience Johnson
“When you rejects knowledge God can’t help you because He can’t help you with what you do not know.”
— Patience Johnson
“Many marriages would have succeeded today but many of the individuals didn’t have the equipment; the knowledge to use to fix the situation. No marriage is irreparable but most most people are just too tired to fix it. This why it is important for you to get understanding.In all your getting don’t get love….get understanding first. Understand what it means to be a woman. Understand what it means to be with a woman. You need to understand the complexancy in a woman and the uniqueness in a man. Understand communication skills, understand how to manage emotions and how to handle anger, you have to understand the dynamics of disagreement , you have to understand how to handle unfaithfulness; broken trust, if you do not understand all these things, you will always be stocked in life.”
— Patience Johnson
“Successful marriage hinges on the application of knowledge – knowing and understanding God’s principles not the exchange of love.. Brother you can be in love all you want but that doesn’t make the woman the right person. Same with ladues, you can be head over heels with him but that doesn’t make him the right husband.In all your getting, get knowledge and understanding.”
— Patience Johnson
“Love is not the foundation for marriage, people normally get married to someone they think, they are in love with. Can I say to you that love does not make marriage work, don’t be fooled by that funny feeling, don’t get married because you love someone. I love aircraft but I can’t fly them, I failed two times my pilot license, I love cars but I failed two times in the driving school made it on the third time. I love diving but not yet ready to go to diving school.You can love something and still don’t know how to do it. So love is not the problem but the knowledge.I still maintain love doesn’t make marriage work but knowledge and understanding. . Acquire enough knowledge before going into it.”
— Patience Johnson
“How do you handle, your time and God’s time? Does it mean that God can tell lies or that He doesn’t know what He is telling you? Can God deceive a man? My answer to you is NO!But what happens if your time and His time doesn’t agree?My bible says in Galatians 6:9 do not be weary in doing good; for in due season you shall reap, if you faint not.”
— Patience Johnson
“Before God can lift you up, He will first knock you down. Go through it, I have been there many times. The most interesting part is when you look back and see how far He has brought you, you can’t afford not to get up and keep on moving.”
— Patience Johnson
“Lord, I know that where I am right now, isn’t where You’re taking me. Give me glimpses of Your vision for my future, so that my understanding may grow in accordance with Your timing. Give me patience along the way and faith to trust that You’re always working for my good. Amen.”
— Patience Johnson
“Has God Given You a Vision?‘Write the vision and make it plain … that he may run who reads it.’Habakkuk 2:2When God gives you a vision for your life, write it down, keep it before you at all times and run with it. You say, ‘But I see no way for it to come to pass.’ The Bible says, ‘The vision is yet for an appointed time … wait for it; because it will surely come’ (Habakuk 2 v. 3 NKJV). You may not know how to get from where you are right now to where the vision will ultimately take you – but God does. So ask Him to reveal the next step to you. Whether you’re in prison like Joseph, in a soup kitchen in the inner city, or at home taking care of small children, God will fulfil the vision He placed in your heart. The more you see yourself leading in the boardroom, launching your own business, serving in ministry, writing your first book, or helping others through your gifts, the sooner it’ll become a reality.”
— Patience Johnson
“Success not maintained is worst than Poverty inheritted. Riches without maintenance is worst than inheritted Poverty.”
— Patience Johnson
“Many of the people God used in Scripture looked like losers before they looked like winners. After the disciples fished all night and caught nothing, Jesus told them, ‘…Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men’ (Luke 5:10 NKJV). They did, and they ended up: a) building a church that’s still thriving two thousand years later; b) writing history’s greatest books; c) having our sons named after them. Does that mean you can just dream a dream and God will fulfil it? No. Paul says, ‘…You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God…’ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV).”
— Patience Johnson
“God didn´t bless me so I can backslide, He didn´t give me a status so that I can become a statue.”
— Patience Johnson
“This verse just came to my mind yesterday while sitting in the train…‘Pursue … overtake … and … recover all.’1 Samuel 30:8When King David and his men returned home from battle, they discovered that the Amalekites had burned their homes to the ground and taken their families prisoner. They were devastated. They wept until they’d no tears left. Then God spoke to them and said, ‘Pursue … overtake … and … recover all.’ And with His help they did! So no matter how bad your situation looks right now, don’t give up. Cry if you have to, then dry your tears and go out in God’s strength and take back what the Enemy has stolen from you. If necessary, take it an inch at a time, drawing on His strength and not your own. Paul writes: ‘Let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint’ (Galatians 6:9 AMP Classic Edition). God won’t quit on you, so don’t quit on Him! He has promised in His Word: ‘When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD your God’ (Isaiah 43:2-3 NIV 2011 Edition). Don’t give up – go through! It’s easy to quit, but it takes faith to go through. When your faith honours God, He honours your faith! And with Him on your side you’ll come out stronger than you were when you went in. So the word for you today is: ‘Pursue … overtake … and … recover all.”
— Patience Johnson
“The strength of your growth depends on your leader. If the person you are taking counsel from is weaker than you, you are on your way down.”
— Patience Johnson
“My dear friend, a good attitude will determine your altitude. When you look at your life, career, job or family life, what do you say? Do you praise God? Do you blame the devil? A good attitude towards God makes Him move on your behalf. Just sit down and say, Today God, it is well with my soul, I am thankful I had a peaceful sleep, I am thankful I am alive with possibilities, I am thankful I have a roof over me, I am thankful I have a job, I am thankful that I have Family and Friends. Above all, I am thankful that I have the Lord Jesus Christ on my side. Be blessed and don’t be envious or shocked when others are prospering because you don’t know what they have been through to get there (test, trials and tribulation) so thank God for what you have. “Little is much when God is in it. It Is Well With My Soul! Touch someone’s life with this message. If God be for us,who can be against us?”
— Patience Johnson
“How to know what God says is the time you took the decision. How to know what God says is what situation and condition was the state of your mind when you took the decision.Any decision you took when you were angry is definitely not the voice of God.”
— Patience Johnson
“You cannot use food to settle your emotional problem, you cannot use the food and make a deal with your emotion, sometimes you need to set your plates backward to settle your emotional issues. Don’t let the devil fool you with the thinking that drinking excessive alcohol or eating without control will change your situation or anything that is going on around you, it can only complicate your issue by destroying your own body.”
— Patience Johnson
“On your way to the promised land are many circumstances, only determination will take you there.”
— Patience Johnson
“Brothers the bible never says that you should live with your mother, it says leave your mother and father and unite with your wife.”
— Patience Johnson
“Every good and perfect gift comes from above not from abroad.”
— Patience Johnson
“Only Agape love makes permanent relationship possible. Without agape every other relationship will be temporary. You cannot experience God’s promise of marriage which is permanent; until death do us part without God’s material which is agape love, everything else will fail you.”
— Patience Johnson