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John Wimber Biography

John Wimber (February 25, 1934 – November 17, 1997) was a musician, former Quaker, an early, pioneering pastor of charismatic congregations, and a popular author and thought leader in modern Christian publications on the third person of the Christian Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit's perceived action in modern churches through miraculous phenomena referred to as signs and wonders. Wimber was a founding leader of the first Vineyard church, a Christian movement that began in the United States and has become, as of 2017, a global denomination.

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It is important to be biblically literate, but we must also be biblically obedient!

Biblically, Important, Literate, Obedient

Obedience to the Lord is not only measured by how much we do for our Savior, but by how we obey Him when nobody is looking.

Lord, Measured, Obedience, Obey, Savior

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

Heart, Hearts, Mind, Order, Reveal

Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.

Abilities, Ability, Character, Gifts, Limited, Matter

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

Energy, Money, Show, Show Me, Tell, Worship

We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.

Determines, Lord, Together, Worship

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

Needs, Found, Everything, Seek, Power

Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.

Focus, Focusing, Great Men, Men, Prefer

Worship has a two-fold aspect. . . we lift Him up and exalt Him, and as a result are drawn into His presence where He speaks to us.

Drawn, Result, Speak, Speaks, Two, Worship

Calvaryites are sometimes a little too heavily oriented to the written Word.

Heavily, Littles, Oriented, Sometimes, Word, Written Word

We need the poor as much as they need us.

Needs, Poor

Remember the economy of the Kingdom is simple. Every time we come to cross a new threshold, it costs us everything we now have. Every new step may cost us all the reputation & security we've accumulated up to that point. It costs us our life.

Simple, Cost, May, Cross, Come

We're in a declared war, but unless were clear about who the enemy is, we'll waste our time fighting enemies that aren't enemies at all. There's only one enemy and no matter what people do, say or react people are never the enemy. The enemy is our only enemy.

Clear, Fighting, Matter, People, War

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.

Christian, Climate, Growth, Jesus, Keep, Love

The Church is not the building, its the people, its not just the gathering, its also the scattering.

Building, Church, Gathering, People, Scattering

A mark of blessing is what you're giving, not what you're keeping.

Blessing, Giving, Keeping, Mark

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.

Falling In Love, Jesus, Sin, Sinning, Think, Thinking

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

Extraordinary, God, Resources, Task, Tasks

Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples.

Disciples, Fire, Jesus, Ministry, Passion, Power

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

Ask, Asks, God, Question, Want, Wrong

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