Patience Johnson was a Nigerian author, theologian, and motivational speaker known for her bold and authentic approach to faith and personal transformation. Her teachings challenged conventional thinking and urged individuals to embrace real change through spiritual growth. She dedicated her life to helping others navigate the gap between belief and action, inspiring countless people to live with purpose and intention. Her legacy continues to uplift those seeking truth, discipline, and a deeper connection with their values.
"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."
"The more desperate the situation, the more opportunity for miracle. If you need something from God, you need to be at the right place, the right position and at the right time."
"Blind barthimus used his mouth and his feet to affect what wasn't working in his life? What do you use to affect what's not working in your life? God is not interested in your perfection, He is interested in your participation. It is your participation that attracts the presence of God."
"In a marriage, it is not about how who made the money, it is about how it is distributed."
"I have all gifts on earth minus one....Patience to do what the devil wants me to do. My bible taught me a lot about taking some things in my life by force. People do tell me sometimes take it easy, God didn t tell me to take things easy, He says take Charge. Some people do tell me to be careful! But my bible didn t tell me to be careful but it says I should be careful for nothing. Some people tell me to take time but my bibles says take charge. Some people says be patient but my bible says whatever your hands finds to do, do it quickly.So don t only memorise your weakness, try to saturate your strength with the power of God, always have an alternative for any negative suggestion."
"Sometimes God wraps destiny in what we perceive as just another day. The same day that David's father asked him to go and deliver bread to his brothers in the field was the same day that God used him to bring goliath down. Take every minute in your life serious."
"We are so much distracted nowadays. There is so much distractions in the world today call it internet, media, football matches etc. but don't let it consume you."
"Before Marriage opposite attracts, after marriage opposite attacks o. Just telling you the truth."
"Ladies ....a man does not want peace at home; he needs it. Home is supposed to be a refuge for a man; a hiding place, a cave to hide in, a place he can be away from the world that worked hard on him. You need to go home and study your home and see if it is a place someone can come into. How does it look physically? How does it look psychologically? How does it look emotionally? Study your home. Is it a place a man would love to stay and hide from the world?"
"Do you want to grow spiritually? Build better relationships? Succeed in your career? Conquer anxiety and find peace? Break a bad habit? Be healed from the emotional wounds of your past? Then meditate on, ponder, think about, practise mentally, and verbalise the Word of God. Instead of living off someone else's spiritual insight, study God's Word for yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to bless you with life-transforming insights. Jesus said, 'The Spirit takes my message and tells it to you' (John 16:15). And you'll experience the truth of those words when you personalise the Scripture you're reading."
"When I call on God, I am not trying to get his attention and I am not trying to get Him to notice me. In all this my journey with Him two questions usually comes to my mind, they are; am I paying attention to him or am I trying to get his attention?"
"There is no gift of principles, you must apply them if you want to move forward."
"In God's presence I find peace that is much deeper than any disappointment. I will grow and I understand I can't grow myself, that is why I need God and His grace."
"In your roughest time, when everything looks so cloudy and deserted, don't look to man, don't look to a woman, don't look to government, don't look to Obama, don't look to Merkel, don't look to wall street, don't look to your family, don't look at your situation either, take off your eyes away from all those things that are so close to you; take it to Him that is bigger than your problem."
"When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man."
"What you see and what you listen to will determine how high you will go."
"There must be a demand, there must be an urge and there must be a will and where there is a demand and a will, there will also be a way."
"There must always be an opposition because the enemy always opposes what the Lord has declared."
"If God gives you a gift and you don't know what to do with it, it won't make you happy. Some of you God gave a wonderful husband but you can't make a home and some of you God gave a wonderful wife but you can't make a good husband. Some of you can't even unwrap the gift so that you can appreciate it."
"What you say about your situation matters a lot in life than what you do to it. It helps when you know what to say. When things are not going the way they are supposed to go, God does not keep quiet, He always say something. Do the same, change your situation with the words of your mouth."
"If your situation is too tough, don t go back, go forward. You die quicker when you go backward. Die later when you go forward."
"The presence of crisis does not prove the absence of God. I think in time of crisis Christians should rise up and point to the world on something bigger. The crisis is an opportunity for us to proclaim to the children of darkness what we proclaim in the light."
"I believe love is the most misunderstood concept in the world. You can buy your wife the most expensive house and car and still have a horrible marriage. A lot of people have beautiful houses but they can't live in them because they spend more money and time on building a house than they spend on building their relationship."
"A good leader doesn't have to know everything. Nobody knows everything that's why you surround yourself with people who are experts in different areas."That's what makes a good leader."
"Seeing how frustrated the world is today, I have no doubt that we are just one step near to God. Because we are already at the point of "we can't win this battle without him."
"The closer we try to get to God, the more we will hate to sin in our own lives, the more we are saddened by the thoughts that runs through our minds. I also think that the more we draw closer to God, the more God will honour us and will open doors for the right things to happen in our life."
"In dealing with us, God always starts with our motives. What do you want for the people? What does God wants for his people? What do you want Him to do for you; that's is a starting place."