Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World QUOTES

1 " Just as Rolland and I know that together with our team, God has given us the nation of Mozambique, our dear friends Brian and Pamela Jourden know that the Lord has a great revival to birth in Zimbabwe and across Africa. Many prophetic words have been released over their lives, and financial miracles grow their ministry. When they started Generation Won/Iris Zimbabwe in 2008, Zimbabwe had gone from being one of the most prosperous nations in Africa, called the “breadbasket of Africa,” to being the poorest nation in the world. God spoke to them that Zimbabwe, which means house of stones, was like the stone the builders rejected, Jesus, but it would become a cornerstone nation, just as Jesus is the chief cornerstone, and a house of prayer for all nations. They have over twenty churches among three tribes, and they have seen HIV/AIDS and cancer miraculously healed as they preach the gospel. God is also opening doors with national leaders. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

2 " More is accomplished by spending time in God’s presence than by doing anything else. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

3 " It is when you become immersed in the love of the Father that you truly begin to love like Jesus. He wants to immerse you. He wants to hold you. He wants to take you to a place where you are so far over your head in the river of God that miracles happen all around you. He wants to fill you entirely with His Holy Spirit. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

4 " developing a life in God’s presence above all else is the only way to fulfill our God-given destinies. Keys to our callings are released when we spend time there. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

5 " To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is also an awesome responsibility. If you are truly thankful to God and want to please Him with all your heart, you must do more than just recognize your own authority. You must use it. He asks you to give love as freely as you have received it— not just to those who deserve it but also to everyone He puts in front of you. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

6 " No can be an anointed word. We cannot be saviors to all. We are servants, daughters, sons, and brides, but not saviors. There is only one Savior. We cannot have His job. We are called and allowed to rest. God is able to keep His world going, and in the meantime it is very important we do not do more than He is asking. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

7 " But I believe that if God can use a donkey, He can use me. I want to be a catalyst for God’s glory. I want to believe God can cause His love and glory to shine out of my little laid-down life—and out of your little laid-down life. No matter how impossible a promise from God seems, we can respond as Mary did, with a yielded cry of “Yes! "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

8 " God has predestined every single one of us for fruitfulness. (See John 15.) We need to be familiar with a place of divine intimacy in which we are so consumed by the Holy Spirit that we will nurture and protect the seed He places in us. We need to fearlessly step out and activate His promises. It is intimacy that gives us the grace and strength we need to push through suffering, pain, and inconvenience. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

9 " No matter how deep we have gone, there is more. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

10 " I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. —JOHN 15:1–5 "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

11 " We too must realize that developing a life in God’s presence above all else is the only way to fulfill our God-given destinies. Keys to our callings are released when we spend time there. We must always run to Him in the secret place to find the true source of life. What’s more, when we spend time in the secret place, our passion and hunger for Jesus grow. It is only as we abide in His presence that the most precious treasures can be born. This is much better than work! More is accomplished by spending time in God’s presence than by doing anything else. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

12 " Even if I could only bring Him one little grape, I knew that grape was precious to Him because I had worked my whole life for it. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

13 " you are a beloved child of God. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

14 " God wants your ministry to flow from the realization that you are a beloved child of God. In that place you don’t worry too much about how people see you. You don’t worry too much about whether they’re nice or mean. You don’t even worry about whether they love you or hate you. You don’t worry because you’re simply going to love them and love Him. This comes from knowing who He is and what He thinks of you. This is what it means to grasp you are a child of God. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

15 " God, I’m not satisfied. I cannot live ankle-, knee-, or waist-deep. I must be completely immersed in Your presence. Lord, here I am. Immerse me. I do not want to keep from drowning. I want to drown in Your love. I want to know what it is to be immersed and undone. I want to know what it is to be out of control and for You to be totally and completely in control. Lord, come like a rushing river. I invite You to sweep me away to deeper places. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

16 " The poor know they are in need. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

17 " Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. —MATTHEW 5:6 "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

18 " A few of the villagers began to stone us and our children. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

19 " I have been beaten up, shot at, and lied about. People have even tried to strangle me. I am not afraid. To this day I can walk boldly into gangs of armed thugs and tell them to stop in the name of Jesus. I expect them to drop their knives. Generally they turn surprisingly nice. Sometimes they look at me and apologize. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World

20 " If the Holy Spirit ever touches people in such a way that they realize they are sons or daughters instantly, we ought to celebrate it as a mighty miracle—because sometimes it takes fourteen years. "

― Heidi Baker , Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World