It doesn't work that way,' Johnson added, his voice quivering.Ī fifth-generation pastor, Bill Johnson shared memories of losing his dad. 'I just don't have the right to reevaluate what He is like because I've experienced loss. I've experienced His kindness, His miracles at a level I could never earn or deserve,' Johnson said. I don't get to put in a quarter and get out of it what I want. 'What I found is there are measures of His presence that you can only find in the valley of the shadow of death. The writer, David, penned the words, 'In the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me.' Johnson related a discovery he made years ago while reading the 23rd Psalm. It's child-likeness that gives us access to dimensions and realms of the kingdom that you can't get in any other way.' And the inability to live with mystery is your resistance to child-likeness. He continued, 'The level of revelation God gives you will always be equal to the level of mystery you're willing to live with. 'I'm so thankful that this story-this journey-didn't end when Beni was taken to heaven,' Johnson said in his sermon to the entire Bethel family. 'For the prayer, I will owe you for the rest of my life for that. He thanked people who prayed day and night for Beni Johnson outside their home, and around the world as urgent requests for healing spread from Redding. To applause and a shout of 'We love you, Bill,' Johnson encouraged with Scripture and story-telling the hearts of worshippers in Redding, California, and around the world on Sunday, three days after his 67-year-old wife, mother and co-pastor passed from earth to heaven on July 14. Through tears and laughter, Pastor Bill Johnson exhorted his family at Bethel Church to remember the Lord's faithfulness to His Word, promises and deeds in the wake of his wife Beni's promotion to heaven after years of battling cancer through prayer and treatment. Days After Wife's Death, Bill Johnson Says We Must all 'Rejoice Always'ġ:00PM EDT Steve Rees Beni Johnson ( WorshipU by Bethel Music YouTube channel)

Still Life by A.M. Johnson