• Hosting the Presence

  • Unveiling Heaven's Agenda
  • By: Bill Johnson
  • Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
  • Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (436 ratings)

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Hosting the Presence

By: Bill Johnson
Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
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Publisher's summary

Let the Spirit live inside you!

Are you hungry for an encounter with Jesus? Do you want to make an impact on the world? In this power-packed book, Bill Johnson discusses how you can be a person who hosts the Presence of God. Though all believers obviously have the Spirit of God within them, there is more that enables you to be so full that you overflow his Spirit into your world. Take a journey and meet many great prophets and kings from the Old Testament who were known as people of the Presence - people who, in Johnson's words, "God wanted to be with". In this succinct and powerful book, Johnson encourages you toward a pursuit of the Presence of God above all else. In this book, you will discover:

  • How to pay attention to the Holy Spirit and respond to him.
  • How the Holy Spirit manifests himself.
  • Biblical figures who were hungry for more of God's Spirit and learned to host him.
  • Stories of Presence-filled revivalists and personal encounters with the Presence!

Bill Johnson writes: "We are enabled to partner with the Kingdom of Heaven and see it released here on earth! The Presence of God within us will bring reformation to the world around us - encountering a loving God!" Host more of him today!

©2012 Bill Johnson (P)2016 Destiny Image Publishers

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Great content, less-than-desirable reading.

Where does Hosting the Presence rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

As always Bill's content was wonderful, but I was so easily distracted by the pronunciations and the reading. Very dry and confusing for me.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Very dry. No touch of excitement or any emotion where it would have been very helpful to keep one engaged and awake.

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Great Content, Narrator Ruins It

I bought this book as an accompaniment to the physical copy. I’m glad I’m not just relying on this audio version because it does NOT compare to actually reading the book. The narrator talks SO fast that it was super difficult to keep up and really get a good grasp on the richness of Bill Johnson’s words. I slowed it down to .75x and it was way more tolerable, but the variations from the physical copy , along with constant mispronunciations of words and common biblical names and phrases was distracting. I plan on getting my credit back for this one.

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Great message but Pathetic Narrator

It was difficult to listen to this book read by someone who has a nice voice but who mangled Biblical words like 'prophetized' instead of prophesied and said that Paul wrote to the people in 'Ephesius.' There were many such examples. However Bill Johnson's message was great and definitely worth putting up with the awkwardness of the narrator who is probably excellent when he is reading about something that he knows and understands.

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Impact full, enriching, and faith building!

I love the practical and powerful nature of these stories and teachings, truly His presence is everything!

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hosting the presence

I enjoyed this book and the narrator's reading of it. The book is transforming my life in Christ.

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Beautiful

Grateful that God has so much for us.He takes us deeper in Him. His Presence is an absolute treasure.

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A Must Listen

I appreciate the stories and life experience to relate to... anyone can plug themselves into a story. Bill's one liners are phenomenal and capture a powerful way to remember each subject of discussion. Thank You!

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Narration not the best

The book itself is absolutely incredible!

The Narrator on many occasions, read the word “Prophesied” as “Phrophsized” but on other occasions read it correctly, it is incredibly annoying.

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Amazing

An awesome book. If listening to it doesn't stir in you the hunger for an awakening inside of you, then very little else will. The narrator was really good and spoke in almost the same tone as Bill Johnson does, which was great.

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Great book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes I would. This book is very in depth with biblical principals that really draw you into the presence of God. It is very practical.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Hosting the Presence?

I loved it all

What does Mike Norgaard bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

not sure that there is anything that he brought to the book that I would not have picked up on just reading it.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It gave me a deeper insight to carrying the presence of God

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