Mark Batterson Quotes

Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.

Nothing honors God more than a Big Dream that is way beyond our ability to accomplish!

I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.

When you open your Bible, God opens His mouth.

You are someone else's miracle! God is setting up divine appointments and it is our job to keep them

You are only one defining decision away from a totally different life!

God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.

Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers-he is offended by Anything Less. If your prayers aren't impossible to You, they are insulting to God- why? Because they don't require divine intervention. But ask God to part the Red Sea or make the sun stand still or float an iron axhead and God is moved to Omnipotent action

The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.

Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.

If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.

Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see.

Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.

Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.

The healthiest and holiest people are the people who laugh at themselves the most. Failure helps us take God more seriously and ourselves less seriously.

If you don't take the risk, you forfeit the miracle.

What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else

We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace.

Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.

Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes.

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.

To the infinite, all finites are equal.

CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we’d never want to go through again, but wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself.

Jesus on Twitter would have been a pretty amazing thing.

Life a life of Spiritual Adventure. Much like a wild goose the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it's like to pursue the Spirit's leading through life.

I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.

You can delegate a lot of things, but you can't delegate PRAYER. I'd rather have one GOD idea than a thousand GOOD ideas.

There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises.

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.

If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.

Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.

Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.

Don’t accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences!

Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.

The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.

You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. ...Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. ...Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.

If we do the ordinary, God will add an extra to it.