Mark Batterson Quotes

Whatever you don't turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE.

In my experience, it’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one. Anyone can put on an act. But your reactions reveal what is really in your heart.

You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.

Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.

The outcome of your life will be determined by your outlook on life.

I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God's calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.

The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.

Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous.

One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.

The antidote for fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure.

If you want to see God move make a move.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.

In my experience, take the Holy Spirit out of the equation of your life and it spells boring. Add it into the equation of your life and you never know where you are going to go, what you are going to do, or who you are going to meet.

The supernatural laws of prayer defy the natural laws of time and space.

Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.

In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.

I think twenty-somethings are very cause-oriented.

I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.

Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

Don’t just read the Bible. Start circling the promises. Don’t just make a wish. Write down a list of God-glorifying life goals. Don’t just pray. Keep a prayer journal. Define your dream. Claim your promise. Spell your miracle.

Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His.

I want to be famous in my home.

I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book, I feel like I am getting two years of life experiences.

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.

If you want to find your voice, you need to hear the voice of God.

God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go.

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.

If you keep circling the promise, God will ultimately deliver on it.

If the kingdom of God had departments, we’d want to work in research and development. We felt like Jesus didn’t hang out at the synagogue, he hung out at wells. Coffeehouses are postmodern wells. Let’s not wait for people to come to us, let’s go to them.

Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.

Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the Atari video game system, once stated, ‘Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea, It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it who makes a difference.

Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!

Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.

If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.

We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.

God blesses us more so that we can be more of a blessing to others.

God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.

I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say more with fewer words than anybody. Most of the parables were less than 250 words. And, boy, did he have some one-liners just packed with truth.

One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your STANDARD OF LIVING. raise your STANDARD OF GIVING.

The Bible is the place where God bears His soul.

Faith is not logical. But it isn't illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation.

The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.