Mark Batterson
If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.Collection: Bored
Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.Collection: Criticism
Sometimes we're too focused on getting out of a situation that we don't think about what we can get out of the situation.Collection: Thinking
Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.Collection: Spiritual
The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.Collection: Keys
God won't answer 100% of the prayers we don't pray.Collection: Prayer
If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different. And if you do, God will create new capacities within you. There will be new gifts and new revelations. But you've got to pray the price. You'll get out of this what you put into it.Collection: Old Things
Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogicalCollection: Dream
The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything elseCollection: Ifs
God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.Collection: Past
Whatever you don't turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE.Collection: Pride
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.Collection: Destiny
God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.Collection: God Is Great
Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.Collection: Embrace
You are only one defining decision away from a totally different life!Collection: Decision
The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated 250 times in Scripture.Collection: Scripture
God blesses us more so that we can be more of a blessing to others.Collection: Leadership
Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His.Collection: Creating
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 actionCollection: Dream
You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.Collection: Risk
Have you ever noticed that when you pray, coincidences happen? And when you don't, they don't.Collection: Coincidence
Nothing honors God more than a Big Dream that is way beyond our ability to accomplish!Collection: Dream
One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous.Collection: Spiritual
To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.Collection: Spiritual
Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.Collection: Spiritual
Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.Collection: Prayer
If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.Collection: Mistake
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.Collection: Prayer
New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.Collection: Media
The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.Collection: Dream
The gospel costs nothing but it demands everything.Collection: Leadership
If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.Collection: Believe
CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we’d never want to go through again, but wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.Collection: Lesson Learned
If we do the ordinary, God will add an extra to it.Collection: Ordinary
When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.Collection: Missing
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.Collection: People
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.Collection: Jesus
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.Collection: Spiritual
Faith is the willingness to look foolish.Collection: Looks
Pursuing a God-ordained passion, no matter how crazy it seems, is the most responsible thing you can do.Collection: Crazy
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.Collection: Jesus
The supernatural laws of prayer defy the natural laws of time and space.Collection: Prayer
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.Collection: Years
If you don't take the risk, you forfeit the miracle.Collection: Miracle
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.Collection: Prayer
The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.Collection: Dream
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.Collection: Prayer
Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning.Collection: Half
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.Collection: Past