Mark Batterson Quotes

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• Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It’s storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It’s a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn’t radical. It’s normal. It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It’s time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!

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  Jesus, Coffins, Purpose

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• 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.

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  Running, Dream, Regret

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• 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.

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  Talking, Promise, Mountain

  Mark Batterson (2012). “Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge”, p.73, Zondervan

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

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  God, Christian, Religious

  Mark Batterson (2016). “The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears”, p.36, Zondervan

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• The circumstances we ask God to CHANGE are often the circumstances God is using to CHANGE US.

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  Circumstances, Asks

  Twitter post from Sep 27, 2014

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• Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.

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  Remember, Worship, Forget

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.71, Multnomah

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• 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.

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  Prayer, Children, Destiny

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• God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

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  Ministry, Qualified, Marquee

  Twitter post from Sep 28, 2014

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• 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.

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  Focus, Becoming, Process

  Mark Batterson (2016). “The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears”, p.17, Zondervan

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

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  Dream, Failing, Divine

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016

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• 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.

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  Giving, Decision, Vision

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• We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for

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  Dying, Worth Living

  Mark Batterson (2009). “Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God”, p.16, Multnomah

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

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  Jesus, Safe, Dangerous

  Mark Batterson (2013). “Going All In: One Decision Can Change Everything”, p.4, Zondervan

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• God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.

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  God Is Great, Bigs

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.25, Multnomah

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

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  Hungry, Full Of Yourself, Ifs

  Mark Batterson (2013). “Going All In: One Decision Can Change Everything”, p.11, Zondervan

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• The gospel costs nothing. We cannot buy it or earn it. It can only be received as a free gift, compliments of God’s grace. So it costs nothing, but it demands everything. And that is where most of us get stuck — spiritual no-man’s-land. We’re too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We’ve got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.

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  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

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• Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.

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  Criticism, Defense, Nine

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• 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.

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  Christian, Heart, Easier

  Mark Batterson (2009). “Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity”, p.22, Multnomah

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• And when you pray to God regularly, irregular things happen on a regular basis.

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  Praying, Bases, Happens

  FaceBook post by Mark Batterson from Nov 08, 2015

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

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  Giving, God Bless You, Standards

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2013

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• 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.

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  Dream, Prayer, Insulting

  Mark Batterson (2011). “Be a Circle Maker: The Solution to 10,000 Problems”, p.6, Zondervan

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• You don’t need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.

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  Opportunity, Needs, Ifs

  Mark Batterson (2012). “Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge”, p.13, Zondervan

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• Look in the rearview mirror long enough & you'll see that God has purposely positioned you everywhere you've been-even when it seemed you'd taken a wrong turn.

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  Taken, Mirrors, Long

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• Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

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  Purpose, Quitting, Life Is

  Twitter post from Oct 01, 2014

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• Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

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  Worry, Brain, Mind

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