Quotes from Mark Batterson

Finally, I learned that we shouldn't seek answers as much as we should seek God.

Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn't give you what you asked for?

If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.

We pray as if God's chief objective is our personal comfort. It's not. God's chief objective is His glory.

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

God, find us on our knees because we know that when we get our knees, You extend Your powerful right hand.

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

Lion chasers are humble enough to let God call the shots and brave enough to follow where He leads.

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

The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.

If you want to see God move make a move.

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.

One God idea is worth more than a thousand good ideas.

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

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.

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

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.

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

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.

Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

Even our hardest prayers are easy for the Omnipotent One to answer because there is no degree of difficulty.

The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.

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.