Quotes from Mark Batterson

Before going wherever God wants to take you next, is there some place you need to go back to? Sometimes the way forward is backward. "The farther backward you can look," said Winston Churchill, "the farther forward you can see."3

Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers.

la voluntad de Dios nunca hace sus sumas a base de los cálculos humanos.

but when you're insecure, your greatest asset becomes your greatest threat. Comparison will sabotage your destiny by undermining your integrity.

Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent.

Goals have a way of refocusing your life. They give you purpose and a target to shoot for. They are the compass of our dreams, helping us set a steady course. Goals comprise direction and progress. When we lose sight of our goals, we tend to lose sight of ourselves and who we are trying to become, who God has made us to be.

Orar con fervor + pensar a largo plazo = mantenerse enfocado.

Si aún vives en el mundo de la suma y la resta te es difícil dar el diezmo porque sientes como que les estás restando el diez por ciento a tus ingresos. Pero una vez que te gradúes y pases a la multiplicación, te darás cuenta de que Dios puede hacer más con el noventa por ciento, que tú con el cien por ciento. ¿Por qué? Porque cuando tú introduces a Dios en la ecuación de tus finanzas, el juego cambia.

Don't just go out and do what Dick Eastman or your spiritual hero did. That's a spiritual cop-out. Copycat spirituality is short lived.

Qué sucedería si enfocaras tus oraciones en una cosa por una persona durante un mes o un año? Solo hay una manera de averiguarlo: haz tu propio experimento de oración.

the reason many of us get stuck in the six cages—the cage of responsibility, the cage of routine, the cage of assumptions, the cage of guilt, the cage of failure, and the cage of fear—is for one simple reason: We want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.

La oración no es algo que tengamos que hacer con los ojos cerrados; nosotros oramos con los ojos bien abiertos. La oración no es una serie de palabras que comienza con un «Amado Jesús» y termina con un «Amén».

Si nosotros hacemos lo ordinario, Dios le añadirá lo extraordinario.

Celebrate what you want to see more of. That's one way to fan into flame the gift of God.

To believe that God speaks only through the Bible is to handcuff the God of the Bible as the Bible has revealed Him to us. Yes, Scripture provides our checks and balances.

La distancia más corta entre tú y Dios es la misma que hay entre tus rodillas y el suelo.

Life becomes an adventure when we start seeing the miraculous in the mundane. When we put feet to our passion or bear-hug a new challenge, it changes our outlook on life.

Cuando nos faltan agallas para dar un paso en fe, le estamos robando a Dios la gloria que le pertenece por derecho

If you want to see God move, make a move.

Potential is God's gift to us, and what we do with it is our gift to God.

Catholic priest Desiderius Erasmus coined the Latin phrase vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit. Translation: "Bidden or not bidden, God is here.

Don't whine. Don't complain. And don't check out. Make the most of the situation. Do little things like they are big things. Keep a good attitude. And faithfully carry out your current obligations. If your job isn't exciting, then bring some excitement to the job. One of the greatest acts of worship is keeping a good attitude in a bad situation. And doing a good job at a bad job honors God. It will also open doors of opportunity down the road. It did for Nehemiah.

until His sovereign will becomes your sanctified wish, your prayer life will be unplugged from its power supply.

resurrection is the central tenet of the Christian faith. And it isn't something we just celebrate on Easter. Resurrection is something we celebrate every day in every way.