Quotes from Mark Batterson

When we fail to take action, we forfeit the future. And just as inaction is an action, indecision is a decision. As Edmund Burke famously said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Part of discovering the adventure God has designed you for is learning how to frame it or reframe it.

God is still honoring spiritual desperadoes who crash parties and climb trees. God is still honoring those who defy protocol with their bold prayers. God is still honoring those who pray with audacity and tenacity.

But if you make a move, you'll see God move. And He can move heaven and earth. Prayer

each of us has an explanatory style... And our explanation is more important than the experience itself. In the words of Aldous Huxley, "Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Las oraciones audaces honran a Dios, y Dios honra las oraciones audaces. A Dios no le ofenden nuestros mayores sueños

Prayer is the way we let go and let God. Prayer is the way we take our hands off and let God put His hands on. Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you.

Facing your fears is the beginning of the battle.

Playing the man means playing hard—giving God everything you've got. It's leaving it all out on the court. The gold standard is Colossians 3:23, which says, Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart, as working for the Lord. A literal translation could read: "Do it like your life depends on it." In other words, give it everything you've got. Don't just make a living. Make a life.

Maybe our normal is so subnormal that normal seems abnormal. Maybe we need a new normal. Bold prayers and big dreams are normal. Anything less is subnormal. And when bold prayers become the norm, so do the miraculous breakthroughs that follow.

No puedes edificar la reputación de Dios si no estás dispuesto a arriesgar la tuya.

Los momentos más grandiosos de la vida son esos momentos milagrosos en los cuales se cruzan la impotencia humana y la omnipotencia divina … y se cruzan cada vez que hacemos un círculo alrededor de las situaciones imposibles de nuestra vida e invitamos a Dios a intervenir en ellas.

Prayer creates divine opportunities. But prayer also sanctifies the reticular activating system and enables you to see the God-ordained opportunities that are all around you all the time.

Is it possible that what we perceive to be relational, emotional, and spiritual problems are actually hearing problems -- ears that have been deafened to the voice of God? And it's that inability to hear His voice that causes us to lose our voice and lose our way.

After we pray like it depends on God, we need to work like it depends on us. But if we don't pray first, our work won't work.

One of two things happens over time. Either your theology will conform to your reality, and your expectations will get smaller and smaller until you can hardly believe God for anything. Or your reality will conform to your theology, and your expectations will get bigger and bigger until you can believe God for absolutely everything!

today is the first day and last day of your life...try to make every day a masterpiece.

The Aramaic word for prayer (slotha) means 'to set a trap.' Opportunities are like wild animals.

Few promises are more circled in my Bible than Proverbs 16:9: "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.

Lord, surprise us.

God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less.

Consecration is a process of surrender that never ends. And prayer is the catalyst. It begins with a sinner's prayer. We confess our sins to the Savior and surrender our lives to His lordship. And along the way, our spiritual journeys are

Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse.

Prayer is priming. Prayer puts us in a spiritual frame of mind. Prayer helps us see and seize the God-ordained opportunities that are all