Quotes from Mark Batterson

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

Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning.

I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.

You cannot be in the presence of God and be bored at the same time. For that matter, you cannot be in the will of God and be bored at the same time.

All of us love miracles. We just don't like being in a situation that necessitates one.

Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous! Faithfulness isn't holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell with the light and love of Jesus Christ.

One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.

Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.

Sometimes God leads us to a place where we have nowhere to turn but to Him; our only option is to trust Him.

I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book, I feel like I am getting two years of life experiences.

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

When did we start believing God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things?

Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see.

If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.

CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we'd never want to go through again, but wouldn't trade for anything in the world.

The greatest tragedy in life is that some prayers go unanswered as they go unasked.

In my experience, take the Holy Spirit out of the equation of your life and it spells boring. Add it into the equation of your life and you never know where you are going to go, what you are going to do, or who you are going to meet.

Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!

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.

In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.

Jesus on Twitter would have been a pretty amazing thing.

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.

Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.