Mark Batterson Quotes

Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical

If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.

Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.

When you open your Bible, God opens His mouth.

You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.

Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His.

Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.

You are someone else's miracle! God is setting up divine appointments and it is our job to keep them

Praying through is all about CONSISTENCY and INTENSITY. It's 'all-nighter' prayer. It just won't take 'NO' for an answer!

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

If you are BIG ENOUGH for your dream, your dream isn't BIG ENOUGH for God.

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

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

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

Pursuing a God-ordained passion, no matter how crazy it seems, is the most responsible thing you can do.

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

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

Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.

More often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse.

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

New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.

Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.

Who you become is determined by how you pray

Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.

What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.

God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.

You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both.

You are only one defining decision away from a totally different life!

Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.

The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.

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.

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

Faith is not logical. But it isn't illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation.

If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.

The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.

The supernatural laws of prayer defy the natural laws of time and space.

Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue

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

Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.

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

It’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one!

Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. Secret prayer is our secret weapon.

Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.

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.

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

Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.

The outcome of your life will be determined by your outlook on life.

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

Don’t accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences!

The antidote for fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure.