Top 300 Mark Batterson Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “If you want to break the sin habit, you’d better establish a prayer habit.”

— Mark Batterson

102. “Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don’t like in ourselves.”

— Mark Batterson

103. “Long before God laid the foundation of the earth, He anticipated and provided for everything we’d ever need. You just need to give Him an opportunity to prove Himself faithful.”

— Mark Batterson

104. “Whatever you don’t turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE.”

— Mark Batterson

105. “As Edison is credited with saying, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” We all want to be successful, but most of us aren’t willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can’t have one without the other!”

— Mark Batterson

106. “Every divine appointment is preceded by a season of preparation. And if we submit to the preparation, God will fulfill His promise. If we don’t, He won’t. Why? Because God never sets us up to fail.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

109. “God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time, but it’s up to us to see and seize those opportunities that are all around us all the time.”

— Mark Batterson

110. “Praying through is all about CONSISTENCY and INTENSITY. It’s ‘all-nighter’ prayer. It just won’t take ‘NO’ for an answer!”

— Mark Batterson

111. “Prayer and imagination are directly proportional: the more you pray the bigger your imagination becomes because the Holy Spirit supersizes it with God-sized dreams.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

113. “In every dream journey there comes a moment when you have to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. You have to go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.”

— Mark Batterson

114. “May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.”

— Mark Batterson

115. “If we don’t control our calendar, our calendar will end up controlling us.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

118. “Joy is not getting what you want. It’s fully appreciating what you have. And it starts with the basics, like water.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

120. “You are someone else’s miracle! God is setting up divine appointments and it is our job to keep them.”

— Mark Batterson

121. “A. W. Tozer pictured paniym this way: “God is above, but He’s not pushed up. He’s beneath, but He’s not pressed down. He’s outside, but He’s not excluded. He’s inside, but He’s not confined. God is above all things presiding, beneath all things sustaining, outside of all things embracing and inside of all things filling.”36.”

— Mark Batterson

122. “The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.”

— Mark Batterson

123. “Matthew 11:12? “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” Are you playing offense in your marriage? Or are you playing a prevent defense that leaves romance on the sidelines?”

— Mark Batterson

124. “The defining moments will double as the scariest decisions.”

— Mark Batterson

125. “Learning isn’t a luxury; it’s a stewardship issue.”

— Mark Batterson

126. “What if you knew you wouldn’t fail – what would you do? What if time and money weren’t an object – what God-sized goal would you go after? If you’re looking for an excuse, you’ll always find one. The same is true of opportunity.”

— Mark Batterson

127. “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.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

129. “When we do what’s right, regardless of circumstances or consequences, we set the table for God to turn the tables. All we need to do is stand up, step in, or step out.”

— Mark Batterson

130. “All of us love miracles. We just don’t like being in a situation that necessitates one.”

— Mark Batterson

131. “The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.”

— Mark Batterson

132. “Embrace relational uncertainty. It’s called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It’s called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It’s called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It’s called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It’s called revelation.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

134. “As a child of God, you aren’t just a manifestation of your biological family. You are a manifestation of your spiritual family – your true family of origin. If you let Him, the Spirit of God will manifest the Father and the Son through you.”

— Mark Batterson

135. “In the words of Corrie ten Boom, “There is no pit too deep that God’s grace isn’t deeper still.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

137. “Imagination is the road less taken, but it is the pathway of prayer.”

— Mark Batterson

138. “We need the patience of the planter. We need the foresight of the farmer. We need the mindset of the sower.”

— Mark Batterson

139. “You can’t make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won’t like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.”

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

141. “The hands-down most important spiritual discipline is getting into God’s Word on a daily basis. When you open the Bible, God opens His mouth.”

— Mark Batterson

142. “Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive.”

— Mark Batterson

143. “We often think of prayer as nothing more than words spoken to God, but maybe it’s more than that. Prayer is not a monologue; it’s a dialogue. We speak to God with everything from words to groans to thoughts. And God speaks to us through dreams, desires, promptings, impressions, and ideas.”

— Mark Batterson

144. “We’re called to advance the kingdom, not hold the fort. It’s the difference between why and why not. It’s the difference between if only and what if.”

— Mark Batterson

145. “The paradigm shift happens when we come to terms with the fact that the world doesn’t revolve around us.”

— Mark Batterson

146. “God doesn’t always call us to win. Sometimes He just calls us to try. Either way, it’s obedience that glorifies God.”

— Mark Batterson

147. “There is no regret God cannot redeem.”

— Mark Batterson

148. “If you really believe in the message you’re preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.”

— Mark Batterson

149. “When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.”

— Mark Batterson

150. “We were meant for more than a safe ride when God placed us here. Any part of this life that offers more, requires more, or asks more of us than we are used to is an opportunity to grow more, dream more, and be more than we are now.”

— Mark Batterson