Top 300 Mark Batterson Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “We pray out of our ignorance, but God answers out of His omniscience. We pray out of our impotence, but God answers out of His omnipotence. God has the ability to answer the prayers we should have prayed but lacked the knowledge or ability to even ask. During.”

— Mark Batterson

202. “Courage doesn’t wait until situational factors turn in one’s favor. It doesn’t wait until a plan is perfectly formed. It doesn’t wait until the tide of popular opinion is turned. Courage only waits for one thing: a green light from God. And when God gives the go, it’s full steam ahead, no questions asked.”

— Mark Batterson

203. “There is no situation under the sun in which your ability to respond can be taken away from you. You may not control your circumstances, but you control your reactions to them. And that is what sets the men apart from the boys!”

— Mark Batterson

204. “If we want to see God move, we need to make a move. If it seems like God isn’t moving in our lives, maybe it’s because we aren’t moving. But if we make a move, God will move heaven and earth to honor our faith.”

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205. “I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.”

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206. “Joy is not getting what you want; it’s appreciating what you have.”

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207. “Now, here’s a little tip. If you try to play God instead of playing the man, it won’t work out so well. When you try to do God’s job for Him, it backfires. It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to convict; it’s your job to love. We.”

— Mark Batterson

208. “Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality.”

— Mark Batterson

209. “Too often we pray ASAP prayers – as soon as possible. We need to start praying ALAT prayers – as long as it takes.”

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210. “Submission is the art of compensating for your weakness by playing to each other’s strengths.”

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211. “The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.”

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212. “God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time.”

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213. “Perdemos perspectiva cuando perdemos de vista las promesas de Dios.”

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

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215. “If you aren’t hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That’s why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you’ll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book.”

— Mark Batterson

216. “Praying through is all about intensity. It’s not quantitative; it’s qualitative. Drawing prayer circles involves more than words; it’s gut-wrenching groans and heartbreaking tears. Praying through doesn’t just bend God’s ear; it touches the heart of your heavenly Father.”

— Mark Batterson

217. “It is absolutely imperative at the outset that you come to terms with this simple yet life-changing truth: God is for you. If you don’t believe that, then you’ll pray small timid prayers; if you do believe it, then you’ll pray big audacious prayers.”

— Mark Batterson

218. “Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it’s about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.”

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219. “In God’s kingdom, calling trumps credentials every time! God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called. And the litmus test isn’t experience or expertise. It’s availability and teachability. If you are willing to go when God gives you a green light, He will take you to inaccessible places to do impossible things.”

— Mark Batterson

220. “If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.”

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221. “One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous.”

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222. “But what if, instead of spending all of our energy making plans for God, we spent that energy seeking God?”

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223. “If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different.”

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224. “Don’t give up on your dream. If you do, you aren’t just giving up on its present-tense reality. You’re giving up on its future-tense potential. Were.”

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225. “As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I’ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.”

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226. “Did you know that embryologists have recently captured the moment of conception via fluorescence microscopy? What they discovered is that at the exact moment a sperm penetrates an egg, the egg releases billions of zinc atoms that emit light. Sparks fly, literally! That miracle of conception is a microcosm that mirrors God’s first four words.”

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227. “It’s our past problems that prepare us for future opportunities. So someday we may be as grateful for the bad things as the good things because the bad things helped prepare us for the good things.”

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228. “God wants to do so much more than simply forgive your sin. He wants to leverage your past regrets for His eternal purpose.”

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229. “Grace is the catalyst that turns guilt into gratitude. One act of grace can turn the worst moment into the defining moment of someone’s life. You can be that agent of grace.”

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230. “The healthiest and holiest people are the people who laugh at themselves the most. Failure helps us take God more seriously and ourselves less seriously.”

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231. “If the kingdom of God had departments, we’d want to work in research and development. We felt like Jesus didn’t hang out at the synagogue, he hung out at wells. Coffeehouses are postmodern wells. Let’s not wait for people to come to us, let’s go to them.”

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232. “Prayer is picking a fight with the Enemy. It’s spiritual warfare. Intercession transports us from the sidelines to the front lines without going anywhere. And that is where the battle is won or lost. Prayer is the difference between us fighting for God and God fighting for us. But we can’t just hit our knees. We also have to take a step, take a stand. And when we do, we never know what God will do next.”

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233. “Prayer turns us into first-class noticers. It helps us see what God wants us to notice. The more you pray, the more you notice; the less you pray, the less you notice. It’s as simple as that. Let me explain how.”

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234. “Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.”

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235. “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.”

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

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237. “When you rise to the challenge of adventurous living, your days will be richer and your soul will be fuller. There will be more risks, more dares, and more obstacles. And in return, there will be more memories that started out as dreams. Adventure doesn’t happen by accident. It has to be intentional.”

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238. “There are 1,784 ifs in the Bible. Most of those ifs function as conditional conjunctions on the front end of God’s promises. If we meet the condition, God delivers on the promise! So all that stands between your current circumstances and your wildest dreams is one little if. One little if can change everything. One little if can change anything.”

— Mark Batterson

239. “The Bible is the place where God bears His soul.”

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240. “True spirituality is “the place where desperation meets Jesus.”

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241. “Put your Isaac on the altar! Then, and only then, will you see what God can do. He cannot give back what you do not give up. But if you surrender yourself to Him, He will provide the ram in the thicket.”

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242. “The church was never meant to be a noun. And when it turns into a noun, it becomes a turn-off. The church was meant to be a verb, an action verb.”

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243. “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.”

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244. “Jesus proclaimed the favor of God in His very first sermon. Then He sealed the deal with His death and resurrection. Favor is a function of surrender. If we don’t hold out on God, God will not hold out on us.”

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245. “Consecration is going all in and all out for the All in All.”

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246. “Prayer is asking God to do something, future tense; praise is believing that God has already done it, past tense.”

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247. “Our Heavenly Father is far too wise and loves us far too much to give us everything we ask for.”

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248. “God-ordained dreams aren’t just born. They are reborn. If they become more important to you than God, you have to sacrifice them for the sake of your soul. You have to put them on the altar and raise the knife. And once the dream is dead and buried, it can be resurrected for God’s glory.”

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249. “Prayer isn’t just the way we cultivate our own potential; prayer is the way we recognize potential in others. Like Paul, who saw gifts in Timothy that Timothy couldn’t see in himself, we, through prayer, are enabled to see with prophetic eyes. We are given supernatural insight. Then we are prepared to speak with prophetic boldness into the lives God has positioned in our path.”

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250. “When God stirs our spirit or breaks our heart, we cannot sit back. We’ve got to step up and step in. We’ve got to go all in by going all out. But if we have the courage to make the choice or take the risk, it will become the defining moment of our lives.”

— Mark Batterson