Quotes by Mark Batterson

Worship is forgetting about whats wrong with you and remembering whats right with God.

How we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value.

Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we dont have to fear anyone or anything else.

...the true value of an offering isnt measured by how much we give. Its measured by how much we keep...By definition, a sacrifice must involve sacrifice...

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.

...there is nothing you possess that wasnt given to you by God. Its His prerogative to give. And its His prerogative to take away. But there is one thing that can never be taken from you, and that is Jesus Christ. And if you have Jesus, then you have everything you will ever need for all of eternity.Everything - Jesus = NothingJesus + Nothing = EverythingIts that simple.

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 dont hold out on God, God will not hold out on us.

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

...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?

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

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.

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

Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.

That is the heavenly Fathers deepest impulse toward us. You are the apple of His eye. And anyone who messes with you messes with Him. His protective instincts are most poignantly seen at the cross - the place where unconditional love and omnipotent power for the amalgam called amazing grace. Thats where the Creator stepped between every fallen sinner and the fallen angel, Satan. Thats where the Advocate took His stand against the Accuser of the brethren. The Sinless Son of God took the fall for us.The cross is Gods way of saying, You are worth dying for.

Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we dont like in ourselves.

Its not about success and failure. Its not about good days and bad days. Its not about wealth or poverty. Its not about health or sickness. Its not even about life or death. Its about glorifying God in whatever circumstance you find yourself in.

If you really want to get good at anything, youve got to work at it for ten thousand hours.

Potential is Gods gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

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