Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson is an American pastor and author. Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. NCC was recognized as one of the Most Innovative and Most Influential Churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2008. Batterson is also the author of the books In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase and blogs daily at www.evotional.com. Batterson's latest book The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.
Don’t accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences!
Drawing prayer circles isn’t about proving yourself to God; it’s about giving God an opportunity to prove Himself to you. Just in case you have forgotten — and to ensure that you always remember — God is for you. I can’t promise that God will always give you the answer you want. I can’t promise that He’ll answer on your timeline. But I can promise this: He answers every prayer, and He keeps every promise. That is who He is. That is what He does.
Praying through is all about CONSISTENCY and INTENSITY. It's 'all-nighter' prayer. It just won't take 'NO' for an answer!
When you open your Bible, God opens His mouth.
Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.
Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see.
We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace.
I want to be famous in my home.
Have you ever noticed that when you pray, coincidences happen? And when you don't, they don't.
The gospel costs nothing but it demands everything.
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.
Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.