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
Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.
If you are BIG ENOUGH for your dream, your dream isn't BIG ENOUGH for God.
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.
You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both.
New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.
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.
I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.
Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.
The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.
The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.
Instead of complaining about the current state of affairs, we need to offer better alternatives. [...] we need to stop cursing the darkness and start lighting some candles!
You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.
If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.
Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.