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
Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous.
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.
Life a life of Spiritual Adventure. Much like a wild goose the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it's like to pursue the Spirit's leading through life.
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.
The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.
The Bible is the place where God bears His soul.
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.
The antidote for fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure.
Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.
Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God's calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.
Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.