Mark Batterson Quotes - Page 3

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• You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That one thing is prayer. You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. There is nothing you can do that will have a higher return on investment. In fact, the dividends are eternal.

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  Prayer, Perfect Parents, Return

  "Praying Circles Around Your Children". Book by Mark Batterson, 2012.

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• Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.

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  Christian, Needs, Levels

  FaceBook post by Mark Batterson from Oct 26, 2014

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• Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.

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  Criticism, Defense, Nine

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• When you open your Bible, God opens His mouth.

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  Mouths

  Mark Batterson (2012). “Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge”, p.120, Zondervan

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• 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.

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  Destiny, Long, Calling

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• I’ve discovered that if I don’t take the first step, God generally won’t reveal the next step.

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  Next Steps, Firsts, First Steps

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• If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.

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  Bored, Christ, Following

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.61, Multnomah

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• Sometimes we're too focused on getting out of a situation that we don't think about what we can get out of the situation.

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  Thinking, Sometimes, Situation

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• Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.

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  Spiritual, Growth, Half

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.49, Multnomah

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• Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.

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  Embrace, Uncertainty

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.89, Multnomah

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

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  Dream, Illogical, Willing

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.110, Multnomah

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• The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else

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  Ifs

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.52, Multnomah

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• Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

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  Prayer, Legacy, Inheritance

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

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  Past, Opportunity, Building

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.18, Multnomah

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• The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.

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  Keys, Voice, Hearing

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• The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated 250 times in Scripture.

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  Scripture, Remember, Forget

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• Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous! Faithfulness isn't holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell with the light and love of Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Light, And Love

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• God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.

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  God Is Great, Bigs

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.25, Multnomah

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• God blesses us more so that we can be more of a blessing to others.

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  Leadership, Christian, Blessing

  Twitter post from Feb 18, 2014

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• Whatever you don't turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE.

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  Pride, Praise, Turns

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2014

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• When did we start believing God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things?

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  Believe, Safe, Want

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• Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His.

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  Creating

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.33, Multnomah

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• We’re too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We’ve got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.

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  Christian, Jesus, Sin

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• Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers-he is offended by Anything Less. If your prayers aren't impossible to You, they are insulting to God- why? Because they don't require divine intervention. But ask God to part the Red Sea or make the sun stand still or float an iron axhead and God is moved to Omnipotent action

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  Dream, Prayer, Sea

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• Nothing honors God more than a Big Dream that is way beyond our ability to accomplish!

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  Dream, Honor, Way

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