522 Quotes by Mark Batterson

Now, here’s a little tip. If you try to play God instead of playing the man, it won’t work out so well. When you try to do God’s job for Him, it backfires. It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to convict; it’s your job to love. We.

There are moments in life when you need to stop pleading and start praising. If God has put a promise in your heart, praise Him for it. You need to celebrate as if it has already happened. You need to stop asking, because God has already answered.

If you aren’t willing to look foolish, you’re foolish. And that’s why so many people have never built an ark, killed a giant, or walked on water.

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.

When he came there was no light. When he left there was no darkness.

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

More than a hundred years ago, a British revivalist issued a holy dare that would change a life, a city, and a generation. That timeless challenge echoes across every generation: “The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.

Too often the church complains about culture instead of creating it. The energy we spend on criticism is being stolen from creativity. It’s sideways energy. We need fewer commentators and more innovators.

We have a natural tendency to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. That’s where mantras come in. They serve as.