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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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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
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If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.
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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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The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.
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I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.
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The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.
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The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.
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You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.
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God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
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One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.
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There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises.
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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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Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
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We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.
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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.
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Faith is not logical. But it isn't illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality it just adds God into the equation.
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