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God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.

Mark Batterson

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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
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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.
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Sometimes God leads us to a place where we have nowhere to turn but to Him our only option is to trust Him.
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In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.
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Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes.
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One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.
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If you've never had a God-sized dream that scared you half to death, then you haven't really come to life. If you've never been overwhelmed by the impossibility of your plans, then your God is too small. If your vision isn't perplexingly impossible, then you need to expand the radiuses of your prayer circles.
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Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.
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Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.
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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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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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If you want to see God move make a move.
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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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Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.
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Don’t accumulate possessions accumulate experiences!
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You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. ...Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. ...Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.
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I just don't think pastors should turn their pulpits into public policy platforms. It cheapens the gospel. Our congregation doesn't need another political opinion. They need spiritual revelation. They don't need to think about politics on the weekend. They need to be reminded to seek first the kingdom of God.
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We pray as if God’s chief objective is our personal comfort. It’s not. God’s chief objective is His glory.
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You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.
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May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.
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