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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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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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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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The more problems you have, the more potential you have to help people. One of the most paralyzing mistakes we make is thinking that our problems somehow disqualify us from being used by God. [...] If you don’t have any problems, you don’t have any potential. Here’s why. Your ability to help others heal is limited to where you’ve been wounded.
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The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.
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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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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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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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I’ve discovered that if I don’t take the first step, God generally won’t reveal the next step.
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What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.
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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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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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Who you become is determined by how you pray
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You are someone else's miracle! God is setting up divine appointments and it is our job to keep them
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To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.
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Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.
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In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.
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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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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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You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.
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The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.
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