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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.

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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
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To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.
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Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.
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Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
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Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.
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Life a life of Spiritual Adventure. Much like a wild goose the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it's like to pursue the Spirit's leading through life.
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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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Even our hardest prayers are easy for the Omnipotent One to answer because there is no degree of difficulty.
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Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.
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Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.
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You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.
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Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.
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If the kingdom of God had departments, we’d want to work in research and development. We felt like Jesus didn’t hang out at the synagogue, he hung out at wells. Coffeehouses are postmodern wells. Let’s not wait for people to come to us, let’s go to them.
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If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.
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In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.
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One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous.
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When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.
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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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Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.
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If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.
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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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