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To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

Mark Batterson

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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
Pastor
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Maturity
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Spiritual
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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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Finally, I learned that we shouldn’t seek answers as much as we should seek God.
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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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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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If you want to see God move make a move.
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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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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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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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The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.
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If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.
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In my experience, it’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one. Anyone can put on an act. But your reactions reveal what is really in your heart.
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