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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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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
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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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Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.
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Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.
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Don’t accumulate possessions accumulate experiences!
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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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Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.
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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 day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.
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Finally, I learned that we shouldn’t seek answers as much as we should seek God.
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If you want to find your voice, you need to hear the voice of God.
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You don’t need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.
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Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.
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The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.
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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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We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.
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Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.
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Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.
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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'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.
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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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