Quotes from Mark Batterson

The Talmud teaches that there are four kinds of people in the world. The first person says, What's yours is mine. The second person says, What's yours is yours. The third person says, What's mine is mine. And the fourth person says, What's mine is yours. Which one are you?

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That's why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you'll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book.

We need the patience of the planter. We need the foresight of the farmer. We need the mindset of the sower.

And when you pray to God regularly, irregular things happen on a regular basis.

At the end of your life, your greatest regret won't be the things you did but wish you hadn't. Your greatest regret will be the things you didn't do but wish you had.

If you are on God's side, then God is on your side. God will fight for you as you fight for Him. And you can live with holy confidence, knowing that when God is contending for your cause, your cause is destined to succeed. This doesn't mean there won't be setbacks and sacrifices along the way; it just means the war has already been won.

Journaling is the difference between learning and remembering. It's also the difference between forgetting and fulfilling our goals.

Only God can make the appointment, but only you can keep the appointment.

The hands-down most important spiritual discipline is getting into God's Word on a daily basis. When you open the Bible, God opens His mouth.

God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great but because nothing is too small for Him either.

We talk about "doing" the will of God, but the will of God has much more to do with "being" than "doing.

They thrive in the toughest circumstances because they know that impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles.