Quotes from Mark Batterson

Finally, here's the great news: Prayer covers a multitude of sins. You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That one thing is prayer. You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. There is nothing you can do that will have a higher return on investment. In fact, the dividends are eternal.

There is nothing God loves more than keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams. That is who He is. That is what He does. And the bigger the circle we draw, the better, because God gets more glory.

Potential is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

True knowledge should not produce pride; it should produce humility...Because the more you know, the more you know how much you don't know.

A. W. Tozer once said, "Eternity won't be long enough to discover all that God is or praise him for all that he's done."6

Learning is the heart of discipleship. You can't just take up your cross daily. You need to take up the Bible every day.

I don't pretend to understand where the sovereignty of God and free will of humans meet, but it motivates me to work like it depends on me and pray like it depends on God.

We are overwhelmed with information and dying for wisdom.

These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.

If God is for us, it doesn't matter what comes against us. Without Him, we can do nothing. With Him, we can do all things.

Has God ever called you to throw something down? Something in which you find your security or put your identity? It's awfully hard to let go, isn't it? It feels like you are jeopardizing your future. And it feels like you could lose what is most important to you. But that is when you discover who you really are.

The defining moments will double as the scariest decisions.