Quotes about Transformation
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
- John Donne
I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That's the only way to rebuild yourself.
- Marina Abramovic
Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.
- Mark Batterson
If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.
- Mark Batterson
Now here is what you need to understand: If you don't turn your adversity into a ministry, then your pain remains your pain. But if you allow God to translate your adversity into a ministry, then your pain becomes someone else's gain.
- Mark Batterson
When he came there was no light. When he left there was no darkness.
- Mark Batterson
Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet.
- Mark Batterson
We're too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We've got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.
- Mark Batterson
Our normal is so subnormal that normal seems radical. To the first-century disciples, normal and radical were synonyms. We've turned them into antonyms.
- Mark Batterson
God can deliver you in one day, but it may take years to break old habits or build new habits.
- Mark Batterson
I live by the maxim, love people when they least expect it and least deserve it. That how you change someone's life forever.
- Mark Batterson
If you want to break the sin habit, you'd better establish a prayer habit.
- Mark Batterson