Quotes about Trust
When we take matters into our own hands, we take God out of the equation.
- Mark Batterson
Have you ever noticed that when you pray, coincidences happen? And when you don't, they don't.
- Mark Batterson
True spirituality is "the place where desperation meets Jesus.
- Mark Batterson
If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.
- Mark Batterson
Prayer is asking God to do something, future tense; praise is believing that God has already done it, past tense.
- Mark Batterson
There is nothing God loves more that keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams.
- Mark Batterson
Only God can make the appointment, but only you can keep the appointment.
- Mark Batterson
There is an old adage: ready, set, go. And I know it's predicated on the importance of preparation. But I think it's backward. You'll never be ready. You'll never be set. Sometimes you just need to go for it. The sequence of faith is this: Go. Set. Ready.
- Mark Batterson
The hardest thing about praying hard is enduring unanswered prayers. If you don't guard your heart, unresolved anger toward God can undermine faith.
- Mark Batterson
There are moments in life when you need to stop pleading and start praising. If God has put a promise in your heart, praise Him for it. You need to celebrate as if it has already happened. You need to stop asking, because God has already answered.
- Mark Batterson
Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.
- Mark Batterson
Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.
- Mark Batterson