Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson is an American pastor and author. Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. NCC was recognized as one of the Most Innovative and Most Influential Churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2008. Batterson is also the author of the books In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase and blogs daily at www.evotional.com. Batterson's latest book The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.
Don’t just read the Bible. Start circling the promises. Don’t just make a wish. Write down a list of God-glorifying life goals. Don’t just pray. Keep a prayer journal. Define your dream. Claim your promise. Spell your miracle.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue
When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.
If you don't take the risk, you forfeit the miracle.
We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.
Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.
The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.
If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.
Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.
The gospel costs nothing but it demands everything.
I want to be famous in my home.
The antidote for fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure.