Quotes by Mark Batterson

“The goal of marriage is not happiness, it is holiness...There is no mechanism whereby God can sanctify a person more than having them live in close proximity to another imperfect person....Our fund...”

“At its core, sinfulness is selfishness. It's enthroning yourself - your desires, your needs, your plans - above all else. You may still seek God, but you don't seek Him first. You seek Him second o...”

“The blessings of God will complicate your life, but unlike sin, they will complicate your life in the way it should be complicated.”

“Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.”

“I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little praye...”

“Routines are normal, natural, healthy things. Most of us take a shower and brush our teeth every day. That is a good routine. Spiritual disciplines are routines. That is a good thing. But once rout...”

“...if you give all of yourself to God, you can ask and expect that God will give all of Himself to you because that's precisely what He wants to do. We have not because we ask not, and we ask not b...”

“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 ...”

“...we are overwhelmed with information and dying for wisdom.”

“Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the Atari video game system, once stated, ‘Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea, It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does somethi...”

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

“What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.”

“God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.”