Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.

— Mark Batterson

Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.

— Mark Batterson

Even choosing to do nothing is still making a choice.

— Mark Batterson

...faith is acting as if God has already answered. And acting as if God has answered means acting on our prayers...

— Mark Batterson

Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.

— Mark Batterson

Following Jesus is a verb.

— Mark Batterson

Goal setting is good stewardship. Instead of letting things happen, goals help us make things happen. Instead of living by default, goals help us live by design. Instead of living out of memory, goals help us live out of imagination.

— Mark Batterson

God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.

— Mark Batterson

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

— Mark Batterson

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.

— Mark Batterson