Imagination is the road less taken, but it is the pathway of prayer.

— Mark Batterson

In every dream journey, there comes a moment when you have to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

— Mark Batterson

In God's kingdom, calling trumps credentials every time! God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called. And the litmus test isn't experience or expertise. It's availability and teachability. If you are willing to go when God gives you a green light, He will take you to inaccessible places to do impossible things.

— Mark Batterson

In the Hebrew language, there is no distinction between knowing and doing. Knowing is doing and doing is knowing. In other words, if you aren't doing it, then you don't really know it... The phrase all out literally means "maximum effort." It's giving God everything you've got -- 100 percent. It's loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Furthermore, it's not just worshiping God with your words. Furthermore, it's worshiping God with blood, sweat, and tears. Furthermore, it's more than sincere sentiments. Furthermore, it's sweat equity in kingdom causes. You cannot be the hands and feet of Jesus if you're sitting on your butt.

— Mark Batterson

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 prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.

— Mark Batterson

It's not about success and failure. It's not about good days and bad days. Furthermore, it's not about wealth or poverty. Furthermore, it's not about health or sickness. Furthermore, it's not even about life or death. Furthermore, it's about glorifying God in whatever circumstance you find yourself in.

— Mark Batterson

I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention.

— Mark Batterson

Jesus proclaimed the favor of God in His very first sermon. Then He sealed the deal with His death and resurrection. Favor is a function of surrender. If we don't hold out on God, God will not hold out on us.

— Mark Batterson

Learning is the heart of discipleship. You can't just take up your cross daily. You need to take up the Bible every day.

— Mark Batterson

...love people when they least expect it and least deserve it. That is the kind of love Jesus shows to us.

— Mark Batterson