Mark Batterson Quotes - Page 7

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 something about it who makes a difference.

Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning.

If you want to find your voice, you need to hear the voice of God.

Lion chasers are humble enough to let God call the shots and brave enough to follow where He leads.

Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.

Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue

If you keep circling the promise, God will ultimately deliver on it.

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

The Bible is the place where God bears His soul.

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.

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.

Id rather be biblically correct than politically correct.

It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component.

If you want to see God move make a move.

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.

I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.

I want to be famous in my home.

I think twenty-somethings are very cause-oriented.

To the infinite, all finites are equal.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.

The healthiest and holiest people are the people who laugh at themselves the most. Failure helps us take God more seriously and ourselves less seriously.