01Undatedwe take some big miracles for granted. We're on a planet that's spinning at a thousand miles per hour, traveling through space and we don't worry about God keeping our planet in orbit. We already trust God for the big miracles like our heart beating and today alone, we'll take a thousand breaths, but can we trust Him in the smaller things?Mark Batterson / quote ↗
02UndatedDeath is a mirror that gives us a glimpse of who we really are.Death is a rearview mirror that puts the past into perspective.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
03Undated...we think so much about the present and so little about eternity that we turn eternity into nothing and nothing into eternity.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
05UndatedPride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build.There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving.You aren't serving God. You are using God.You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
07UndatedAs Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other!Mark Batterson / quote ↗
08UndatedThe author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word "opportunity". It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
09UndatedWorship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
10UndatedHow we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
11UndatedFaith 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 / quote ↗
12UndatedThe only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
13Undated...the true value of an offering isn't measured by how much we give. It's measured by how much we keep...By definition, a sacrifice must involve sacrifice...Mark Batterson / quote ↗
14UndatedPut your Isaac on the altar! Then, and only then, will you see what God can do. He cannot give back what you do not give up. But if you surrender yourself to Him, He will provide the ram in the thicket.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
15Undated...there is nothing you possess that wasn't given to you by God. It's His prerogative to give. And it's His prerogative to take away. But there is one thing that can never be taken from you, and that is Jesus Christ. And if you have Jesus, then you have everything you will ever need for all of eternity.Everything - Jesus = NothingJesus + Nothing = EverythingIt's that simple.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
16UndatedJesus 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 / quote ↗
19UndatedWhat sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
20UndatedGod 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 / quote ↗
21UndatedGod is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
22UndatedDr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
23UndatedThat is the heavenly Father's deepest impulse toward us. You are the apple of His eye. And anyone who messes with you messes with Him. His protective instincts are most poignantly seen at the cross - the place where unconditional love and omnipotent power for the amalgam called amazing grace. That's where the Creator stepped between every fallen sinner and the fallen angel, Satan. That's where the Advocate took His stand against the Accuser of the brethren. The Sinless Son of God took the fall for us.The cross is God's way of saying, "You are worth dying for.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
24UndatedNine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.Mark Batterson / quote ↗
