All In By Mark Batterson Quotes

#1. Sometimes the purpose of prayer is to get us out of circumstances, but more often than not, the purpose of prayer is to get us through them.

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#2. There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises.

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#3. When God stirs our spirit or breaks our heart, we cannot sit back. We've got to step up and step in. We've got to go all in by going all out. But if we have the courage to make the choice or take the risk, it will become the defining moment of our lives.

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#4. Jesus didn't carry a cross to Calvary so that we could live a halfway life. He died so that we could come alive in the truest and fullest sense of the word.

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#5. Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn't give you what you asked for?

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#6. They thrive in the toughest circumstances because they know that impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles.

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#7. I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.

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

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

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#10. Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.

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#11. Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

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#12. One of the most paralyzing mistakes we make is thinking that our problems somehow disqualify us from being used by God. Let me just say it like it is: If you don't have any problems, you don't have any potential. Here's why. Your ability to help others heal is limited to where you've been wounded.

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#13. God, find us on our knees because we know that when we get our knees, You extend Your powerful right hand.

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#14. I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God's calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.

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#15. Minimum risk equals minimum satisfaction.

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#16. You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.

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

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#18. But God doesn't call the qualified; God qualifies the called.

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#19. Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.

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#20. When you look back on your life, the greatest moments will be the moments when you went all in.

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#21. Life is full of goals to be identified and kept in sight. When we lose sight of the goal, we simply drift. Sometimes drift can mean disaster.

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#22. Albert Einstein said it best: Science without religion is lame, and conversely, religion without science is blind.

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#23. Going all in is following in the footsteps of Jesus wherever they may lead us,

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#24. God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less.

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#25. The Bible is the place where God bears His soul.

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#26. Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.

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#27. We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace.

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#28. God-ordained dreams aren't just born. They are reborn. If they become more important to you than God, you have to sacrifice them for the sake of your soul. You have to put them on the altar and raise the knife. And once the dream is dead and buried, it can be resurrected for God's glory.

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#29. 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.

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#30. The outcome of your life will be determined by your outlook on life.

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#31. When we take matters into our own hands, we take God out of the equation.

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#32. We fixate on sins of commission: Don't do this, don't do that - and you're OK. But that is holiness by subtraction. And it's more hypocrisy than holiness! It's the sins of omission - what you would have, could have, and should have done - that break the heart of your heavenly Father.

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