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Prayer Quotes by Mark Batterson

64 Prayer quotes by Mark Batterson

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A God-sized dream that scares you half to death can feel like the true pulse of life, pushing you beyond comfort. He reminds us that prayers we never ask stay unanswered, and that the hardest prayers are easy for an all‑powerful God. He urges imagination as the road of prayer, and calls for strong, faithful people when we are weak.

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

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“Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.”

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Who you become is determined by how you pray

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God won't answer 100% of the prayers we don't pray.

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“100 percent of the prayers I don’t pray won’t get answered.”

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“God won’t answer 100 percent of the prayers we don’t pray.”

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

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Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

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Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.

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Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

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

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“Your prayers are prophecies. You can write the future of your family with your prayers”

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You can delegate a lot of things, but you can't delegate PRAYER. I'd rather have one GOD idea than a thousand GOOD…

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Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. Secret prayer is our secret weapon.

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We pray as if God’s chief objective is our personal comfort. It’s not. God’s chief objective is His glory.

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“Sometimes the power of prayer is the power to carry on. It doesn’t always change your circumstances, but it gives you the…

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If you've never had a God-sized dream that scared you half to death, then you haven't really come to life. If you've…

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“fail. But I also believe this: One bold prayer can accomplish more than a thousand well-laid plans. So go ahead and plan,…

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Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit…

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It is absolutely imperative at the outset that you come to terms with this simple yet life-changing truth: God is for you.…

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“All of us need Aarons and Hurs in our lives. We need people who are strong when we’re weak. We need people…

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“If faith is being sure of what we hope for, then being unsure of what we hope for is the antithesis of…

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You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. ...Prayer…

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I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula,…

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“The earth has circled the sun more than two thousand times since the day Honi drew his circle in the sand, but…

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Drawing prayer circles isn’t about proving yourself to God; it’s about giving God an opportunity to prove Himself to you. Just in…

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Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers-he is offended by…

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You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That…

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“There is nothing God loves more than keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams. That is who He is. That…

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“Sometimes the purpose of prayer is to get us out of circumstances, but more often than not, the purpose of prayer is…

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Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers… The bigger the circle we draw, the better, because God gets more glory.…

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“I have a handful of prayers that I pray all the time... One is that God will put my books into the…

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“Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. God isn’t offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended…

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Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.

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“Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future.”

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The supernatural laws of prayer defy the natural laws of time and space.

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Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

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Never underestimate the power of a single prayer.

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Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

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

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“100 percent of the prayers I don’t pray won’t get answered.”

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The antidote for fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure.

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“Society's goal is to make us less foolish. From the cradle to grave the pressure is on: "Be normal!" Our inner fool may be…

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself.

In my experience, take the Holy Spirit out of the equation of your life and it spells boring. Add it into the equation of…

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.

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