Quotes about Hope
If you go all in and all out for the cause of Christ, there will be setbacks along the way. But remember this: without a crucifixion there can be no resurrection! And when you have a setback, you do not take a step back, because God is already preparing your comeback.
— Mark Batterson
When we do what's right, regardless of circumstances or consequences, we set the table for God to turn the tables. All we need to do is stand up, step in, or step out.
— Mark Batterson
In the words of Corrie ten Boom, "There is no pit too deep that God's grace isn't deeper still.
— Mark Batterson
faith is acting as if God has already answered. And acting as if God has answered means acting on our prayers...
— Mark Batterson
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. I'm certainly not suggesting we shouldn't pray deliverance prayers, but there are times we need to pray prevailing prayers. We need to ask God to give us the grace to sustain, the strength to stand firm, and the willpower to keep on keeping on.
— Mark Batterson
100 percent of the prayers I don't pray won't get answered.
— Mark Batterson
Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in well-defined answers.
— Mark Batterson
If you let your circumstances define the way you see God, you are a prisoner of perspective. Or worse, a prisoner of your past mistakes! But if you let God define the way you see your circumstances, you are a prisoner of hope.
— Mark Batterson
It's trusting God's heart even when we can't see His hand. It's understanding that sometimes the obstacle is the way!
— Mark Batterson
If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God.
— Mark Batterson
The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered because they go unasked.
— Mark Batterson
You can take Psalm 84:11 to the bank: No good thing does God withhold from those who walk uprightly.
— Mark Batterson