Quotes about Impact
More than a hundred years ago, a British revivalist issued a holy dare that would change a life, a city, and a generation. That timeless challenge echoes across every generation: "The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.
- Mark Batterson
If the blessing stops with you, it'll eventually stop altogether! Instead of being a conduit for blessing and maintaining forward momentum, we settle for sideways energy.
- Mark Batterson
Few things leave as lasting an impression as hearing someone genuinely intercede for you.
- Mark Batterson
Never underestimate the ripple effect of one act of obedience. It will never be all for nothing.
- Mark Batterson
Please read prayerfully what I'm about to write. When God puts a passion in your heart, whether it be relieving starvation in Africa or educating children in the inner city or making movies with redemptive messages, that God-ordained passion becomes your responsibility. And you have a choice to make. Are you going to be irresponsibly responsible or responsibly irresponsible?
- Mark Batterson
When your life is over, the world will ask you only one question: 'Did you do what you were supposed to do?'" That's not just a good question. That's the question... It cannot be answered with words. It must be answered with your life.
- Mark Batterson
Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.
- Mark Batterson
The survey consisted of one question: If you had your life to live all over again, what would you do differently? Three replies emerged as a consensus. One, risk more. Two, reflect more. Three, do more things that live on after you die.
- Mark Batterson
It's not enough to exercise spiritual gifts; one must exercise them with a measure of emotional intelligence, or they can actually do more emotional harm than good.
- Mark Batterson
If you want to impact someone's life, love them when they least expect it and least deserve it ... You might think, "But they don't deserve it." That's the point, isn't it?
- Mark Batterson
Jesus didn't die on the cross to keep us safe. Jesus died to make us dangerous.
- Mark Batterson
You don't need wealth or position or power to make a difference. You just need to do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you are faithful in Babylon, God will bless you in Jerusalem.
- Mark Batterson