If you let fear dictate your decisions, you will live defensively, reactively, cautiously. Living by faith is playing offense with your life.
Weitere Zitate von Mark Batterson
Zum Autor"If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... If you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz."
"Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling.But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure."
"To the infinite, all finites are equal."
"Following Jesus is a verb."
"Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical."
"Jesus 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."