Quotes about Patience
Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.
— Mark Batterson
One reason many of us never get an answer to our prayers is that all we do is pray.
— Mark Batterson
If you don't have a dream, keep learning while you're waiting. Get into God's Word, and God's dream will get into you.
— Mark Batterson
God doesn't always call us to win. Sometimes He just calls us to try. Either way, it's obedience that glorifies God.
— Mark Batterson
if you do the job no one wants, you might eventually get the job everybody wants. But you have to be willing to climb the ladder, starting with the bottom rung.
— Mark Batterson
Can our prayers change our circumstances? Absolutely! But when our circumstances don't change, it's often an indication that God is trying to change us.
— Mark Batterson
Don't try to manufacture your own miracles. Don't try to answer your own prayers. Don't try to do God's job for Him. Stay humble. Stay patient. Stay focused. Keep circling.
— 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
God cannot reveal His faithfulness until we exercise our faith. But because Abraham went all in, God was able to reveal Himself as Jehovah-jireh, God our Provider.
— Mark Batterson
We should stop asking God to get us out of difficult circumstances and start asking Him what He wants us to get out of those difficult circumstances
— Mark Batterson
God, how long is a million years to you?" God said, "A million years is like a second." Then the man asked, "How much is a million dollars to you?" God said, "A million dollars is like a penny." The man smiled and said, "Could you spare a penny?" God smiled back and said, "Sure, just wait a second.
— Mark Batterson
Put your Isaac on the altar! Then, and only then, will you see what God can do. He cannot give back what you do not give up. But if you surrender yourself to Him, He will provide the ram in the thicket.
— Mark Batterson