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81 " The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk. "
― Mark Batterson , In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
82 " Loving God is laying down your life in service to the Creator so that He can give it back to you. "
― Mark Batterson , A Trip Around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life Into the Adventure of a Lifetime
83 " ...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation? "
84 " What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams. "
85 " God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time. "
86 " God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities. "
87 " Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction. "
88 " Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves. "
89 " It's not about success and failure. It's not about good days and bad days. It's not about wealth or poverty. It's not about health or sickness. It's not even about life or death. It's about glorifying God in whatever circumstance you find yourself in. "
― Mark Batterson , All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
90 " If you really want to get good at anything, you've got to work at it for ten thousand hours. "
91 " Potential is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. "
92 " Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical "
93 " Ryan-chasers have a life wish. They live life to the fullest because they are willing to look foolish. "
94 " The blessings of God will complicate your life, but unlike sin, they will complicate your life in the way it should be complicated. "
95 " ...if you give all of yourself to God, you can ask and expect that God will give all of Himself to you because that's precisely what He wants to do. We have not because we ask not, and we ask not because we're not all in! "
96 " If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That's why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you'll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book. "
97 " ...we are overwhelmed with information and dying for wisdom. "
98 " God trusts most those who know Him best, and those who know Him best are those who have spent the most time with Him. "
― Mark Batterson , Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God
99 " I live by the maxim, love people when they least expect it and least deserve it. That how you change someone’s life forever. "
― Mark Batterson , If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God's What If Possibilities
100 " As Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other! "