Mark Batterson Quotes

You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That one thing is prayer. You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. There is nothing you can do that will have a higher return on investment. In fact, the dividends are eternal.

I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times - what it most important? That my kids seek to please God and learn about their Creator.

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek-the finding part is up to God.

Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.

Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.

I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.

I do believe in the power of prayer.

The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.

My kids are so cute when they pray.

Fathers can find great inspiration in faith.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

I played a million different sports when I was growing up. I started when I was probably five or six, and we'd just go from activity to activity to activity. I think, finally, my parents just realized that we were missing something in our lives. They realized that it was time for us as a family to start going to church.

God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.

Nothing is more important to God than prayer in dealing with mankind. But it is likewise all-important to man to pray.

We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat.

When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down.

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.

Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.