You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. ...Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows... Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.
— Mark Batterson (b. 1969), Pastor und Bestsellerautor
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Relationships & Family, Service & Love of Neighbour
Occasions: Birthday & Anniversary, Baptism, Confirmation & Blessing
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson (* 1969) ist ein US-amerikanischer pfingstlich-evangelikaler Pastor und Bestsellerautor, der die National Community Church in Washington, D.C. leitet. Er steht für einen handlungsorientierten Glauben und wurde vor allem durch Bücher wie The Circle Maker bekannt, die zu kühnem Gebet und dem mutigen Verfolgen großer Ziele ermutigen. Während Bibelleser seine motivierenden Impulse schätzen, sehen theologische Kritiker in manchen seiner Gebetskonzepte außerbiblische Einflüsse und Anklänge an ein Wohlstandsevangelium.
All quotes by Mark Batterson (13)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson