The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

by Mark Batterson

You’ve got to define the promises God wants you to stake claim to, the miracles God wants you to believe for, and the dreams God wants you to pursue. Then you need to keep circling until God gives you what He wants and He wills.

The more faith you have, the more specific your prayers will be. And the more specific your prayers are, the more glory God receives.

Potential is God’s gift to us; what we do with it is our gift back to God.

change of pace + change of place = change of perspective.

One litmus test of spiritual maturity is whether your dreams are getting bigger or smaller.

Having vision beyond your resources is synonymous with dreaming big. And it may feel like you’re setting yourself up for failure, but you’re actually setting God up for a miracle.

But God doesn’t call the qualified; God qualifies the called.

two-thirds of praying hard is listening and looking.

If you can trust God when the answer is no, you’re likely to give Him praise when the answer is yes.

you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

Maybe we need to change our prayer approach from as soon as possible to as long as it takes.