All In Quotes

“Going all in is following in the footsteps of Jesus wherever they may lead us,”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“If we don’t control our calendar, our calendar will end up controlling us.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“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, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“Do you find your identity in who you are or whose you are?”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“You don’t have to live in fear that God is going to take away what is most important to you. After all, Isaac was God’s gift to Abraham. But if the gift ever becomes more important than the Gift Giver, then the very thing God gave you to serve His purposes is undermining His plan for your life. God is no longer the End All and Be All. And when God becomes the means to some other end, it’s the beginning of the end spiritually because you have inverted the gospel.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“whatever you don’t turn into praise turns into pride.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“Matthew 11:12? “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” Are you playing offense in your marriage? Or are you playing a prevent defense that leaves romance on the sidelines?”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“We all want to spend eternity with God. We just don’t want to spend time with Him.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“Acentury ago, a band of brave souls became known as one-way missionaries. They purchased single tickets to the mission field without the return half. And instead of suitcases, they packed their few earthly belongings into coffins. As they sailed out of port, they waved good-bye to everyone they loved, everything they knew. They knew they’d never return home. A. W. Milne was one of those missionaries. He set sail for the New Hebrides in the South Pacific, knowing full well that the headhunters who lived there had martyred every missionary before him. Milne did not fear for his life, because he had already died to himself. His coffin was packed. For thirty-five years, he lived among that tribe and loved them. When he died, tribe members buried him in the middle of their village and inscribed this epitaph on his tombstone: When he came there was no light.
When he left there was no darkness. When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things? That faithfulness is holding the fort? That playing it safe is safe? That there is any greater privilege than sacrifice? That radical is anything but normal? Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It’s storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It’s a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn’t radical. It’s normal. It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It’s time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“In God’s kingdom, calling trumps credentials every time! God doesn’t call the qualified. He qualifies the called.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

“Are you playing offense in your marriage? Or are you playing a prevent defense that leaves romance on the sidelines? Are you parenting reactively or proactively? Do you have a spiritual growth plan? Are you working for a paycheck or stewarding your God-given gifts pursuing a God-ordained dream? Are you trying to break even spiritually by avoiding sin? Or are you going for broke by invading the darkness with the light and love of Jesus Christ?”
― Mark Batterson, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life