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Lead Pastor, @NCC Washington DC. Author, Win The Day, Whisper, Chase The Lion, The Circle Maker, If, All In, In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day...

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@MarkBatterson
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2 years
On July 2, 2016 I knelt at this altar and prayed a bold prayer—Lord, heal my lungs. I had severe asthma for 40 years, but God did the impossible. I haven’t touched an inhaler from that day to this day! that altar is HOLY GROUND.
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it’s hard to put today into perspective, but it’s been non-stop sirens, helicopters, and armored vehicles. last weekend I talked the DAYS when DECADES happen. it feels like one of those days! would you take two minutes and join me in circling the nation’s capital in prayer?
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6 years
you cannot be FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT if you are FULL OF YOURSELF.
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@MarkBatterson
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3 years
5 years ago TODAY, I prayed a BOLD PRAYER & God healed my lungs. I suffered from severe asthma for 40+ years, but He’s still the God who moves mountains. I haven’t touched an inhaler 1,825 days! this picture represents that miracle because I ran the Chicago marathon to celebrate.
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@MarkBatterson
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6 years
the best way to BREAK A SIN HABIT is by ESTABLISHING A PRAYER HABIT
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7 years
one year ago, I prayed a BRAVE PRAYER that God would heal my asthma! TODAY, I celebrate 365 days inhaler free!
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@MarkBatterson
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6 years
Jesus did NOT say, “YOU will build my church” or “I will build YOUR church.” Jesus said, “I will build MY church,” emphasis on I and MY. It’s His church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.
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19 years ago today my intestines ruptured. I had emergency surgery. I spent two days on a respirator. I lost a foot of intestines. I lost 25 pounds in one week. But I gained a greater gratitude for life. July 23 is my SECOND BIRTHDAY, my second chance.
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6 years
the Bible wasn’t just meant to be READ. it was meant to be MEDITATED ON, PRAYED THRU and LIVED OUT. the goal isn’t getting thru the Bible. the goal is GETTING THE BIBLE thru you. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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7 years
at Bethlehem, He is GOD WITH US. at Calvary, He is GOD FOR US. at Pentecost, He is GOD IN US.
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6 years
GRATITUDE is thanking God AFTER He does it. FAITH is thanking God BEFORE He does it.
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@MarkBatterson
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6 years
long before you woke up this morning and long after you go to sleep tonight, the Holy Spirit was, is, and will be interceding for you. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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@MarkBatterson
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6 years
if we do LITTLE THINGS like they’re big things, God will do BIG THINGS like they’re little things.
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@MarkBatterson
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2000 years ago, Rome was the most powerful empire on earth. Jesus had 12 disciples and 120 followers. 2000 years later, CAESAR IS A SALAD while 2,000,000,000 people claim to follow Christ. how does that happen? an EMPTY TOMB. #ChristIsRisen #Easter2023 #JesusIsLord
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@MarkBatterson
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6 years
PRAY like it depends on God, and WORK like it depends you.
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@MarkBatterson
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7 years
it’s not about the NAME OVER THE CHURCH DOOR. it’s about the NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. #SameTeam
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@MarkBatterson
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5 years
When I was in college, the pastor of a very small church was courageous enough to let me preach my first sermon from behind a pulpit. This is that church. It had 7 pews and 12 people on a good Sunday, but I preached that FIRST SERMON like it was my LAST SERMON.
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6 years
God’s vision for the church is bigger than ours. Why? Because it’s not OUR church. It’s HIS church. And He said, “I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.”
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7 years
I cramped up for the last 10 miles, but I never lost my breath! #chicagomarathon2017
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4 years
it took 901 days for news of emancipation to reach slaves in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865. we LAMENT our original sin, we CELEBRATE #Juneteenth , and we HONOR those who were enslaved by PRAYING + WORKING for racial JUSTICE + HEALING. Lord, help us and heal us, amen!
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7 years
at some point, you have to stop talking to God about YOUR MOUNTAIN and start talking to the mountain about YOUR GOD. #Whisper
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6 years
it’s not about the NAME OVER THE CHURCH DOOR. it’s about the NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES.
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6 years
God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the RIGHT PLACE at the the RIGHT TIME with the RIGHT PEOPLE, and PRAYER is our GPS. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
we want things to happen at the SPEED OF LIGHT, but in God’s kingdom, they generally happen at the SPEED OF A SEED that has to take root before it can bear fruit. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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Mark Batterson
6 years
if you want God to do something NEW, you can’t keep doing the SAME OLD THING.
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6 years
don’t seek opportunity, SEEK GOD, then opportunity will seek you. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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7 years
NEGATIVITY is more than an attitude issue, it's a spiritual issue. It could cost you forty years and keep you out of the Promise Land.
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4 years
there are NO WORDS that can bring back #GeorgeFloyd but there is a sin of silence. brokenhearted by his last words, “I can’t breathe.” I took my first breath less than 3 miles from the place where he took his last breath. we repent. we lament. Lord, HELP US.
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4 years
ran a 10K today. why? thanks for asking! 4 years ago, I prayed a BRAVE PRAYER. my earliest memory is an ASTHMA attack. it’s all I knew for forty years. I am 1,460 days inhaler free! running is celebrating that HEALING MIRACLE by doing what I could not have done! don’t give up!
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4 years
20 years ago TODAY my intestines ruptured while preaching. I had emergency surgery, spent 2 days on a respirator, lost 25 pounds in a week. I could have, probably should have died at Washington Hospital Center. WORST DAY of my life, BEST DAY of my life. grateful for GIFT OF LIFE.
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6 years
it’s not about the name above the CHURCH DOOR. it’s about the name ABOVE ALL NAMES. #sameteam
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Mark Batterson
6 years
at some point, you have to stop talking to God about YOUR MOUNTAIN and start talking to the mountain about YOUR GOD. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
I’d rather have one GOD IDEA than a thousand GOOD IDEAS. Good ideas are good, but God ideas change the course of history! #Whisper
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Mark Batterson
7 years
462 days ago, God healed my asthma. to celebrate that miracle, I’m doing something I never imagined possible. #chicagomarathon2017
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Mark Batterson
6 years
sometimes the circumstances we ask God to change are the very circumstances God is using to CHANGE US. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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Mark Batterson
6 years
whatever you don’t turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE
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@MarkBatterson
Mark Batterson
6 years
18 years ago today, I could have and probably should have died. my intestines ruptured, I had emergency surgery, and I spent two days on a respirator. I’d never want to go through it again, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. grateful for the gift of life! #SecondBirthday
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4 years
awfully strange waking up on Sunday and NOT going to church. here’s a 2-minute message. leverage this season of SOCIAL DISTANCING as a season of SPIRITUAL INTIMACY by seeking God with greater consistency, priority and intentionality! #ForSuchaTimeAsThis
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In 1989, I sensed God’s call to ministry in the middle of a cow pasture in Alexandria, MN. I was a few hours away this week, and I hadn’t been back in a decade, so I took a little pilgrimage to my burning bush. God has done more than that teenage kid could have asked or imagined.
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6 years
Every PRAYER you pray is part of your LEGACY. Those prayers don’t die when we do. They outlive us, outlast us. There is no expiration date on prayer! #40DayPrayerChallenge
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Mark Batterson
7 years
love people when they LEAST EXPECT IT and LEAST DESERVE IT
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7 years
we all want a MIRACLE, we just don't want to be in A SITUATION THAT REQUIRES ONE, but you can't have one without the other!
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6 years
I’d rather have one GOD IDEA than a thousand GOOD IDEAS. Good ideas are good, but God ideas change the course of history! #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
if you want to break a SIN HABIT, you have to establish a PRAYER HABIT #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
if your dream doesn’t scare you, it’s too small. #ChaseTheLion
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If you wait until you’re ready, you’ll be waiting the rest of your life. The sequence of faith is GO, SET, READY. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
GRATITUDE isn’t getting WHAT YOU WANT, it’s thanking God for WHAT YOU HAVE. #Thanksgiving
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6 years
never put a COMMA where God puts a period, and never put a PERIOD where God puts a comma.
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Mark Batterson
6 years
if you want God to do something NEW, you cannot keep doing the SAME OLD THING. one key to spiritual growth is the RIGHT ROUTINE, but once the routine becomes routine, you have to CHANGE THE ROUTINE. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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Mark Batterson
6 years
whatever you don’t turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE. the way we GIVE GLORY to God is by GIVING TESTIMONY to what God has done, and those TESTIMONIES become PROPHECIES. if God did it FOR YOU, He can do it FOR ME! if He did it BEFORE, He can do it AGAIN! #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
if you pray to God regularly, IRREGULAR things will happen on a REGULAR basis. #DrawTheCircle #The40DayPrayerChallenge
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Mark Batterson
6 years
quit praying ASAP prayers, as soon as possible. start praying ALAT prayers, as long as it takes. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
We all want a MIRACLE, but we don’t want to be in a situation that necessitates one. You can’t have one without the other!
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7 years
if you aren't willing to listen to EVERYTHING God has to say, you eventually won't hear ANYTHING He has to say. #Whisper
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6 years
the MORE you pray, the BIGGER you dream. the BIGGER you dream, the MORE you have to pray! show me the size of your DREAMS and I’ll show you the size of your GOD. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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7 years
the greatest tragedy in life are the PRAYERS that go UNANSWERED because they go UNASKED. #nationaldayofprayer
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Mark Batterson
4 years
how is the PLAGUE stopped in II Sam 24? PRAYER. in today’s 2-minute message, I issue a #40DayPrayerChallenge starting on EASTER Sunday. its time to PRAY THE PRICE. it’s time to BUILD AN ALTAR. it’s time to STAND IN THE GAP. would you join me in drawing a circle? 🙏🏻⭕️
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4 years
good old-fashioned GRATITUDE increases patience, decreases depression, replenishes willpower and reduces stress. if you want a good night’s sleep, don’t count sheep. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. #HappyThanksgiving
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Mark Batterson
4 years
I don’t pretend to be any kind of expert on this virus, this crisis we find ourselves in but I want to start sharing some stream of consciousness thoughts. let’s not take this sitting down! we are here FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. feel free to UNFOLLOW or SHARE. #StayCalmAndCarryOn
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4 years
long before you WOKE UP this morning and long after you GO TO SLEEP tonight, the Holy Spirit is interceding for you. that’s where our HOLY CONFIDENCE comes from! If God is FOR US, who can be against us? God’s got this! #ForSuchATimeAsThis
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6 years
prayer is not outlining OUR AGENGA to God. prayer is God outlining HIS AGENDA to us. we get this backwards. we want God to bless what WE’RE DOING. God wants us to do what HE’S BLESSING.
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6 years
one year ago today, I ran the Chicago Marathon to celebrate God healing my asthma. I’m still healed. #PrayTheBravestPrayer
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Mark Batterson
7 years
at Bethlehem, He is GOD WITH US. at Calvary, He is GOD FOR US. at Pentecost, He is GOD IN US. #PentecostSunday
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5 years
When Jesus walked out of the tomb, the word IMPOSSIBLE was removed from our vocabulary. All bets are off. All things are possible!
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6 years
prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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8 years
at Bethlehem, He is GOD WITH US. at Calvary, He is GOD FOR US. at Pentecost, He is GOD IN US.
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3 years
love this city, this nation. praying REVIVAL in the nation’s capital. it’ll take every church hitting it’s knees. it’s not about the name over the church door. it’s about the name above all names! #sameteam
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6 years
the MORE FAITH you have, the MORE SPECIFIC your prayers will be. the problem with VAGUE PRAYERS is that you never really know when God answers them. WELL DEVELOPED faith = WELL DEFINED prayers. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
everyone you meet is MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, FIGHTING A BATTLE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, and KNOWS SOMETHING YOU DON’T. Love them. Listen to them. Learn from them.
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there never has been and never will be anyone like you, but that isn't a testament to you, it's a testament to the GOD who created YOU.
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8 years
if you aren't being CRITICIZED it should MAKE YOU NERVOUS. it might mean you're maintaining the STATUS QUO rather than challenging it.
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5 years
23 years ago today, I felt prompted to pray a 4.7 mile perimeter around Capitol Hill. @NCC had 25 people on a good Sunday and a monthly income of $2000. I was praying that God’s kingdom would come, God’s will would be done on Capitol Hill as it is in heaven. #TheBestIsYetToCome
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6 years
prayer is a two-sided coin: TALKING and LISTENING. which is more important? simply put, you need to hear what GOD HAS TO SAY more than God needs to hear what YOU HAVE TO SAY. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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9 years
SINGING is what we do with our VOICES. WORSHIP is what we do with our HEARTS.
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4 years
“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” wanted to share a thought + a prayer on Election Day.
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6 years
FAILURE is poorly managed success. SUCCESS is well managed failure.
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5 years
I’d rather have one GOD IDEA than a thousand GOOD IDEAS. good ideas are good, but God ideas change the course of history!
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2 years
20 years ago TODAY, we bought the crackhouse that we turned into @ebenezers coffeehouse. we circled that property in prayer for 5 long years! it took 2 years to get it rezoned. it took 2 more years and millions of dollars to get it designed and built. worth it? Yes and Amen!
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5 years
SUCCESS is when those who KNOW YOU BEST RESPECT YOU MOST. Translation: I want to be FAMOUS in my HOME.
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3 years
we’ve lived on Capitol Hill for 25 years. can’t recall anything quite like this. fences with barbed wire. armored vehicles. national guard. this is 3 blocks from @ebenezers . praying for the peace and prosperity of our city, Jeremiah 29:7, including a peaceful transfer of power.
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6 years
I put my faith in Christ after watching a Billy Graham film called The Hiding Place. It was profoundly humbling to pay last respects right before the casket was removed from the Capitol rotunda.
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@MarkBatterson
Mark Batterson
6 years
PRAY. Then pray some more! But you can’t just PRAY like it DEPENDS ON GOD. You also have to WORK like it DEPENDS ON YOU. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
God doesn’t call the QUALIFIED, He qualifies the CALLED. He loves using ordinary people to do extraordinary things! That’s how God gets the glory. He does things we can’t take credit for!
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when you pray to God regularly, IRREGULAR things will happen on a REGULAR basis.
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6 years
Two years ago today, God HEALED MY ASTHMA. Asthma was my earliest memory. There weren’t forty days in forty years I didn’t have to take a puff of my inhaler. I haven’t touched an inhaler in 730 days! PRAY THE BRAVEST PRAYER.
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go ahead and DREAM BIG, but you’ve got to START SMALL—16 years ago today, @NCC bought a crackhouse that turned into @ebenezers coffeehouse! God-sized dreams often COST MORE and TAKE LONGER than original estimates, but God has a way of doing immeasurably more than we can IMAGINE.
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prayer is the difference between LETTING THINGS HAPPEN and MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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4 years
24 years ago, I was reading Joshua 1:3 when I felt prompted to PRAY A PERIMETER around Capitol Hill. @NCC was 25 people on a good Sunday. church income was $2000 a month. don’t despise the day of SMALL BEGINNINGS or the power of a SINGLE PRAYER. #SoFarSoGod #TheBestIsYetToCome
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don’t let your BUDGET determine your VISION. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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5 years
when I saw the sunrise this morning I knew it would be worth the one mile jaunt over to the Capitol.
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when did we start believing that God calls us to SAFE PLACES to do EASY THINGS at CONVENIENT TIMES with NICE PEOPLE? Newsfalsh. Jesus didn’t die just to KEEP US SAFE. Jesus died to MAKE US DANGEROUS. check out this week’s message:
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FAITH is taking the FIRST STEP before God reveals the SECOND STEP. #40DayPrayerChallenge
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6 years
your definition of FAILURE will determine your FUTURE. here’s my definition, which is admittedly counter-intuitive. FAILURE is ALWAYS SUCCEEDING. If you aren’t failing, you aren’t taking enough risks or trying enough new things!
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4 years
everyone is FIGHTING A BATTLE we know nothing about #ChadwickBoseman #BlackPanther #JackieRobinson42
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6 years
when you try to ADD something to the GOSPEL, you actually SUBTRACT something from it. the gospel is not just GOOD NEWS, the gospel IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
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8 years
PRAY like it depends on God. VOTE like it depends on you. #ElectionDay
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3 years
happy anniversary @Ebenezers ! for 5 long years, we circled the crackhouse that would become our coffeehouse on Capitol Hill. so many miracles! #SoFarSoGod the Holy Spirit + caffeine = awesome!
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most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience. we don't need to KNOW MORE. we need to DO MORE with what we know.
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