“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34-35 This may be...
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, one church with multiple locations. NCC also owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, The Miracle Theatre, the DC Dream Center, and Capital Turnaround as gathering places for the community and funding for Kingdom causes. Mark serves as lead visionary for The Dream Collective, which equips and supports dreamers who long for revival in the church, reformation in the kingdom, and renaissance in culture.
Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the author of 23 books including the New York Times bestselling The Circle Maker as well as In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Double Blessing, Whisper, and, most recently, Win the Day and Do it for a Day. Mark is married to Lora, and they live on Capitol Hill. They have three children: Parker, Summer (married to Austin), and Josiah.Read More About Mark Batterson At His Author Page
Mark Batterson Posts
The Land Of Unfamiliarity
We naturally gravitate toward what is familiar. Once we find a place to sit, we’ll sit there every time. Once we find...
Steps to Setting Life Goals
Be Specific Getting in shape is not a goal. That is a wish. Goals have got to be specific. You need timelines. One of...
The Holy Dare: All in for the All and All
Few Americans have stamped the collective consciousness of our country like Jonathan Edwards. He was an intellectual...
Divine Appointments
Proverbs 16:9 is one of my favorite promises: “In his heart a man plans his course, but God orders His footsteps.”...
Overlook An Offense
How you handle offense has the potential to make you or break you as a leader. You will offend. The only question...
10 Quotes on Prayer
All of us love miracles. We just don’t like being in situations where we need one. 2. If God is speaking to your...
10 Steps to Goal Setting – #6 & #7
The following is parts 6 and 7 of the article by Pastor Mark Batterson concerning recommended steps in goal setting....
10 Steps to Setting Goals #4 – Think in Categories
It is hard to pull life goals out of thin air. I think some of our minds go blank when we think about goals. Looking...
10 Steps to Setting Goals Part 3 – Get Ideas from Others
Step #3 Get Ideas from Others Let me share the genesis of my goal setting journey. I think it was about ten years ago...
10 Steps to Goal Setting Part 2 – Check Your Motives
#2 Check Your Motives It is difficult for me to publish my life goals because they are subject to interpretation. And...
10 Steps to Goal-Setting Part 1
#1 Start With Prayer A few years I read a little book by Catherine Marshall titled The Adventure of Prayer and I’ll...