
Mark Batterson
Mark serves as lead pastor of National Community Church (www.theaterchurch.com) in Washington, DC. One church with 10 services in six locations, NCC is focused on reaching emerging generations. Read More About Mark Batterson At His Author Page
Mark Batterson Posts
Be Specific Getting in shape is not a goal. That is a wish. Goals have got to be specific. You need timelines. One of th...
The Holy Dare: All in for the All and All
Oct 21, 2019
Few Americans have stamped the collective consciousness of our country like Jonathan Edwards. He was an intellectual pro...
3 Ways To Take Up Your Cross
May 1, 2019
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34-35 This ...
Church Leadership, Church Planting
Divine Appointments
Mar 25, 2019
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
Mar 1, 2019
How you handle offense has the potential to make you or break you as a leader. You will offend. The only questio...
10 Quotes on Prayer
Jan 22, 2019
All of us love miracles. We just don’t like being in situations where we need one. 2. If God is speaking to your heart...
10 Steps to Goal Setting – #6 & #7
Oct 22, 2018
The following is parts 6 and 7 of the article by Pastor Mark Batterson concerning recommended steps in goal setting. Wit...
10 Steps to Setting Goals #4 – Think in Categories
Sep 13, 2018
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 at ...
10 Steps to Setting Goals Part 3 – Get Ideas from Others
Sep 4, 2018
Step #3 Get Ideas from Others Let me share the genesis of my goal setting journey. I think it was about ten years ago th...
Church Leadership, Church Planting
10 Steps to Goal Setting Part 2 – Check Your Motives
Aug 28, 2018
#2 Check Your Motives It is difficult for me to publish my life goals because they are subject to interpretation. And if...
10 Steps to Goal-Setting Part 1
Aug 21, 2018
#1 Start With Prayer A few years I read a little book by Catherine Marshall titled The Adventure of Prayer and I’ll ne...
Setting Life Goals Intro
Aug 14, 2018
I recently read an interesting book by Garry Kasparov titled How Life Imitates Chess. Kasparov won his first world-champ...
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