Our three most important words with Mark Batterson
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 9 March 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Mark Batterson is back, and I’m slightly giddy.
You know how much I love his books, and when I tell you this conversation brought me new life . . . well, it’s true. I have a notecard on my desk at this very moment with some of my favorite quotes from today’s conversation titled “Batterson bullet points.”
Pastor Mark reminds us that if God can do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20), we’re actually honoring him by praying bold prayers and trusting in faith for his answer. You’re going to love hearing how God has been answering the bold prayers of his church, which most recently has included buying property on Capitol Hill he only dreamed of years ago.
Lastly, Pastor Mark shares the three words he believes are the greatest predictors of our success in life: please, sorry, and thanks. He’s so sure of the significance of these words that he wrote an entire book on their importance. Lots of practical life and parenting advice you won’t want to miss today.
Resources from today's show:
Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything by Mark Batterson
The Best Worst Day Ever by Mark and Summer Batterson
Every Parent Wants to Know: A Christian Parenting Digital Event
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | This is Cynthia Yannoff, and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.1 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. Life is messy. Don't walk |
| 0:26.1 | the parenting road alone. Hey friends, welcome to part of the mess. Mark Batterson is with us today. |
| 0:35.2 | And if you are new to this podcast, maybe you don't know this information, but everybody else knows. I'm a big Mark Batterson is with us today. And if you are new to this podcast, maybe you don't know this |
| 0:37.6 | information, but everybody else knows. I'm a big Mark Batterson fan. He is a pastor at National |
| 0:43.2 | Community Church in Washington, D.C. He's also an author of some of the books that have most |
| 0:48.2 | impacted my parenting, my faith walk. You may know The Circle Maker. It's an older book that he's |
| 0:54.0 | written. So good. One of my very |
| 0:56.0 | favorites, maybe less known in a pit with a lion on a snowy day. It has really impacted my faith, |
| 1:01.3 | my husband's faith. So good. That was like in 2006. But he has newer books win the day. Lots of |
| 1:06.5 | stuff. He speaks. He writes. And he's so gracious and humble and has been on this show so many times, |
| 1:11.6 | and he's back today. And I'm sitting here holding a note card of bullet points. I have titled |
| 1:16.8 | Batterson Bullets because I went back and listened to our conversation. And there was things he said, |
| 1:21.3 | so many things that I had to sit down and put them all on an index card to keep close by because |
| 1:26.2 | they're so good. Here's a couple things I wrote down. |
| 1:29.0 | He talks about it, his church, how one of the things they try to do, one of the sayings |
| 1:33.6 | they have is fill the gaps with positive assumptions. |
| 1:37.2 | Isn't that a good word? |
| 1:38.4 | And he says that today. |
| 1:39.4 | He'll talk about that. |
| 1:40.3 | And then also, I love how he talks about his rules of life. |
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