New Releases by Mark Batterson

El pastor y autor bestseller del New York Times invita a los lectores a buscar, reconocer y aplicar cada bendición de Dios. Él facilita las herramientas necesarias para tomar inventario de nuestras bendiciones y participar en lo que él denomina como una doble bendición, ese momento en que uno aprovecha una bendición recibida para bendecir doblemente a otra persona. Mark Batterson cree firmemente que es posible aprovechar al máximo las bendiciones de Dios, pero hacer eso puede lucir diferente a lo que uno creería. La primera ola de bendición es lo que Dios te da: tiempo, lo que amas, talento. La doble bendición es la segunda parte en esta relación, es devolverle a Dios ayudando a otros. En estos tiempos donde el crecimiento divino y la organización espiritual se han reducido al hashtag #bendecido, Batterson invita y reta a los lectores a seguir la verdadera bendición glorificadora de Dios y sentir el gran impacto que es participar en la doble bendición. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION New York Times bestselling author and pastor invites readers to pursue, recognize, and flip every blessing from God. He provides the tools necessary to inventory one''s blessings and participate in double blessing - that moment when a blessing in your life is leveraged to doubly bless another. Mark Batterson believes it''s possible to experience more of God''s blessing - but that might look different than you would initially expect. The first wave of blessing is that which God gives you: time, treasure, talent. The double blessing, the second movement in this relationship, is our giving back to God by giving to others. In a day where divine flourishing and godly stewardship has been reduced to a hashtag; #blessed, Batterson challenges readers to pursue true, God-glorifying blessing and experience an exponential impact by participating in the double blessing.

MENEMUKAN KEBIASAAN-KEBIASAAN DARI ORANG YANG SANGAT DIBERKATI Penulis buku laris dan seorang gembala, Mark Batterson memercayai bahwa kunci untuk meningkatkan iman, sukacita dan kelimpahan Anda secara radikal dapat ditemukan di dalam tiga kata ini: FLIP THE BLESSING (Membalikkan berkat-berkat) Penemuannya dimulai dengan sebuah percobaan sederhana. Manakala Batterson menerima sebuah berkat, ia akan memberikan berkat yang sama kepada orang lain. Bila seseorang memberikannya sebuah komplimen atau sebuah hadiah atau memberikan bantuan kepadanya, ia akan mengembalikan kemurahan tersebut dengan melakukan sesuatu yang serupa kepada orang lain. Kita membalikkan berkat-berkat dengan memberkati orang lain sebagaimana Tuhan telah memberkati kita. Itulah caranya bagaimana berkat tersebut menjadi berlipatganda. Hal ini mengubah perbuatan memberi menjadi sebuah permainan – yang tidak akan pernah kita menangkan karena Tuhan selalu memberikan jauh lebih banyak kepada kita! Ini adalah sebuah kebenaran kuno yang ditemukan di dalam perjanjian Abraham: “Aku akan memberkatimu...dan kamu akan menjadi berkat.” Dalam perkataan lain, kita diberkati untuk memberkati. Berkat pertama adalah menerima, tetapi hal itu tidak berhenti di situ. Berkat kedua adalah memberikannya kepada orang lain! Itulah berkat ganda. Dan di sanalah sukacita ganda ditemukan. Pada suatu hari dan masa di mana ide mengenai berkat telah diturunkan nilainya menjadi sebuah tanda tagar (#diberkati), Batterson menantang para pembaca untuk mengejar berkat-berkat Tuhan yang sejati dan yang memuliakan-Nya dan mengalami sebuah dampak pelipatgandaan dengan berpartisipasi di dalam berkat-berkat ganda. Jangan merasa puas hanya untuk setengah bagian saja dari apa yang Tuhan tawarkan. Temukanlah bagaimana Anda bisa mendapatkannya dan membagikannya... di dalam berkat-berkat ganda. “Praktikal. Menguatkan. Memotivasi. Double Blessing menantang kita untuk mempertajam kembali persepsi kita mengenai berkat... melihat pemberian-pemberian Tuhan sebagai sebuah kesempatan untuk meningkatkan kemurahan hati.” -LOUIE GIGLIO, penulis Not Forsaken

God doesn''t bless us to raise our standard of living. God blesses us to raise our standard of giving, and that''s where true joy is found. The New York Times bestselling author of Chase the Lion challenges us not to settle for half of what God offers when it comes to blessings—we are BLESSED to BLESS. His discovery started with a simple experiment. Whenever Batterson received a blessing, he would give a similar blessing away. If someone paid him a compliment or gave him a gift or went out of their way to help him, he would return the favor by doing something similar for someone else. We flip the blessing by blessing others in the way God has blessed us. That’s how the blessing becomes a double blessing. It turns giving into a game—one we can’t win because God will always outgive us! It’s an ancient truth found within the Abrahamic covenant: “I will bless you . . . and you will be a blessing.” In other words, we are blessed to bless. The first blessing is receiving, but it doesn’t end there. The second blessing is giving it away! That’s the double blessing. And that’s where double joy is found. In a day and age where the idea of blessing has been reduced to a hashtag (#blessed), Batterson challenges readers to pursue true, God-glorifying blessing and experience an exponential impact by participating in the double blessing. Don’t settle for half of what God offers. Discover how you can both get it and give it . . . in Double Blessing.

A Dios le encantaría presentarte a ti mismo. En Tu destino divino, Mark hace gala de la profundidad y la energía por las que es famoso en un esfuerzo por ayudarte a experimentar el gozo de descubrir quién eres... y la libertad de descubrir lo que no eres. La maravillosa realidad es que tu exclusividad, al mismo tiempo que un regalo de Dios para ti, es un regalo tuyo para Dios. Tu destino divino es un libro de autodescubrimiento que pone en el centro a Dios y no a nuestro yo, te anima a reconocer y explorar los cinco momentos definidores de tu vida, que son los que van a decidir tu destino. A lo largo del camino, descubrirás que no estás pasando solamente las páginas de un libro. Estás pasando las páginas de tu extraordinaria vida, moldeada por Dios para transformar al mundo.

Nunca ha habido, ni habrá, nadie igual a ti. Eso no es un elogio para ti. Es un elogio para el Dios que te creó. ¿El problema? Que pocas personas descubren la identidad que Dios les ha dado y que las hace diferentes a todas las demás. Mark betterson llama a esta distinción de origen divino: Identidad del alma. En Tu destino divino, Mark hace gala de la profundidad y la energía por las que es famoso en un esfuerzo por ayudarte a experimentar el gozo de descubrir quien eres... y la libertad de descubrir lo que no eres. La maravillosa realidad es que tu exclusividad, al mismo tiempo que un regalo de Dios para ti, es un regalo tuyo para Dios. 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. The problem? Few people discover the God-given identity that makes them unlike anyone else. Mark Batterson calls this divine distinction our soulprint. In Soulprint, Mark pours the insight and energy he''s known for into helping you experience the joy of discovering who you are... and the freedom of discovering who you''re not. The wonderful fact is that your uniqueness is God''s gift yo you, and it''s also your gift to God.

In this adaptation of his bestselling book, All In, now distilled in this essential edition, Mark Batterson shows us there is nothing more thrilling in life than allowing Jesus to make us dangerous. In this compelling read, Mark Batterson challenges our mistaken beliefs: 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 And that radical is anything but normal Instead, Batterson maintains that Jesus did not die to keep us safe; he died to make us dangerous. Here is a challenge to go all in and all out by fully surrendering your life to daring plan God has for you. The message of Not Safe is simple: If Jesus is not Lord of all then Jesus is not lord at all. It''s all or nothing. Now or never. Not safe or safe. Spanish edition also available.

No hay nada más emocionante en la vida que permitir que Jesús nos torne peligrosos. Basado en su libro más vendido, All In, Mark Batterson desafía las creencias erróneas de que Dios quiere enviarnos a lugares seguros para hacer cosas fáciles; que la fidelidad es la que nos mantiene inconmovibles; que jugar a lo seguro es seguro; que hay mayores privilegios que el sacrificio; y que lo radical es todo menos lo normal. En cambio, Batterson sostiene que Jesús no murió para mantenernos seguros. Murió para hacernos peligrosos. Aquí hay un desafío para darlo todo al entregar tu vida por completo al plan audaz que Dios tiene para ti. El mensaje de Not Safe! es simple: si Jesús no es el Señor de todo, entonces Jesús no es el señor en absoluto. Es todo o nada. Ahora o nunca. Es no estar inseguro ni seguro.

Quit playing it safe and start running toward the roar! Now available for the first time in a convenient paperback edition and featuring a brand new group discussion guide. When the image of a man-eating beast travels through the optic nerve and into the visual cortex, the brain sends the body a simple but urgent message: run away! That’s what normal people do, but not lion chasers. Rather than seeing a five-hundred-pound problem, they see an opportunity for God to show up and show His power. Chase the Lion is more than a catch phrase; it’s a radically different approach to life. It’s only when we stop fearing failure that we can fully seize opportunity by the mane. With grit and gusto, New York Times best-selling author Mark Batterson delivers a bold message to everyone with a big dream. This is a wake-up call to stop living as if the purpose of life was to simply arrive safely at death. Our dreams should scare us. They should be so big that without God they would be impossible to achieve. Quit running away from what you’re afraid of. Chase the lion! Change the world! What is your five-hundred-pound dream? In this highly anticipated sequel to his best-selling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson invites lion chasers everywhere to chase dreams so impossible that victory demands we face our fears, defy the odds, and hold tight to God. These are the kind of dreams that will make you a bigger person and the world a better place. Based upon 2 Samuel 23, Chase the Lion tells the true story of an ancient warrior named Benaiah who chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day—and then killed it. For most people, that situation wouldn’t just be a problem…it would be the last problem they ever faced. For Benaiah, it was an opportunity to step into his destiny. After defeating the lion, he landed his dream job as King David’s bodyguard and eventually became commander-in-chief of Israel’s army under King Solomon. Written in a way that both challenges and encourages, this revolutionary book will help unleash the faith and courage you need to identify, chase, and catch the five-hundred-pound dreams in your life.

After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it? Jack learns that most live in a shadow of the world, their vision blinded by invisible scales that have covered human eyes since the beginning of time. But the Awakened experience the world as it truly is, where war rages between good and evil—and Jack is at the heart of it. The Awakened are searching for The Child of Prophesy who will both save the world and destroy it. When Jack joins in their epic battle he must learn to trust his friends and face his fears if he is to make his life count.

After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it? The Assassin is closing in. Just as Jack and his friend Alexia discover what it means to be the Chosen Ones, they each face the test of a lifetime. For Jack it is a question of trust; for Alexia, of loyalty. Everything rests on their making the right choices, and on the completion of their missions. The Assassin expects they will fail, and that they will either join him or be destroyed. It will take all of the Author’s forces, the special gifts Jack and Alexia each have, and the help of their friends, Arthur and Mrs. Dumphrey, to overcome. But when the enemy makes a key move, and an important quest proves difficult, the prophecy—that they will both destroy and save the world—seems further from coming true than ever before.

In the epic conclusion to the Jack Staples trilogy, Jack and Alexia are forced to make an impossible choice, one that will both destroy and save the world. Our world is more fantastical than we dare imagine ... filled with both unbelievable beauty and horrific evil. Just ask Jack Staples and Alexia Dreager. They''re at the epicenter of the conflict that''s been raging since time before time began. Their birth and destiny have long been prophesied--but things aren''t going as planned. In this epic conclusion to the Jack Staples trilogy, Jack and Alexia must make an impossible choice during their final battle against the Assassin--one that could alter time itself and the fate of the world.

Drawn from Mark Batterson''s bestselling books The Circle Maker and Draw the Circle, this bullet journal will guide you into deeper and more intentional prayers with writing prompts for each day, scripture quotes, and beautifully designed spreads. Experience the power of bold prayer in your life as you journey through this prayer experiment.

Based on the New York Times bestselling The Circle Maker and Draw the Circle by Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker Devotions for Kids encourages kids ages 8 and up to pray circles around their biggest dreams. Boys and girls will learn the story of Honi the Circle Maker, who drew a circle in the sand and didn’t budge from it until God answered a seemingly impossible prayer. Kids are encouraged to be brave and bold in their prayers and dreams just like Honi, and to see how God answers prayers in big and small ways. Featuring 100 inspiring messages and a beautifully designed interior, this devotional makes a perfect gift for young readers.

This full-color, giftable book from Mark Batterson (Whisper, In the Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day) contains inspiring quotes from his New York Times bestselling The Circle Maker paired with vibrant, full-page photography that together encourage you to dream big, pray hard, and embrace your God-given desires. What impossibly big dream has God given you? We all have future hopes planted in our hearts, but making those dreams a reality can feel difficult in today’s world. The good news is that God delights in hearing your biggest, boldest prayers and requests, and Praying Circles Around Your Future will help you see how God shows up in your life when you simply ask. Inside this book are important, inspirational quotes and short passages from Mark Batterson’s The Circle Maker presented alongside beautiful large-scale photography, providing motivation, encouragement, and wisdom as you move forward toward your heart’s desires and discover how to approach God boldly in prayer. Praying Circles Around Your Future: contains over 120 pages of inspiring images and text can be used as daily encouragement in your faith journey makes a great graduation gift or present for anyone exploring a new phase of their life has full-page images and spreads

Have your prayers become stagnant? Do you long to see God move in fresh ways? Are you ready to move to new places in your walk with God? If so, it''s time to take the 40-day prayer challenge and press into God like never before. In this five-session video study, bestselling author and pastor Mark Batterson reveals how taking up this challenge will not only change the way you pray today but also dramatically impact the rest of your life. While this challenge won''t be easy, and you will certainly experience setbacks along the way, as you pray through you can be assured that God will come through for you in new and exciting ways. Miracles that happen in your life decades from now will trace their origin back to this season of prayer, and breakthroughs that occur will become generational blessings that will live on long after your time on earth is over. Today is the day for you to not only draw your prayer circle but also form your prayer circle with other believers in Christ. Now is the time to join with the more than half a million people who have already accepted this 40-day challenge to pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on them. As you do, you will witness the miraculous results in your life, your church, your community, and your world that only God can bring. The Draw the Circle study includes video discussion questions, personal reflection questions, and daily devotional readings for each of the 40 days in the challenge. Sessions include: Drawing the Circle Dream Big Pray Hard Think Long The Ripple Effect The pack contains one study guide and one DVD.

¿Habla Dios todavía? ¿De que maneras? Es cierto que en la antigüedad, y de las formas más misteriosas, Dios le habló a Su pueblo. Pero ¿sigue hablándonos hoy? Mark Batterson por cierto lo cree. Y quiere presentarte los siete lenguajes del amor que Dios emplea, cada uno de ellos enteramente divino, y único.El susurro de Dios puede responder a tus preguntas más calientes, calmar tus miedos más oscuros y concretar tus sueños más grandes. ¡Descubre lo simple que es oír la voz de Dios en cada uno de los aspectos de tu vida! Él está hablando. ¡Asegúrate de saber cómo escuchar! Does God still speak? In which ways? Sure, in ancient times and in mysterious ways, God spoke to His people, but is He still speaking now? God''s whisper can answer your most burning questions, calm your deepest fears, and fulfill your loftiest dreams.Discover how simple it is to hear God''s voice in every aspect of your life!He''s speaking, make sure you know how to listen!Mark Batterson certainly believes so. And he wants to introduce you to the seven love languages of God; each of them unique and entirely divine.

En este llamado inspirador a algo superior, Mark ayuda a los varones a entender lo que significa ser un hombre de Dios revelando siete virtudes de la masculinidad. Además, cuenta relatos inspiradores acerca de la hombría, incluida la verdadera historia del héroe y mártir Policarpo, que fue el primero que oyó una voz del cielo que decía: «Sé hombre». Mark une esas historias con ideas prácticas acerca de cómo discipular a la próxima generación de hombres que pondrán a Dios primero, a la familia de segundo y a la carrera de tercero. In this inspiring call to something greater, Mark Batterson helps men understand what it means to be a man of God by unveiling seven virtues of manhood. He shares inspiring stories of manhood, including the true story of the hero and martyr Polycarp, who first heard the voice from heaven say, "Play the man." Mark couples those stories with practical ideas about how to disciple the next generation of men who will put God first, family second, and career third.

Somewhere along the way, our culture lost its definition of manhood, leaving generations of men and men-to-be confused about their roles, responsibilities, relationships, and the reason God made them men. It''s into this "no man''s land" that New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson declares his mantra for manhood: play the man. In this inspiring call to something greater, he helps men understand what it means to be a man of God by unveiling seven virtues of manhood. Mark shares inspiring stories of manhood, including the true story of the hero and martyr Polycarp, who first heard the voice from heaven say, "Play the man." Mark couples those stories with practical ideas about how to disciple the next generation of men. This is more than a book; it''s a movement of men who will settle for nothing less than fulfilling their highest calling to be the man and the father God has destined them to be. Play the man. Make the man.

"Si..." es una palabra pequeña, pero poderosa. Muchas personas se estancan en pensar o decir "si solo..." o "qué pasaría si..." arrastrándose por la vida marcados por el remordimiento. Pero Dios quiere que vivamos vidas marcadas con posibilidades, con la actitud de "qué tal si..." que anticipa el futuro con confianza. ¿Por qué? Porque la respuesta a "Si Dios es por nosotros, ¿quién contra nosotros?" es "Nadie". Dios siempre está de nuestro lado. Todos los días, de todas las maneras. Con el entusiasmo que le caracteriza y su gozo contagioso, Mark Batterson ayuda a los lectores a superar sentimientos de culpa, miedo, y duda, porque en Cristo no hay condenación. Desempacando las promesas de Romanos 8, le muestra a los lectores que somos más que vencedores, ahora mismo y para siempre. Y por eso, las posibilidades de nuestras vidas son ilimitadas. Todos los cristianos se sentirán libertados por esta lectura inspiradora y entretenida. If is a powerful little word. Some people are stuck in "if only," trudging through lives marked with regret. But God wants us to live lives marked with possibilities, with the "what if" attitude that looks forward to the future with confidence. Why? Because the answer to "If God is for us, who can be against us?" is "No one." God is always on our side. Every day, in every way. With his trademark enthusiasm and contagious joy, Mark Batterson helps readers overcome feelings of guilt, fear, and doubt, because in Christ there is no condemnation. Unpacking the promises of Romans 8, he shows readers that they are more than conquerors—right now and forever. And because of that, the possibilities for their lives are limitless. Christians from all walks of life will find themselves set free by this inspiring and entertaining read.

With his trademark enthusiasm and contagious joy, Mark Batterson helps readers overcome feelings of guilt, fear, and doubt, because in Christ there is no condemnation. Con el entusiasmo que le caracteriza y su gozo contagioso, Mark Batterson ayuda a los lectores a superar sentimientos de culpa, miedo, y duda, porque en Cristo no hay condenacion.

¡Dejar de jugar a lo seguro y comenzar a correr hacia el "rugido"! Stop playing it safe and start running toward the "roar"!

Si vivieras tu vida otra vez, ¿qué harías de manera diferente? El autor de éxitos de ventas del New York Times, Mark Batterson, y su mentor, Richard Foth, te ayudarán a responder a esa pregunta antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Narrando sus historias, Mark y Dick te desafían a correr más riesgos, a soñar cosas más grandes, y a dejar de vivir como si el propósito de la vida fuera llegar a la muerte. Su sabiduría acumulada en sus 117 vueltas alrededor del sol, irradia de estas páginas, que fueron escritas con el corazón. ¿Quieres aprovechar tu vida al máximo, y exprimir de ella cada gota de aventura? Inspírate con esta franca celebración de la vida que Jesús murió para darte. Este libro excepcional te demostrará que: La vida es una aventura llena de momentos que te marcan. Es mejor dar a tus hijos experiencias que posesiones. Cuando ves la vida como una aventura, tus sueños ya nunca están lejos de ti. Se critica creando. Mientras más sabes, más sabes lo mucho que no sabes. Nunca es demasiado tarde para ser quien debiste haber sido. En cada vuelta alrededor del sol, está la inefable aventura de vivir, ¡siempre escoge la aventura! If you had your life to live over again, what would you do differently? New York Times best-selling author Mark Batterson and his mentor, Richard Foth, will help you answer that question before it’s too late. In a storytelling style, Mark and Richard challenge you to take more risks, dream bigger dreams, and quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. The accumulated wisdom from their combined 117 trips around the sun radiates from every heartfelt page. Do you want to grab life and squeeze every ounce of adventure out of it? Be inspired by this unapologetic celebration of the life Jesus died to give us.

Será que acreditamos que Deus ainda faz milagres? Será que esperamos que Ele se mova de maneiras milagrosa em nosso dia-a-dia? Nada mudou desde que Jesus chamou Lázaro para sair do túmulo quatro dias depois de ser sepultado. Pouco importando a grandeza dos problemas, Deus é ainda maior. Se você deseja ver a obra de Deus de maneira milagrosa hoje, você gostará desta mensagem edificante de fé e que dá vida. Um Produto CPAD.

Kann man noch an Wunder glauben oder sich vorstellen, selbst ein Wunder zu erleben? Kann man an Gott glauben, an Wunder aber nicht? Mark Batterson lädt dazu ein, die sieben Wunder Jesu aus dem Johannesevangelium des Neuen Testaments neu zu entdecken. Dabei kommt es ihm darauf an zu zeigen, dass Jesus diese Wunder nicht nur damals tat, sondern auch heute noch tun will! Batterson erzählt von Menschen, die Gott auf übernatürliche Weise in ihrem Leben erlebt haben. Und er beschreibt zahllose Wunder, die täglich geschehen, die aber als selbstverständlich betrachtet werden. So hilft er dabei, Wunder wieder zu erkennen und zu begreifen!

Chase the Lion: Stepping Confidently Into the Unknown is a six-session young adult Bible study that expands the message of Mark Batterson''s best-selling book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. Inspired by a fearless warrior named Benaiah (2 Sam. 23:20) who changed the course of his future by winning a battle with a real lion, this study examines biblical and modern-day examples of people who were willing to put everything on the line, take risks, seize opportunities, face fears, embrace uncertainty, and look foolish when it comes to chasing after God-given opportunities. Our current Christian culture doesn''t usually encourage sensible people to chase after risky opportunities and dreams. We want to believe that if it''s a good decision, it will always be and feel safe because that''s the way God wants life to be. But what if you discovered that the fulfilling life God wants for you is hiding behind a present problem, a past failure, or a lifelong fear? Unsure about where to start? Pop in the Enhanced CD and read "What Did I Sign Up For? How to lead a successful discussion-driven Bible study." Click around some more and you''ll find a PDF of "The Chase the Lion Leader Guide" which explains how to incorporate each Enhanced CD feature, a Playlist of songs that continue the themes of Chase the Lion, and other electronic goodies to enhance your ongoing communication with your group.

Chase the Lion: Stepping Confidently Into the Unknown is a 6-session young adult Bible study inspired by a fearless warrior named Benaiah (2 Sam. 23:20) who changed the course of his future by winning a battle with a real lion. This study examines biblical and modern-day examples of people who were willing to take risks, seize opportunities, and face fears when it comes to chasing after God-given opportunities.

New York Times bestselling author and pastor unpacks Romans 8, reminding readers that God is for them--all the time, in every way imaginable. Participant''s guide.

New York Times bestselling author and pastor unpacks Romans 8, reminding readers that God is for them--all the time, in every way imaginable. Kit includes book, DVD, and participant''s guide.