Mark Sayers Quotes & Sayings

By our day, self-restraint was considered madness. — Mark Sayers

cultures are healed and rejuvenated by creative minorities led by creative leaders. — Mark Sayers

We must examine the ways in which we have attempted to turn our own ministries, workplaces, and mission fields into the playgrounds of our own personal struggles. We must search our hearts for the ways in which our own insecurities and wounded egos sabotage the gospel message that we have been entrusted with. We must become leaders who are deep in a society of the spectacle that produces shallowness. — Mark Sayers

In the absence of a story or foundation that gives hope or meaning, life has become a never-ending quest for pleasure and experience. Instead of being good, people want to feel good. — Mark Sayers

At its heart, biblical faith is a creed of the antihero. It is the story of men and women who come to the end of themselves and must discover God. — Mark Sayers

Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance. It is an act of rebellion against the society of the spectacle - It is to relinquish a life of many options so that you can receive God's one option. — Mark Sayers

This culture of distraction was nothing new. Christianity was born into one. — Mark Sayers

In the democratic, egalitarian spirit of our day, we hold in suspicion positions of social authority, yet we submit to the power of peers. Social anxiety, peer group pressure, and competition all dictate our lives. Many are more afraid of offending their friends than they are of offending figures of authority. We have moved from a culture based upon hierarchy to a peerarchy. Ironically we flee from relational distinctions and boundaries, yet without these traditions and boundaries we become mired in codependency. — Mark Sayers

Before we can influence our culture, our visions must die. — Mark Sayers

Jesus takes the chaos of the world upon Himself. — Mark Sayers

When leaders die to pushing their own agendas and realize that leadership is the act of dying to self, those around them are profoundly transformed. Selfless leadership opens a space for God to flow into. — Mark Sayers