The deeds mentioned are noteworthy and inspiring, and Batterson uses them well to springboard into ways we can have the same courage in our own lives. 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. The audience gasps as Benaiah turns around and takes a flying leap of faith, disappearing into the darkness. Napoleon Bonaparte made a distinction between two kinds of courage— regular courage and two-o’clock-in-the-morning courage.

Once you’ve defied the odds, faced your fears, and crafted audacious dreams for your life–the only thing left to do is to follow God’s leading and act boldly. The God who works all things together for good will leverage every experience, every skill, every mistake, and every bit of knowledge you have acquired. About Mark Batterson Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. 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. He tracks paw prints in the freshly fallen snow, finally coming to the place where the ground has given way beneath the lion’s five-hundred-pound frame.What dreams am I dreaming that will make a difference in my children and my children’s children and a hundred years from now? With grit and gusto, New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson delivers a bold message to everyone with a big dream. He’s been featured on many media outlets including The Washington Post, The Glenn Beck Program, Relevant, Christianity Today, Religion News Service, Forbes.

Mark and his wife, Lora, live on Capitol Hill with their three children: Parker, Summer, and Josiah.Written in a way that both challenges and encourages, the revolutionary message of Chase the Lion will help unleash the faith and courage people need to identify, chase, and catch the 500-hundred pound dreams in their lives. I need to be around people who make me feel as if I’m doing next to nothing because they’re making such a big difference. According to Batterson, the way to do that is by facing, chasing, and killing your “lions”—those things you fear most in life. The rarest attribute among Generals,” said the Little Corporal, “is two o’clock- in-the-morning courage.