The blessing of God is the solution to your biggest problem, the answer to your boldest prayer, and the fulfillment of your bravest dream,” writes Mark Batterson in his new book, Double Blessing. But God doesn’t want us merely to receive His blessing, He wants us to give it away too. We are, as Batterson puts it, “blessed to bless.”

In this episode of the Influence Podcast, Influence magazine Executive Editor George P. Wood talks to Mark Batterson about this “double blessing.” Batterson is pastor of National Community Church, a multisite congregation in Washington, D.C., and The New York Times best-selling author of 15 books, including In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and The Circle Maker.