Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things. — John Piper Copy Share Image
At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that… — John Piper Copy Share Image
God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples. — John Piper Copy Share Image
My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The ultimate meaning of true womanhood is this: It is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of his Son… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of… — John Piper Copy Share Image
A saving knowledge of Christ crucified and risen is not the mere result of right reasoning about historical facts. It is the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply… — John Piper Copy Share Image
All the different ways God has chosen to display his glory in creation and redemption seem to reach their culmination in the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
This assumes that the glory of Christ is our highest treasure, not health, wealth, family or even life. So preaching must continually… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We give glory to God when we trust him to do what he has promised to do-especially when all human possibilities are… — John Piper Copy Share Image
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions… — John Piper Copy Share Image
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Therefore, the task of all Christian scholarship- not just biblical studies- is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If the pursuit of God's glory is not ordered above the pursuit of man's good in the affections of the heart and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You [God] will make known to me the path… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Part of what we pick up in looking at Jesus in the gospel is a way of viewing the whole world. That… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“He shook my dozing soul and threw the cold water of reality in my face, so that life and God and heaven… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this. — John Piper Copy Share Image
God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we… — John Piper Copy Share Image
In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Even in the miserable guilt we feel over our beastlike insensitivity, the glory of God shines. If God were not gloriously desirable, why would… — John Piper Copy Share
The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is… — John Piper Copy Share
“The Spirit inspired the Word and therefore He goes where the Word goes. The more of God's Word you know and love, the more… — John Piper Copy Share
Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you… — John Piper Copy Share
“Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and… — John Piper Copy Share
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The… — John Piper Copy Share
Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory… — John Piper Copy Share
Evangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we're aliens here. — John Piper Copy Share
“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can conceive is… — John Piper Copy Share
Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity… — John Piper Copy Share
“job 14:1 man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of troubles "If that isn't your experience now it… — John Piper Copy Share
“Not to aim to show God is not to love, bc God is what we need the most deeply. And to have all else… — John Piper Copy Share
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ… — John Piper Copy Share
Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16) — John Piper Copy Share
![“The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You [God] will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever." Fullness of joy and eternal joy cannot be improved. Nothing is fuller than full, and nothing is…” quote by John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/16f/john-piper-255_eternity_the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-p_278551.png)
