“...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a… — 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 humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Hold your possessions so loosely that when they are lost in the sacrifices of love, your confidence in a supreme Treasure in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The gospel is the good news that the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of the never-boring, ever-satisfying Christ is ours freely and eternally… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God's perfect holiness. Being… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Whenever your heart starts to be anxious about the future, preach to your heart and say, 'Heart, who do you think you… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an 'extra' that a person might grow into after he… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We can be content with simplicity because the deepest most satisfying delights God gives us through creation are free gifts from nature… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from… — John Piper Copy Share Image
So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“God and God alone is the final, ultimate goal of our quest. All that God is for us in Jesus is the… — 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
The gospel of God and the love of God are expressed finally and fully in God's gift of himself for our everlasting… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Indeed the devil thinks more true thoughts about God in one day than a saint does in a lifetime, and God is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“In other words, when all the supports of human life and earthly happiness are taken away, God will be our delight, our… — 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
