Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Prayer causes things to happen that wouldn't happen if you didn't pray. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship. — John Piper Copy Share Image
There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. — John Piper Copy Share Image
We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Thinking is one of the important ways that we put the fuel of knowledge on the fires of worship and service to… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The inner essence of worship is cherishing Christ as gain - indeed as more gain than all that life can offer -… — John Piper Copy Share Image
So you can see what is happening in the New Testament. Worship is being significantly deinstitutionalized, delocalized, de-externalized. The whole thrust is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Nothing makes God more supreme and more central in worship than when a people are utterly persuaded that nothing - not money… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“God aims to exalt himself by working for those who wait for him. Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God:… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is… — 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
“Think and mull and ponder and chew until you see God the way they see God—namely, as precious and valuable and beautiful… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I spoke the hardest words and almost broke: 'There is another kinsman still More close to you than I. He will Be… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Where in the context might we look for the reward that the Father encourages us to seek? I think a reliable guide… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God. Thinking is not an end in itself. Nothing but God himself is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“God is not looking for people to work for him, so much as he is looking for people ho will let him… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Banish professionalism from our midst, Oh God, an din its place put passionate prayer, poverty of spirit, hunger for God, rigorous study… — 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
Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Therefore we should pray for each other the way Jesus prays for us in John 17:17-- "Sanctify them in the truth; thy… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray — John Piper Copy Share Image
True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts… — 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
