Faith Quotes by John Piper

“If death is no longer a fear, we're really free. Free to take any risk under the sun for Christ and for…

— John Piper

Lives of faith are the great mirror of the dependability of God.

— John Piper

The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

— John Piper

“Belief in Jesus does not come by the waving of a magic wand. It comes by hearing the word of God through…

— John Piper

If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.

— John Piper

It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure.

— John Piper

“The faith that justifies gives rise to lives of obedience—not perfection, but growing holiness.”

— John Piper

Not going to God because your faith is weak is like not going to the doctor because you feel sick.

— John Piper

When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through…

— John Piper

“Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces…

— John Piper

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

Do we eagerly long for the coming of Christ? Or do we want him to wait while our love affair with the…

— John Piper

In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not…

— John Piper

The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep…

— John Piper

“The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God.…

— John Piper

Faith is that strengthening power within Urging me on my way, Teaching me all that I must know, Helping to obey. Faith…

— John Piper

God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith,…

— John Piper

“Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions…

— John Piper

“When something drops into your life that seems to threaten your future, remember this: the first shockwaves of the bomb are not…

— John Piper

“Perseverance Here is a key to great earnestness in preaching. If you really believe that “[those who endure] to the end will…

— John Piper

“O Father, touch us with fresh faith that we might believe the incredible. The very pain of Christ that makes us despair…

— John Piper

Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where…

— John Piper

“So waiting is a holy work Of faith in God. Nor does there lurk Beneath the timing of his ways Some secret…

— John Piper

“Being persuaded that Christ and his promises are factual is not by itself saving faith. That is why some professing Christians will…

— John Piper

“The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he…

— John Piper

“Christian Hedonism is a philosophy of life built on the following five convictions: The longing to be happy is a universal human…

— John Piper

“Paul says that one weapon in this ongoing fight of faith is the practice of “disciplining” the body. He was not unaware…

— John Piper

“In all of knowable reality, God is unique. He is knowable not like the multiplication table or the table of elements; he…

— John Piper

“He said it even more plainly in Romans 14:23, “Whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.” The absence of faith gives…

— John Piper

“Your daddy is standing in a swimming pool out a little bit from the edge. You are, let’s say, three years old…

— John Piper

“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

“Christian, be a Christian: live by faith; walk by the Spirit; serve in the strength that God supplies.”

— John Piper

The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God.

— John Piper

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

— John Piper

Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises

— John Piper

We are not saved from sin and changed into righteousness for the sake of pride but for the sake of praise.

— John Piper

For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.

— John Piper

The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction…

— John Piper

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

“... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our…

— John Piper