If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy. — John Piper Copy Share Image
It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure. — John Piper Copy Share Image
Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The faith that justifies gives rise to lives of obedience—not perfection, but growing holiness.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
Not going to God because your faith is weak is like not going to the doctor because you feel sick. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Christian, be a Christian: live by faith; walk by the Spirit; serve in the strength that God supplies.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are not saved from sin and changed into righteousness for the sake of pride but for the sake of praise. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Belief in Jesus does not come by the waving of a magic wand. It comes by hearing the word of God through… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through… — 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
Faith is that strengthening power within Urging me on my way, Teaching me all that I must know, Helping to obey. Faith… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep… — John Piper Copy Share Image
God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith,… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our… — 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
“O Father, touch us with fresh faith that we might believe the incredible. The very pain of Christ that makes us despair… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“So waiting is a holy work Of faith in God. Nor does there lurk Beneath the timing of his ways Some secret… — 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 suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Perseverance Here is a key to great earnestness in preaching. If you really believe that “[those who endure] to the end will… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Being persuaded that Christ and his promises are factual is not by itself saving faith. That is why some professing Christians will… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where… — 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“In all of knowable reality, God is unique. He is knowable not like the multiplication table or the table of elements; he… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Paul says that one weapon in this ongoing fight of faith is the practice of “disciplining” the body. He was not unaware… — 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
“Christian Hedonism is a philosophy of life built on the following five convictions: The longing to be happy is a universal human… — 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
“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 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Evangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we're aliens here. — 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 conceive is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
![“In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this ordinance as an expression of his or her faith.” quote by John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e1f/john-piper-255_baptism_in-colossians-2-12-and-1-peter-3-21-bapt_418727.jpg)
![“Perseverance Here is a key to great earnestness in preaching. If you really believe that “[those who endure] to the end will be saved” (Mark 13:13), and that not only the first act of faith but all subsequent, acts of persevering faith are sustained by the Spirit through the Word of God, then…” quote by John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44a/john-piper-255_faith_perseverance-here-is-a-key-to-great-earn_1980386.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/16f/john-piper-255_eternity_the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-p_278551.jpg)
