Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power. — 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 is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people. — John Piper Copy Share Image
It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). — John Piper Copy Share Image
Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The engagement of the heart in worship is the coming alive of the feelings and emotions and affections of the heart. Where… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Loving God with all our mind means that our thinking is wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Meaning of Mature Femininity: At the heart of mature felinity is a freeing disposition to affirm, receive, and nurture strength and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Never let the gospel get smaller… — John Piper Copy Share Image
At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women in ways appropriate… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The apex of glorifying God is enjoying Him with the heart. But this is empty emotionalism where that joy is not awakened… — John Piper Copy Share Image
You do the hundreds of things that a Christward heart does in the hope that God will put a match to those… — 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
The murders of Newtown are a warning to me - and you. Not a warning to see our schools as defenseless, but… — 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
'Worship' is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I sometimes fear that we have so redefined conversion in terms of human decisions and have so removed any necessity of the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
When I pray for revival I pray first for the most radical thing: The utter devotion and allegiance of your hearts to… — 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
“Now there was only one hope, the sovereign grace of God. God would have to transform my heart to do what a… — 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
Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel. — John Piper Copy Share Image
When you see Jesus as your Treasure, the Spirit has blown through your heart. — John Piper Copy Share Image
The call of God creates sight in us. It's the work of God in our hearts to awaken us before his word. — John Piper Copy Share Image
When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news — John Piper Copy Share Image
From eternity to eternity, the beauty of God is pervasive and practical. Ask him to open the eyes of your heart (Ephesians… — 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
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
Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because… — 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
To love God does not mean to meet His needs, but rather to delight in Him and to be captivated by His… — 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
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
“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
