“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
“What is love for, if not to intensify our affections—both in life and death? But, O, do not be bitter. It is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts. — John Piper Copy Share Image
I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both. — John Piper Copy Share Image
God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I've never heard anyone say the really deep lessons of life have come in times of ease and comfort. But, I have… — 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
Do we eagerly long for the coming of Christ? Or do we want him to wait while our love affair with the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Obedience does not consist in paying God back and thus turning grace into a trade. Obedience comes from trusting in God for… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The very longing for contentment that ought to drive us to simplicity of life and labors of love contents itself instead with… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Lukewarm affection for God gives the impression that he is moderately pleasing. He is not moderately pleasing. He is infinitely pleasing. If… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The root cause of abortion is the failure to be satisfied in God as our supreme love. And, for all the great… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“...all the evils in the world come not because our desires for happiness are too strong, but because they are so weak… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The sins that should have brought condemnation on us, God laid on Jesus. God’s love planned an amazing exchange: Jesus endured what… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The only life I have left to live is future life. The past is not in my hands to offer or alter.… — 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
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“In other words, in the new covenant God promises that he will take the initiative and will create a new heart, so… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Don't wait for a feeling or love in order to share Christ with a stranger. You already love your heavenly Father, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go… — John Piper Copy Share Image
In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“On the contrary, Christian Hedonists are persuaded with Edwards that the only affections that magnify God's value are those that come from… — 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
“May our light shine in this world so that people see you in our sacrificial deeds of love and our compromising words… — John Piper Copy Share Image
When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images… — 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
“God is not honored by groundless love. In fact, there is no such thing. If we do not know anything about God,… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Prayer as a relationship is probably your best indicator about the health of your love relationship with God. If your prayer life… — 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
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
“And, Father, most of all, you taught Me there's a Pow'r in love that naught Can thwart, and that it moves where… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never… — 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
