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World Quotes by John Piper

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John Piper says true joy comes when we forget ourselves and focus on something bigger. He stresses that the cross is a treasure worth holding onto above all other pleasures. He also reminds us that the world’s biggest need is for the gospel, not just material comforts.

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Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions

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God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.

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The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

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I am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world.

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“When this world totally fails, the ground for joy remains.”

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What was once foolishness to us-a crucified God-must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.

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God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings.

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

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There are a thousand needs in the world, and none of them compares to the global need for the gospel.

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The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was…

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We have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.' There are no U-Hauls behind hearses.

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Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing…

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Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us,…

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Jesus Christ... came into the world to vindicate the infinite worth of God's holiness which had been desecrated by our sin and…

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The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of…

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The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their…

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If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply…

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All the different ways God has chosen to display his glory in creation and redemption seem to reach their culmination in the…

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If you can't see the sun you will be impressed with a street light. If you've never felt thunder and lightning you'll…

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What is God looking for in the world? Assistants? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. It is a help-available ad.…

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The offspring of the woman, Jesus Christ, came into the world to save women who have dethroned God, taken His place, defined…

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God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom…

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Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm…

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There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.

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“He shook my dozing soul and threw the cold water of reality in my face, so that life and God and heaven…

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The whole world lives for pleasure. The only difference is theirs is fleeting, while ours is forever in Jesus.

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“Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose…

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If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.

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This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.

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The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the…

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There is no other way the world is going to see the supreme glory of Christ today, except that we break free…

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The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate.…

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We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the…

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The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and…

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Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's…

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All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and His Son among all the peoples of…

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So, you have three possibilities in world missions. You can be a goer, a sender, or disobedient. The Bible does not assume…

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Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and…

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My take on tithing in America is that it's a middle-class way of robbing God. Tithing to the church and spending the…

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You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you…

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Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory…

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“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can conceive is…

Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity…

“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…

“Not to aim to show God is not to love, bc God is what we need the most deeply. And to have all else…

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…

Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16)