Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises — John Piper Crosses Copy Share Image
This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world. — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the… — John Piper Christ Copy Share Image
If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your… — John Piper Glad Copy Share Image
“If we are Christ’s, then what befalls us is for His glory and for our good, whether it is caused by enzymes… — John Piper Caused Enzymes Copy Share Image
I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all… — John Piper Appeals Copy Share Image
“Just being an obedient Christian is increasingly becoming a social, political, legal issue...” — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
“Christians do not just go to work. They go to work "with God". They do not just do a job. They do… — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
“The Bible itself shows that our ultimate goal in reading the Bible is that God’s infinite worth and beauty would be exalted… — John Piper Beauty Copy Share Image
“The domestication of God is a curse on preaching in our day. We need to recover reality and the language of majesty… — John Piper Domestication Copy Share Image
The infinite reservoir of future grace is flowing back through the present into the ever-growing pool of past grace. The inexhaustible reservoir… — John Piper Certainty 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 God 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 Abortion Copy Share Image
Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there… — John Piper Body Copy Share Image
The highest meaning and the most ultimate purpose of marriage is to put the covenant relationship of Christ and his church on… — John Piper Christ 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 Acts of love Copy Share Image
“Do not say, 'But it is hypocritical to thank God with my tongue when I don't feel thankful in my heart.' There… — John Piper Doing the right thing 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 Absolutely nothing Copy Share Image
There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my… — John Piper Book Copy Share Image
“I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world loves. I start to fit in. I start to… — John Piper Christianity Copy Share Image
“The discipline to rise early is not as difficult as the discipline of going to bed. This did not used to be… — John Piper Discipline Copy Share Image
“Thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God. Thinking is not an end in itself. Nothing but God himself is… — John Piper Holy spirit 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 Faith and love Copy Share Image
Very soon the shadow will give way to Reality. The partial will pass into the Perfect. The foretaste will lead to the… — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of… — John Piper Drink Copy Share Image
There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship. — John Piper Draws Copy Share Image
There will be no people in heaven who want to be around their things more than Jesus. — John Piper Heaven Copy Share Image
Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more… — John Piper Beautiful Copy Share Image
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray — John Piper Giving Copy Share Image
“We may think we are centering our lives on God when we are really making Him a means to self-esteem.” — John Piper Self esteem 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 Faith Copy Share Image
We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites. — John Piper Hypocrite Copy Share Image
“Nothing sobers a wandering philosophical imagination like the thought of having a wife and children to support.” — John Piper Children Copy Share Image
“Christians in the West are weakened by wimpy worldviews. And wimpy worldviews make wimpy Christians.” — John Piper Christianity Copy Share Image
“Whatever it takes, Lord, keep me desperate for You because I tend to wander when I stop feeling my need for You.” — John Piper Desperate Copy Share Image
“God created the world to exhibit the fullness of His glory in the God-centered joy of His people.” — John Piper God Copy Share Image
“Normal Christian life is a process of restoration and renewal. Our joy is not static. It fluctuates with real life. It is… — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise. — John Piper Adoration Copy Share Image
“The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have… — John Piper World People Copy Share Image
“Therefore we should pray for each other the way Jesus prays for us in John 17:17-- "Sanctify them in the truth; thy… — John Piper Prayer Copy Share Image
