All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all… — John Piper Creation Copy Share Image
God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. — John Piper Eagles Copy Share Image
Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. — John Piper Islam Copy Share Image
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. — John Piper Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Grace is free because God would not be the infinite, self-sufficient God He is if he were constrained by anything outside Himself.” — John Piper Freedom Copy Share Image
The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ. — John Piper Bible Copy Share Image
“The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the condescension… — John Piper Advent Copy Share Image
“What you and I need is usually not a brand-new teaching. Brand-new truths are probably not truths. What we need are reminders… — John Piper Christianity 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 Affection Copy Share Image
Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us,… — John Piper Copy Share Image
A saving knowledge of Christ crucified and risen is not the mere result of right reasoning about historical facts. It is the… — John Piper Christ Copy Share Image
It isn't sex by itself that makes abortion. It is sex plus covetousness: desiring things that God does not will for us… — John Piper Abortion Copy Share Image
“To make them feel good about themselves when they were made to feel good about seeing God is like taking someone to… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Let your light shine before others, sothat they may see your good works.” So the motive at stake is not simply whether… — John Piper Motive Copy Share Image
God has levels of willing and delighting. He wills and delights in things in different ways so that approval and disapproval can… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to… — John Piper Learning Copy Share Image
“God is not glorified when we keep for ourselves (no matter how thankfully) what we ought to be using to alleviate the… — John Piper Bible 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 Eternity 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
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the… — John Piper Abasement Copy Share Image
“This understanding of the divine will and the human will at work together is not restricted to the writing of Scripture. It… — John Piper Bible Copy Share Image
“Indeed the devil thinks more true thoughts about God in one day than a saint does in a lifetime, and God is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“But it would be a great mistake to think that the awakening of desire for the Bridegroom would produce a wave of… — John Piper Failure Copy Share Image
“The faith that justifies gives rise to lives of obedience—not perfection, but growing holiness.” — John Piper Christianity Copy Share Image
One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Saying that life is war does not mean that we make war on people, but on sin, especially our own.” — John Piper Life Copy Share Image
Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don't presume you will have it tomorrow, and don't waste it today. — John Piper Life Copy Share Image
“I will give them a heart to know that I am The Lord." Jeremiah 24:7 He gives it at new birth, then… — John Piper Lord Copy Share Image
The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself. — John Piper Health Copy Share Image
“God is justified. God is blameless. If God casts David into hell, God will be innocent. This is radical, God-centered repentance.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be… — John Piper Age Copy Share Image
The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. — 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 Backbone Copy Share Image
It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure. — John Piper Christ Copy Share Image
There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient. — John Piper Christian Copy Share Image
The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule. — John Piper Discipline 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
“The wasted life is the life without a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all… — John Piper Life Copy Share Image
“Knowledge about Him will not do. Work for Him will not do. We must have personal, vital fellowship with Him; otherwise, Christianity… — John Piper Christianity 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 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/i/16f/john-piper-255_eternity_the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-p_278551.png)
