Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

Those married to unbelieving husbands should be like the holy women of old and hope in God. In fact, we all should.

Paul lived by faith in future grace. And therefore he blessed all his churches over and over again with future grace.

Jesus died for us to make us like him.

A truth stripped of God is not a whole truth and will not guide the church well.

Radical Christianity, real Christianity, makes a difference.

The aim of life—including our social and political life—is to live to God.

The two greatest issues in life are how the soul of man might not be destroyed and how the glory of God might not be belittled.

All the commandments are full of promise, but God goes out of his way to emphasize that of honoring mother and father.

Elders must lead the church in times of blessing and of refinement.

God made us who we are to show the world who he is through us.

If we are saved by Christ's death, what does his resurrection add?

How do we get what we need to forgive those who sin against us?

In every way, God’s saving grace is God-centered. Salvation’s goal is God’s glory and our joy in the praise of his perfection.

If we hold fast to an unforgiving spirit, we will not be forgiven by God.

You will not be asked to live tomorrow on today's strength. The mercy to carry you through this hour is given in this hour.

No human can thwart the purposes of God, neither by belief nor unbelief.

Are the sacrifices we offer spiritual sacrifices?

The cause of world evangelism is promoted through the head knowing sound doctrine and the heart being stirred by it.

God accomplishes his purposes in the world through the prayers of his people.

God has ransomed people for himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation. We can go to the nations confident that God will finish his mission.

World evangelization will only come about as people engage faithfully in domestic ministry and become so satisfied in God that they are willing to give up anything to have more of him.

God’s passion for his own glory is the only fuel that will sustain the power we need for missions.

Jesus told four churches that he had something against them, but that not everything they did was in vain.

We lead by example not just when we succeed, but also when we fail.

Long for the pure milk of the Word. Do not settle for spiritual fatalism. It is not God's will for you.

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The power to love comes through hoping in God.

You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.

No believing prayer is in vain. Ever.

Praying can help us live rightly, but living rightly can also help us pray better.

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The grace of God is the source of your hope and the holiness of God is the standard of your holiness.

Avoid what numbs your mind to God and stay sober for the sake of hope.

We should be amazed at the greatness of our salvation and that the prophets of God and the angels of heaven long to look into it.

You love Jesus and trust him and rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. This is true Christianity.

God blesses us so that the nations will be blessed.

There is a design in your distresses as a Christian. God wills them, and he does so for your good.

Our security is not in making heaven unconditional. Our security is in God's infallible commitment to fulfill the conditions of heaven.

Our response to being born again and being given a living hope with an imperishable inheritance in heaven should be nothing less than to bless God.

We are aliens not because men have rejected us, but because God has elected us.

Loving and speaking the truth in a politically correct and sex-leveling world will require courage, humility, and a willingness to be maligned for the sake of Christ.

Marriage is a divine mystery that refers to Christ and the church; therefore, in marriage, husbands should take their cues to love their wives from Christ, and wives should take their cues to submit to their husbands from the church.

The roles of men and women that shape marriage, business, and the battlefield are not derived from culture or the fall, but the way God created the world.

A biblical understanding of manhood and womanhood is undermined in America to the detriment of God’s created order.

Orient your life on the kingdom of God and his values and purposes.

When God causes us to be born again to a living hope, we become sojourners in this world. Our true home yet awaits.

Jesus is Satan's ruler, and he uses him to save and sanctify his people.

What will things be like after Jesus returns?

In the end, God will judge us all. But our pardon in the blood of Jesus is more than sufficient.

God will honor the work of his Son by raising your body from the dead, and you will use your body to glorify him forever and ever.