Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

God wants us to pray for signs and wonders today.

Faking faith in the presence of God is a fearful thing.

For people who desire the salvation of sinners, the magnifying of God's glory, and the vindication of Jesus' name, this is the way to pray.

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We are not called to win; we are called to witness.

We are saved only by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. It's the kind of truth that either makes converts or makes enemies.

Don't live for comforts, live for justice and compassion.

In meditation on the Word of God and in following it there is great reward—greater than much fine gold.

May the Lord forbid that we would lose heart and fail in the very thing needful: mighty prevailing prayer.

God is moving toward you today with blessing.

We should sing for joy because God fulfills his purposes, forgives sins, and will one day restore all things through Jesus Christ.

The Father is the ultimate source of all healing. Through Jesus the Father does his healing will.

A holy, happy fear of God makes our material possessions insignificant to us, except as means to serve others.

Even if you are a murderer of the Son of God, God himself is ready to forgive you! And not only to forgive you but to give you his Spirit!

Jesus, the Son of God, is alive today, and stands ready to serve you as your advocate with God the Father.

Do you join God in his affirmation of Jesus, or do you stand against God in the life of Jesus?

We live between the beginning of the kingdom of God and the consummation of the kingdom. What is that like?

May God unite us in one vision of what he is doing so that we might not only endure but delight in the design of these days.

When the Spirit comes in power, he comes suddenly—on his own terms and in his own time—and he comes for harvesting.

The purpose of the Holy Spirit is invincible and he has an unwavering zeal for the glory of the God-man, Jesus.

The extraordinary experience of being clothed with power is available to us for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

In order to be effective instruments of Jesus' life in the world, you need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

When churches gather in corporate worship, rock-solid doctrine and intense emotion ought to work side by side. God wants both our minds and our hearts when we worship.

Jesus is alive. He is working, he is teaching, he is doing. And just as he worked through the apostles, he will work through you.

We worship because of who God is, who we are, how it serves the church, and how it sustains missions.

This age is too evil for us to treat fellowship as a kind of comfortable togetherness that has no transforming, empowering, explosive effect.

How do you deal with sin in your life if you love God?

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Through the sky, God ministers humility and hope and healing and happiness.

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God causes us to persevere in the fight of faith. Therefore he gets the glory.

When the people of God pray together, they look for answers together. We get the help and he gets the collective glory.

Jesus died to meet your needs. He rose to meet your needs. He reigns to meet your needs—and make you happy in him forever.

Signs and wonders are not wrong in themselves, but seeking them could be a camouflage for a wayward heart that refuses to receive the quiet sign of Calvary love.

Deep down we know so much truth that we fear and therefore deny.

The Spirit doesn’t work mainly by revealing hidden messages, but by conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ.

Prophecy is prompted and sustained by the Spirit and yet does not carry intrinsic, divine authority.

The spiritual gift of prophecy has not passed away. God uses it for the good of the church until Jesus comes.

James 5 is a rebuke to pastors that never have the faith to heal and churches that don't pray in the spirit of Elijah.

"Gifts of healings" and "workings of miracles" are for the church and the mission of Christ in the world today.

Did the apostles have spiritual gifts that are now obsolete?

The kingdom has come and it has overcome the aimlessness and futility of our lives and given us an awesome reason to live.

The kingdom of God is present and future. There has been fulfillment, but there has not been consummation.

In spite of the terrible external hardships that Brainerd knew, he pressed on and even flourished under his tribulations that led to the kingdom.

Since Jesus has come, God exerts his right to rule in new and powerful ways.

Peaceful, non-violent, ready-to-suffer protest is one way that the truth and beauty of God's kingdom shines in this world.

Satan is not opposed to most ordinary things you do, as long as you do them like the rest of the world.

What is the nature of the kingdom of God? And what is the "power" that the kingdom exerts now in the church?

Are you living in the fullest enjoyment of God's YES to you in Christ Jesus? Have you said yes to all of God's YES to you?

God came to live in a tent so we can watch him more closely. God wants to be seen and known in his Son.