Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

A great hope produces great boldness.

Heavenly-mindedness is what frees our hands to do the works of love.

Without Christian hope my life and your life cannot yield Christian joy or love or boldness or endurance.

If there is any wonder, or awe, or admiration, or fame, or praise, or applause, it belongs to the glory of God.

Dads, father your children in a way that shows what kind of father God is.

A wise son makes a glad father, says the Lord, and it is the Word of God that makes a son wise.

The presence of a struggle with sin in this life is not a sign that we are lost. Perfection is not the test of spiritual life in this age.

There is coming a day when our bodies are going to be redeemed and there will be no more groaning.

The blessed hope of all who believe is the appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Do you eagerly await the coming of Christ?

The daughters of Sarah fight the anxiety that rises in their hearts. They wage war on fear, and they defeat it with the promises of God.

The strength to endure comes from the hope before us. And the hope before us comes from the Scriptures.

To get well from the disease of sin, and to have a living hope, you have to undergo surgery.

The gospel is the good news that there is hope for sinners — even the worst of us.

From beginning to end our salvation—our election, our calling, our faith, our sanctification, and our glorification—is a work of divine grace.

Our hope in God isn’t just a wish or a dream, but a sure confidence that what God says will happen will happen.

Academic stature has never been a guarantee of religious insight.

You were made to admire Jesus Christ the Lion and the Lamb.

As a Christian, your light might offend our dark world, but Jesus promises a reward greater than anything you stand to lose in this life.

God has made peace with his people, and he calls us to push for peace with friends and enemies alike.

It is not enough to clean up our act on the outside. Jesus is concerned about our heart. Because from the heart are all the issues of life.

God’s mercy floods our lives when we don’t deserve an ounce. And he expects us to overflow with that same grace to others.

The hunger of your life that cannot be satisfied by anything in this world is the constant beckoning of God to remember that you were made for him.

Meekness is not weakness. Meekness begins with God and ends with God.

Jesus didn’t come for those who think they have everything together. He came for people who know they are nothing without God.

The powerful mercy of the kingdom has already come in Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Authenticity and depth in worship characterize those who suffer with Christ by bearing the burdens of others.

Paul does not pray for ineffectual influences, but for effectual influences. And that is how we should pray too.

It is fitting for those who believe in the sovereignty of God to feel a deep sorrow and for the lost and a deep longing for their conversion.

It is the duty of Christians to seek God's power to fulfill good resolves.

We were dead in sin, BUT GOD made us alive with Christ.

We were dead to God, enslaved to Satan, and were rightfully under the wrath of God. There was only one hope, and it was not in ourselves.

We need a Savior because we are spiritually dead and helpless without him, no matter how good we look on the outside.

Thankfulness guards our souls because it nurtures humility and kills triviality.

The task of world evangelization requires Pauline missionaries devoted to the task of frontier missions.

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Son of God and he declares, “I must bring in my other sheep.” He will do it.

God will glorify his children both spiritually and physically. Nothing can sever his unbreakable chain of salvation.

The basis of our justification is Jesus Christ. He obeyed, even to the point of death, to bring us to God.

Our call, our conversion, our regeneration, and our faith are based on God’s eternal election and predestination — not our self-determination.

God’s call is the only thing powerful enough to pierce our hard hearts. It is the firm foundation of Romans 8:28.

Humbly accept the fact that your true advancement in life depends far more on God's labor than yours.

When the massive weather front of God's love meets the massive weather front of God's power in the heart of a believer, it produces a hurricane of doxology.

God's invitation to the banquet of his eternal joy is sent through the church indiscriminately to all people.

Where the gospel flourishes people share their souls—their joys, guilts, fears, and passions.

Worshiping God is the number one duty of every human being.

Preserve your freedom in Christ! Can you say with Paul, "I will not be enslaved by anything!"?

Our homes and apartments should stand constantly ready for strategic hospitality—a readiness to welcome people who don't ordinarily live there.

What God is after in all his dealings with his children is a brokenhearted joy that trusts like a little child in God and returns good for evil.

It is presumptuous to assume you can counsel God about how to run a more just world.

The suffering of the righteous is not a token of God's enmity but of his love. It is not a punishment of their sins but a refinement of their righteousness.

Why did God prolong Job's suffering? Didn't his initial reaction prove his faith?