Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

Since the first Christmas we have been living in the last days.

What does an all-sufficient God, who owns and controls all things, demand from the creature he has made? That we cease to be great in our own eyes and become small that he might appear great.

Baptism is an act of obedience to the command of Jesus (Matthew 28:19, 20). And for that very reason it should never divert our attention away from Christ onto a man. It should express our desire to rely on Christ alone for salvation and to boast only in him.

Who you invite to share in your abundance shows where your treasure is.

The way to get ready to make a case for your hope is to get hopeful. Apply yourself to settling the questions of your own heart.

Lord's Supper is a memorial service looking back to Jesus' utterly unique death—a death that so satisfied the righteous demands of God that Jesus was granted to rise from the dead and come again as King of all. The sacrifice of Christ set the charge for the explosion of his second coming.

God teaches us things for our good, and he intends for us to share them for the good of our neighbor.

The humble Christian does not crave the praise of men. He longs for God to be praised and thanked and for truth to be honored.

If we are unmerciful, unforgiving people, if we hold grudges or cherish resentments or plan revenge, then what we are saying in effect to God is, "This is the way I prefer life to be."

The death of Christ does not turn away the wrath of God from all people. In order to benefit from the work that God has done outside of us, we must now experience the work that he does within us by the Holy Spirit. What is this work and how is it related to the gift of justification?

God pursues us with goodness and mercy in both joy and trials — all for his name’s sake.

We unseat judges with indignation who acquit the guilty. Our moral sensibility is outraged when wrong and guilt are given legal sanction. Yet at the heart of our gospel stands the sentence: God justifies the ungodly who trust in him.

It seems that with this passage of Scripture, more than any other, to recite it is also to experience its reality. The psalm itself is green pasture, the psalm itself is still water, the psalm itself restores my soul.

Every responsible person, on the basis of their actions and attitudes, will meet the final judgment of God.

Don't let your sinfulness hinder your prayers. Run into the arms of God and fill his ear with arguments that aim for His honor.

Anything, absolutely any act or attitude which is owing to a lack of trust in God is sin, no matter how moral it may appear to men. God looks on the heart.

If God is in control of everything, why do we suffer? Here are six affirmations to hold you through seasons of suffering.

When we clamor for praise, we are prideful and petty. But when God commands us to praise him, he is loving us to the uttermost.

God gets glory not from our heroic exertion but from our reliance upon his strength—when we serve as one who serves with the strength which God supplies.

Don’t be stubborn like a mule, but run headlong to God in prayer while he may be found.

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God’s glory and our happiness are never at odds. His pursuit of his own fame is a full commitment to our deepest joy.

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The remedy for the darkness of man's mind is not mindlessness but light.

In his first sermon as pastor at Bethlehem, John Piper explains the source of his authority and the reason for his fear.

John Piper candidated at Bethlehem Baptist Church in January of 1980. Six months later, he was installed to the pastorate, where he spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for more than three decades.

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One of the first sermons John Piper ever preached, as a 25-year-old seminary student.