Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio
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Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things
Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery of sin for the sacrifices of love.
Piper One on One
Racism is not a social issue but a blood issue — the blood of Christ shed on the cross.
One Life: Don’t Waste It
The life that exalts Christ, enjoys him, and happily overflows to meet the needs of others — that life will never be wasted.
One Life: Enjoy It
We honor God most not just by obeying what he commands, but by finding our deepest satisfaction in all that he is for us.
For Men: Augustine, Sin, and Sovereign Joy
The life of Augustine shows us that the only way to truly sever the deadly pleasures of sin is by having superior pleasure in the sovereign joy of God.
A Savior Is Born: Glory to God, Peace to Man
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For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low
All Christians have the high, spiritual status of being a child of God. And with this high standing, there is a call to go low.
Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings
God is sovereign not only over our belief, but also our unbelief. He plans both for his glory in all things.
For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour
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Chosen to Know and Believe and Witness That I Am He
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If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit
The Christian life is far from being easy. It’s no stroll in the park. But God guarantees that our journey will end in glory.
Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial
If Jesus is your greatest treasure, then your affections for him should be lavish and unbounded.
Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
The only hope we have for genuine, lasting ethnic harmony is the death and resurrection of Christ along with all of its implications for our unity.
Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God
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How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
God invites everyone to embrace the good news of Jesus. And he uses his people to proclaim and spread the message.
Get a Holy Ambition — and Skip Adultolescence
Adultolescence impedes the advance of the gospel. Skip years of immature indulgence and get a holy ambition.
Sovereignty, Substitution, and Solidarity
The sovereignty of God brings about the substitution of Christ, which produces the globally diverse solidarity of the church of Jesus Christ.
We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls
God made us to live life together. We can only flourish with brothers and sisters in Christ at our side.
Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!
Missions exists because the knowledge of God, the praise of God, the enjoyment of God, and the fear of God don’t exist among the nations.
Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality
True contentment that is able to weather all kinds of hardship comes from knowing Christ as our surpassing treasure.
Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life
God does not mainly love us in this life by sparing us from suffering. He mainly loves us by giving us more of himself and his glory.
The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does
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Victor Watters Converses with Death: A Meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
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This Illness Is for the Glory of God
Jesus loved Lazarus so much that he allowed him to die. But he also raised Lazarus to life and promises to do the same for all who trust in him.
God’s Passion for Our Joy
The way we glorify God is to pursue and live out of superior satisfaction in him at all costs.
God’s Passion for Others’ Joy
Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others; therefore, in order to love people we must pursue our deepest joy in God.
God's Passion for His Glory
God pursues his own praise, which is the greatest act of love not because he won’t be God until he gets it, but because we won’t be happy until we give it.
Show Christ
Showing Christ is a work of love, which will only take place as the overflow of our joy in all that God is for us in Jesus reaching out to meet the needs of others.
Think Christ
God is honored in our affections when our affections are rooted in knowledge of the truth.
Preach Christ
In order to preach Christ faithfully we should preach his supremacy theocentrically, preach his love as the gift of himself, preach the cross from eternity to eternity, preach conversion as a miraculous gift, and preach sanctification as an effect of seeing the glory of Christ.
God's Passion for His Glory in Christ
God’s passion for his glory is not egomania but love, and it is manifested in his acts of predestination, creation, incarnation, propitiation, sanctification, and consummation.
Feel Christ
The truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied with him has profound implications for the life of the church, pastoral ministry, preaching, and the broader evangelical world.
Don't Waste Your Life
God owns us and has determined what the unwasted life is: living and acting in such a way that displays the supreme value of Christ.
Proclaiming Christ
Proclaiming Christ in such a way that people receive him and see him as their supreme treasure can only be done in the power of the Holy Spirit.
I and the Father Are One
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I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
Everyone who believes in Jesus is a member of his flock. If you’re his, he’ll keep you safely to the end.
My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life
Abundant life is not about having more stuff, but about having Jesus. Only he can save, satisfy, and give life because he is is the way, the truth, and the life.
The Infinite Worth of the Word of God
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Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor
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Hallowing God's Name in Public Life
Hallowing God’s name is a heart action that transforms and shapes every other thing we do, from instituting laws to building cultural institutions.
For Judgment I Came into This World
Sin blinds us all. We can only stumble about in darkness until Jesus takes us by the hand, and leads us into his heavenly light.
The Works of God and the Worship of Jesus
Jesus does the very works of God so that all might know that he himself is God.
Why Was This Child Born Blind?
Every sorrow and every time we suffer, there is a divinely designed purpose to display God’s glory and increase our joy.
You Will Never See Death
One day your strength will fade and your body will fail, but if you are trusting in Jesus you will never see death.
No One Will Take Your Joy from You
We are commanded to pursue all-satisfying, never-ending, invincible joy. The place we can find, keep, and share this happiness is only in God.
Desiring God (Session 3)
How can you enjoy lunch or have sex with your spouse to the glory of God, so that those pleasures do not become supreme but appropriate? What does it mean to lay down your life for your brothers?
Desiring God (Session 2)
If God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, the life we must pursue for the sake of God’s glory and the good of others is the life of maximal joy in God.
Desiring God (Session 1)
People see God’s exaltation and communication of his own glory as a problem, but the Bible doesn’t. The most loving thing God can do is to show us his glory.
You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free
Jesus is light and life. Only he can set us free from the chains of sin and death.
If You Abide in My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples
The mark of the true disciple is lasting, enduring, persevering, and keeping on in the force field of the word.