Messages by Desiring God (Video)

John Piper | 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.

John Piper | How can Christians embrace suffering, whether in missions or everyday life, while also fulfilling their responsibilities to love and provide for their families? Is it wrong to prioritize new missions over strengthening existing churches and training pastors?

John Piper | 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.

John Piper | 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?

John Piper | 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.

John Piper | What is the difference between a wartime lifestyle and a mere simplicity lifestyle? How can a single person best pray for their future spouse whom they may not have met yet?

John Piper | Jesus is light and life. Only he can set us free from the chains of sin and death.

John Piper | What is the best time of the day to read, study, and pray? What is the relationship between the word of God and the people of God in our quest for joy?

John Piper | The mark of the true disciple is lasting, enduring, persevering, and keeping on in the force field of the word.

John Piper | When you think you don’t know what to do, you at least know that you can pray. In the middle of transition, you can depend on God.

John Piper | What does Christian Hedonism have to do with loving our neighbors? Is it ever appropriate to obey apart from happiness?

John Piper | What are the best passages that teach the concept of Christian Hedonism? Can Arminians be Christian Hedonists?

John Piper | The suffering of this present world exists by the sovereign plan of God, in order that the horrors of sin and the wonders of God’s grace in Christ might be shown.

John Piper | It’s not just enough to understand the truth — you’ve got to see the loveliness of it. In this interview, John Piper and R.C. Sproul reflect on decades of ministry.

John Piper | God blesses us in order that we might be a blessing for the sake of the nations.

John Piper | Delight in God is not optional. The regenerate heart finds joy in Jesus more than anything else.

John Piper | You only have one life now. Don’t waste it because this life will soon be past, and then the outcome will — for eternity — last.

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John Piper | Self-justification won’t work. Only Jesus can free you from Satan’s chains.

John Piper | There is no light besides Jesus. It’s Jesus or darkness. It’s life or death. Choose this day whom you shall serve.

John Piper | The Bible has unrivaled historical evidence. You can trust this book with your life because God has kept his word pure through the ages.

John Piper | Jesus will not allow you to call him merely interesting, intelligent, or instructive. Everyone must reckon with his actual claims.

John Piper | You can fight the battle hard against your sin because Jesus has already purchased victory over your sin at the cross.

John Piper | Every river of joy in your soul will flow from Jesus. When you come to him, you get him. And he never leaves.

John Piper | You can’t know Jesus until your will is to do God’s will. And God’s will is to make much of himself.

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John Piper | Faith, at its core, is despairing of human approval and being glad in the God of grace.

John Piper | Jesus died for sinners. And that group includes those who have had or committed abortions.

John Piper | The Lord’s Prayer teaches us to go to God for every need, especially our need to hallow him above all things.

John Piper | God won’t ever let you be the ultimate source of your own joy. Only God himself can possibly bear the weight of the happiness he has prepared for you.

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John Piper | Thinking is firewood for burning love for God and others. It’s not the end in itself, but it’s a means to the end: to love God.

John Piper, Lane Dennis, Sam Storms, and Justin Taylor | In a heartwarming surprise, John Piper was gifted a magnificent festschrift, a grand tome filled with heartfelt tributes and profound insights, all in celebration of God’s work through Piper.

John Piper | The cause of orphan care and adoption must be pursued by faith, both in success and suffering.

John Piper | God’s love for his people is so rich and full that they need the Holy Spirit’s help to really feel it.

John Piper | Eight suggestions are given for how to persevere in ministry in the midst of sorrow.

John Piper | We are precious to God — so precious that he will not have us make that preciousness into our god.

John Piper | Christ is our pardon. Christ is our perfection. Paul and Jesus agreed.

John Piper | God-glorifying obedience is fruit of being born again, having a total change in our inner reality, believing in Christ, coming to Christ, loving Christ, and rejoicing in Christ as our all-satisfying treasure.

John Piper | All the demands of the Great Commission flow from the person and work of Christ.

John Piper | Suffering in the path of obedience is something promised to every believer, but we should be patient with those who struggle to grasp God’s sovereignty and goodness in their suffering.

John Piper | Everything in the universe points to God’s glory. He uses even our greatest sorrows to display his supremacy.

John Piper | The resurrection of Jesus shows the greatness of God's power toward us now in this life.

John Piper | The death of Christ was planned by the Father and approved by the Son to ransom many people from their sins.

John Piper | In every stage of parenting, knowing God's mercy gives us brokenhearted boldness—and hope.

John Piper | The love of God that makes much of us for his glory is a greater love than a love that would only make much of us.

John Piper | The word of the cross is sufficient for our issues of ethnic harmony, political schisms, and standing against false doctrine in the church.

John Piper | God’s children are immensely precious to him, and he ensures that their preciousness to him does not become their god, but that he is their God.

John Piper | In the presence of God and Christ, we are to faithfully and accurately preach the Bible to hungry, needy souls.

John Piper | Pastors are workers for the joy and transformation of their people, and in this work it is essential that they fight for maintaining joy themselves.