Messages by Desiring God

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.

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 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.

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Everyone who believes in Jesus is a member of his flock. If you’re his, he’ll keep you safely to the end.

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.

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Hallowing God’s name is a heart action that transforms and shapes every other thing we do, from instituting laws to building cultural institutions.

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.

Jesus does the very works of God so that all might know that he himself is God.

Every sorrow and every time we suffer, there is a divinely designed purpose to display God’s glory and increase our joy.

One day your strength will fade and your body will fail, but if you are trusting in Jesus you will never see death.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Scripture memorization is important and should be practiced because it is a means to conformity with Christ, comfort for yourself and others, conflict with sin, communication of the gospel, and communion with God.

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.

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.

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

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

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

The Bible is a book full of inspired poetry, and God invites us to join him in his creative eloquence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Love for people consists in being so satisfied in God that we are willing to lay our loves down to bring them into our joy.

The word of God shows us the will of God for the church, for the home, for ministry, for manhood and womanhood, for the lost world, and for all of life as a disciple of Christ.

God’s purpose for humanity is to find joy in him. Therefore, you must dedicate your entire life to pursuing maximum happiness, without letting any moment pass by without striving for it, even if it costs you your life.

Though God does make much of us in the gospel, the root of all his benefits and salvation toward us is his infinite passion for his own glory.

Attempting to hide the truth for the sake of unity is essentially holding hands in the dark. In this interview, John Piper and Conrad Mbewe discuss the growing divisions in evangelical circles and emphasize why unity in the truth is essential.

Emotions are essential in the Christian life because Christ is most magnified in us when he is more valuable than anything life can give and death can take away.

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.

Sometimes we experience so much pain and so much confusion, we don’t know what to pray for. But fear not: the Holy Spirit intercedes for his people.

True Christian preaching isn’t a lecture, but an awakening of worship in both the pastor and his people.