Messages by Desiring God
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God Is the Gospel, Session 1
The greatest gift God can give us is himself. Without him, we have no cause for joy.
Jesus Died to Bring You to God
The best news in all the world is the gospel of Jesus Christ. And the sweetest prize of that gospel is the gift of God himself.
We Work With You for Your Joy
Pastors are called to be ministers of grace who work with their people for their joy in the faith.
Delighting in God as the Fountain of Love
Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others; therefore, pursuing joy in God is not optional for the sake of genuine love.
Marriage Lived to the Glory of God
Love between husband and wife flourishes when you put God first. Only when you love God most will your life sync up with what God intends.
Delighting in God for the Sake of His Supreme Glory
God is the one being in the universe for whom self-exaltation is the greatest act of love, and if we would truly reflect him, we must be satisfied in him above anything else.
Carry My Love to My Beloved
Christians are precious to each other when they feel deeply what they have been saved from.
The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
Some believe doctrine is stuffy at best, divisive at worst. Some prefer an undefinable personal relationship to revealed truths as found in the Bible. But in doing so they are cutting of the main channel to Christ-exalting joy.
Commending and Welcoming Radical Risk-Takers for Christ
What can we learn from how Paul sends his greetings?
Resting and Wrestling for the Cause of Christ—Together
Christian fellowship cuts our burdens in half and doubles our joy.
Joy+Debt = A Two-Thousand-Mile Detour to Jerusalem
Why did Paul make another trip to Jerusalem when he expressly wanted to visit the saints in Rome?
Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together
When Jesus died, he didn’t just die before us—as an example to copy—but for us—as a sacrifice to trust in.
Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named
God will not lead you down a pointless path, but to a holy ambition that meets great need for the glory of Jesus.
By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named
In Paul's ministry, signs and wonders functioned to confirm the gospel. Should we be expecting the same miraculous confirmations of our witnessing today?
Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper
When we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we feast spiritually by faith on all the promises of God bought by the blood of Jesus.
This Man Went Down to His House Justified
Neither your good works nor the righteousness that Christ works in you will ever justify you before God. Jesus himself is your righteousness.
A Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth
Christ gives us all we need to be courageous in the cause of speaking the truth.
How a Dead Dog Loves a King
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Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God
Preaching is not conversation or discussion. It’s not casual talk about religious things. Preaching is heralding a message permeated by the sense of God’s greatness.
I Will Go to God, My Exceeding Joy
When you feel divided and distant from God, feed your soul the glorious truth of the gospel.
Let the One Who Boasts Boast in the Lord: Reflections on a People and Their Preacher
In all that you do, magnify Jesus. He’s the only one worth boasting about.
Reaching Out with the Gospel of God
Teaching the whole counsel of God is needed in our evangelism so that people will encounter Christ, have the correct categories in their minds, and know and savor the truth.
Reaching Out with the Gospel of God
Lostness is blindness to the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, and God grants us to share in the ministry of opening people’s eyes to deliver them from the power of Satan.
Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible: Why William Tyndale Lived and Died
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A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People
What is the pastor's calling? What does this mean for the rest of the church?
Love Your Unborn Neighbor
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Racial Diversity, Racial Harmony, and the Gospel Walk
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How God’s Word Produces Our Work
It is wonderfully energizing to settle in your heart and mind the truth that Christ is real.
How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God
We can risk our lives for Jesus because he is all we need. We only lose when we embrace comfort over the cross.
Prayer and the Victory of God
God accomplishes his purposes through our prayers. He’s completely sovereign, but he has determined to use us.
The Child to Be Born Will Be Called Holy — the Son of God
Though the world in darkness lay, God entered into the universe this Christmas day. For sinners he came to save, and forevermore King Jesus will reign.
Word of Promise, Spirit of God, Hope of Man
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Gentiles Rejoice in the Root of Jesse
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Why Christ Became a Servant of the Jews
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Welcome One Another to the Glory of God
Only God can give us the strength to truly love our neighbors well, and only God can empower us to glorify him as we ought.
The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure
The kingdom of God is so valuable that losing everything on earth, but getting the kingdom, is a happy trade-off.
The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit
The kingdom produces more than Christian liberty. It governs how you use your liberty too.
Do Not Destroy the Work of God
Faith is what really matters in Christian behavior, not just whether you accomplish certain things or abstain from others.
Where Is God?
Spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things includes God’s supremacy in suffering and pain.
We Will All Stand Before the Judgment of God
Love your brother and help him get to heaven, instead of judging him and making it harder.
Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor
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The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God
Only the life and death of Jesus can explain pain and suffering. His affliction gives purpose to ours.
Ten Aspects of God’s Sovereignty over Suffering and Satan’s Hand in It
God is unquestionably sovereign over our suffering — even over Satan’s futile ploys to ruin God’s elect.
Is There a “Lord’s Day”?
Setting apart a day of rest testifies to a self-reliant world that our work does not save or define us, Christ does.
Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind
There are a hundred things we can disagree on in which both convictions can be done to the glory of God.
Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love
Don’t be a loner in the Christian life. God did not design it that way.
Where Is God? The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror
God does not answer all our questions, but he doesn’t leave us in the dark either. His deepest and loudest response to our pain is the suffering and death of his Son.
How to Welcome a Weak Brother
How can a church hold together when some of its members are so different from one another?
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part 2
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When I Don’t Desire God (Part 6)
The fight of faith is really a fight for joy. Like any real battle, you shouldn’t enter the ring without strategies for victory.