Messages by Desiring God

God changes our hearts, sustains in faith, and brings us all the way home, all because of his sovereign, unquenchable commitment to do his covenant people good.

To delight in God is to bring him the glory he deserves. He gets glory; we get satisfaction — all when our joy runs deep in God.

God is no idolater; he lives for the fame of his own name. And the ultimate goal for all God’s people is to glorify him by enjoying him forever.

If you’re a Christian, you have only come to faith because God called you. And if he called you, then you can be sure that he has a very special love for you.

Who we are as Christians is ultimately based not on us, but on the work of another — he who calls us.

Every ounce of grace that enables faith and empowers our obedience comes to us through the finished work of Jesus Christ.

The gospel is not novel or new, but rooted in God’s eternal decree to purchase a people for himself and keep them forever.

John Piper details the personal impact of the Book of Romans in his life and describes how Paul’s apostlic ministry comes from him being bought by Christ, called by Christ, and set apart for the gospel of God.

You should pursue pleasure in God is because God is breathtaking. That’s a tremendous implication for missions.

We advance in holiness and purity not by inundating ourselves with prohibitions, but by directing our hearts toward the great and precious promises of God.

Costly love in the pathway of obedience comes from joy in the future grace we presently behold by faith.

Gratitude isn’t good enough to motivate the Christian life. Faith doesn’t simply look back in thanks; it embraces the future grace of all that Christ promises to be for his people.

Saving faith in Jesus Christ doesn’t only justify us before God. True faith transforms and purifies a Christian by the power of the Spirit.

A passion for God’s glory, a passion for happiness, and a passion for holiness come together for understanding why living by faith in future grace is essential in the Christian life.

God’s passion for his glory is the basis of our salvation and our works of righteousness done in the strength he supplies.

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Pastors much preach the beauty of holiness to awaken contrition over lack of holiness. Preaching beauty begets contrition which begets radical obedience.

Unless preachers herald the majesties of our Maker, we won’t give our people anything more than they can get anywhere else.

What should you do if you’re in church and you don’t feel like praising God? How should pastors deal with particular sins from the pulpit?

Preaching on a Sunday morning isn’t simply a lecture that explains a text or topic. Life-changing preaching is exposition that’s driven by and results in exultation in Christ.

10 ways to prepare yourself to hear Sunday's sermon.

There are four ways to hear a sermon, but only one of them leads to life.

The gospel will continue to advance far and wide, but not without God’s people suffering with their Savior along the way.

If you want your life to count for what matters most, then your highest calling in all of life is to relentlessly pursue your joy in God.

The task of missions is to spread far and wide the most awesome truth the world over: we glorify God truly when he satisfies us fully.

The only way to serve God and avoid the debtor’s ethic is to serve in the strength he supplies by calling upon him in our needs and trusting in his all-sufficient power to help us.

God’s goal in all that he does is to uphold the fame and glory of his name. And that’s really good news for people made in his image.

Why is the proclamation of the Word so prominent in corporate worship?

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God’s beauty is magnified when it is echoed in prayer and preaching with agreements like “Amen!”

Abortion is all about God because unborn children are made in his image, only God can forgive sins, abortion is a failure to love God supremely, and all laws to prohibit abortion are in his hands.

By gathering his redeemed from all the races of the earth, God undercuts ethnocentric pride and throws us back on free grace.

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The ultimate goal of missions is to uphold and display the glory of God, for the enjoyment of his redeemed people from every nation.

Prayer opens our eyes to behold wonders in God’s word, and to be changed by an extraordinary sight of his glory.

‘Worship’ isn’t just for Sunday morning, but is rather the daily, all-consuming goal of every person made new by the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

The truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him is the ground for us to pursue genuine love for people and endure suffering.

God didn't spare his own Son, but freely gave him up for us. Because of Jesus, we are pardoned and God remains just.

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God calls his people to honor him with their bank accounts by simplifying and serving. Money isn’t only for our needs, but for God’s glory.

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We worship God when we seek to express and increase our satisfaction in all that he is for us in Jesus Christ.

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The inner essence of worship is experiencing Christ as absolute gain. It’s savoring him, treasuring him, and being ultimately satisfied in him.

Pursuing an undistracted passion for God involves discipline for the sake of delight.

The battle for sexual purity isn’t just a fight against lust and porn, but a quest for full satisfaction in the eternal promises of our God.

Worship is not restricted to an event, place, or ritual. Because of Christ, worship is now done in spirit and in truth.