Messages by Desiring God

God accomplishes his purposes in the world through the prayers of his people.

God has ransomed people for himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation. We can go to the nations confident that God will finish his mission.

God’s passion for his own glory is the only fuel that will sustain the power we need for missions.

World evangelization will only come about as people engage faithfully in domestic ministry and become so satisfied in God that they are willing to give up anything to have more of him.

Jesus told four churches that he had something against them, but that not everything they did was in vain.

We lead by example not just when we succeed, but also when we fail.

Long for the pure milk of the Word. Do not settle for spiritual fatalism. It is not God's will for you.

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The power to love comes through hoping in God.

You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.

No believing prayer is in vain. Ever.

Praying can help us live rightly, but living rightly can also help us pray better.

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The grace of God is the source of your hope and the holiness of God is the standard of your holiness.

Avoid what numbs your mind to God and stay sober for the sake of hope.

We should be amazed at the greatness of our salvation and that the prophets of God and the angels of heaven long to look into it.

You love Jesus and trust him and rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. This is true Christianity.

God blesses us so that the nations will be blessed.

There is a design in your distresses as a Christian. God wills them, and he does so for your good.

Our security is not in making heaven unconditional. Our security is in God's infallible commitment to fulfill the conditions of heaven.

Our response to being born again and being given a living hope with an imperishable inheritance in heaven should be nothing less than to bless God.

We are aliens not because men have rejected us, but because God has elected us.

Loving and speaking the truth in a politically correct and sex-leveling world will require courage, humility, and a willingness to be maligned for the sake of Christ.

Marriage is a divine mystery that refers to Christ and the church; therefore, in marriage, husbands should take their cues to love their wives from Christ, and wives should take their cues to submit to their husbands from the church.

The roles of men and women that shape marriage, business, and the battlefield are not derived from culture or the fall, but the way God created the world.

A biblical understanding of manhood and womanhood is undermined in America to the detriment of God’s created order.

Orient your life on the kingdom of God and his values and purposes.

When God causes us to be born again to a living hope, we become sojourners in this world. Our true home yet awaits.

Jesus is Satan's ruler, and he uses him to save and sanctify his people.

What will things be like after Jesus returns?

In the end, God will judge us all. But our pardon in the blood of Jesus is more than sufficient.

God will honor the work of his Son by raising your body from the dead, and you will use your body to glorify him forever and ever.

Even though Paul’s outer man is decaying, his inner man is renewed day-by-day through his faith in the unseen weight of glory.

God is over you, by you, inside you, around you, underneath you. Trust him and do not fear.

Humble yourselves under the hand of God by casting your anxiety on him.

Christ has the last word. You will receive from him the crown of life. He will not let you be hurt by the second death.

We need boldness in our God. Without it, our lives will be lived in vain.

There is a number of martyrs appointed by God that must be fulfilled before the final consummation.

How you handle what you possess demonstrates where your heart truly lies.

God is a very important person and he does not like being taken for granted.

Be free from domesticated, comfort-seeking, entertainment-addicted Christianity.

The wicked flee for fear of the retribution that their wrongs deserve, but the righteous--those cleared of wrongdoing through Christ--stand boldly.

Unity in Christ and fearlessness before our opponents make the worth of the gospel clear.

The story of Easter doesn't end with a mangled shepherd lying dead among three dead wolves.

It was the will of the Lord to crush him, NOT because of his own sins, but because of our sins.

We deserved to be slaughtered for our sin, but Jesus was slaughtered instead.

Instead of crushing us for our iniquities, God's Servant is crushed for them as our substitute.

The covenant we make together as a local church is only possible because the God we have is abundatly gracious and steadfast in love.

How do you preserve the covenant community in spite of sickness and sin?

Don't get into people's lives only when things are falling apart; get in when things are going well and help each other keep that course.