Messages by Desiring God

God calls men to lead but not in a way that’s domineering or selfish. Husbands should be the first to stoop low to serve.

Sin distorts God’s good design for men and women. We were made to serve one another selflessly, not sacrifice one another selfishly.

God created man, woman, and the gift of marriage, all to illustrate his love for the church.

Can you say say from the bottom of your heart, "Lord, Jesus, there is nothing I want more in my life than what you bled to obtain"?

If the elders care for the flock, who cares for the elders?

There is laid upon the elders of the church of Christ a responsibility unique in all the world.

It is possible for us to be guilty of another person's final lostness.

The Christian life grows downward and upward: downward in our pride and upward in our adoration for Jesus.

Faithfulness means that you trust God and obey, no matter what impact it has on your safety or standard of living.

What are the marks of a good church elder? What kind of leadership does the church need?

Jesus offers joy that no one can ever snatch and nothing can ever steal. It cannot be destroyed. It cannot be lost. It is forever.

Jesus has laid down his life so that he might make you a genuine offer of reconciliation.

How do you become a Christian? How does the ransom Jesus paid become a ransom for me?

The death of Jesus Christ is the only way that any of us can escape the righteous wrath of God and find peace with God.

We have exchanged our joy for the dead-end street of judgment.

In sharing the truth of Christianity, Truth #1 is that God created us for HIS glory. Truth #2 is that this is, therefore, the duty of every man and woman and child—to live for the glory of God. And the wonderful thing is that this duty is not a burden. It is freedom and joy.

We have no right to put the unborn in a subhuman class that does not qualify for our rescue. We ought to rescue as many as we can.

No matter what part of your Christian commitment you focus on, the Bible leads you from that focus to the urgency of evangelism.

War-time prayer is an essential part of our assault on the strongholds of Satan.

Realize how much is at stake in the Jesus' claim to bring the truth. It is a matter of eternal life an death. Your life is on the line.

Pride is the deepest form of unbelief. Nothing offends a sovereign God more than telling him we know best.

The revealing of the Lord’s glory that appeared truly at Christ’s first coming will appear fully at his second coming, and on that day the needy ones who received him as a whole Savior will have unspeakable joy.

There’s light at the end of every difficulty you face. You don’t have to give in to despondency.

God’s timing is never off the mark. He works grace and mercy for those who wait for him.

If anger takes root in your heart and becomes a grudge or an unforgiving spirit, it can destroy you.

Envy steals your joy when you don’t trust that God is doing what he has promised — working all things together for your good and his glory.

The battle against lust is absolutely necessary for salvation, not just because it’s a battle for purity, but because it’s a battle against unbelief.

Even the most significant political battles play out in God’s hands. He removes kings and he sets kings, all in accord with his sovereign plan.

Covetousness drains our contentment in Christ. We must fight its greedy lies with everything we have.

Worldly regret leads to death, but Godly regret leads to life. God’s forgiveness and sovereignty can turn any failure into good.

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The battle against misplaced shame is the battle against unbelief in the trustworthy promises of God.

The most basic battle of our life is the fight to believe in the living God, and not to allow our heart to become an evil heart of unbelief.

We must help each other battle unbelief and fight the fight of faith by pointing each other to the trustworthy promises of God.

Faith that glorifies God produces fruit, looks ahead to the fulfillment of God’s promises, and battles unbelief daily.

God wants you to see your job primarily in terms of its strategic effect in making him known.

Your happiness is God's reputation. Your peace is God's memorial. And this is an everlasting sign of his love that shall not be cut off.

Not one jot or tittle will fall to the ground of all that God purposes through his omnipotent word.

Everybody needs to call upon the Lord—to seek the Lord right now while he may be found.

Will we be satisfied that God has made a covenant with us? Or will be dissatisfied until is spreads to all the nations and peoples of the world?

God is not a topic to be studied. He is a person to be experienced. He is food and life and joy for the soul.

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The lesson of tragedies is "Get right with God."

Every hour of your life brings a situation that can be bought up for eternity or missed.

God wants people who welcome his strategic interruptions and surprises.

Giving the gospel away is one of the best ways of experiencing its power in your own life.

Our great challenge is to be the kind of church and the kind of parents that raise up children who hope in the triumph of God.

Being responsible parents is a serious business. Far more serious than most of us think.

One of the ways God causes us to persevere in faith and be saved is by warning us that we could make shipwreck of our faith and be lost.

If we want to realize full assurance and hope, we must exercise the organ of faith to empower energized obedience.