Messages by Desiring God

God’s mercy floods our lives when we don’t deserve an ounce. And he expects us to overflow with that same grace to others.

The hunger of your life that cannot be satisfied by anything in this world is the constant beckoning of God to remember that you were made for him.

Meekness is not weakness. Meekness begins with God and ends with God.

Jesus didn’t come for those who think they have everything together. He came for people who know they are nothing without God.

The powerful mercy of the kingdom has already come in Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Authenticity and depth in worship characterize those who suffer with Christ by bearing the burdens of others.

Paul does not pray for ineffectual influences, but for effectual influences. And that is how we should pray too.

It is fitting for those who believe in the sovereignty of God to feel a deep sorrow and for the lost and a deep longing for their conversion.

It is the duty of Christians to seek God's power to fulfill good resolves.

We were dead in sin, BUT GOD made us alive with Christ.

We were dead to God, enslaved to Satan, and were rightfully under the wrath of God. There was only one hope, and it was not in ourselves.

We need a Savior because we are spiritually dead and helpless without him, no matter how good we look on the outside.

Thankfulness guards our souls because it nurtures humility and kills triviality.

The task of world evangelization requires Pauline missionaries devoted to the task of frontier missions.

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Son of God and he declares, “I must bring in my other sheep.” He will do it.

God will glorify his children both spiritually and physically. Nothing can sever his unbreakable chain of salvation.

The basis of our justification is Jesus Christ. He obeyed, even to the point of death, to bring us to God.

Our call, our conversion, our regeneration, and our faith are based on God’s eternal election and predestination — not our self-determination.

God’s call is the only thing powerful enough to pierce our hard hearts. It is the firm foundation of Romans 8:28.

Humbly accept the fact that your true advancement in life depends far more on God's labor than yours.

When the massive weather front of God's love meets the massive weather front of God's power in the heart of a believer, it produces a hurricane of doxology.

God's invitation to the banquet of his eternal joy is sent through the church indiscriminately to all people.

Where the gospel flourishes people share their souls—their joys, guilts, fears, and passions.

Worshiping God is the number one duty of every human being.

Preserve your freedom in Christ! Can you say with Paul, "I will not be enslaved by anything!"?

Our homes and apartments should stand constantly ready for strategic hospitality—a readiness to welcome people who don't ordinarily live there.

What God is after in all his dealings with his children is a brokenhearted joy that trusts like a little child in God and returns good for evil.

It is presumptuous to assume you can counsel God about how to run a more just world.

The suffering of the righteous is not a token of God's enmity but of his love. It is not a punishment of their sins but a refinement of their righteousness.

Why did God prolong Job's suffering? Didn't his initial reaction prove his faith?

Satan’s hand caused the suffering of Job. But in all of his calamities, Job still had reason for reverent worship because God was ultimately at work.

Nothing is more important than having eternal life.

Faith says to every temptation of the world: NO, BE GONE! I know where true satisfaction is to be found.

A life poured out in love for others on the basis of joyful confidence before God yields peace of mind and the hope of a glorious destiny.

Six questions to see if you have genuine faith in Christ and love for others.

The evidence of being indwelt by the Spirit of God is the experience of loving Jesus the way the Father loves him.

Hearing the gospel with openness and confessing Christ with loyalty is the work and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit agrees with the apostolic doctrine or it is not the Spirit of God.

God offers an ever-flowing river of delight to anyone who will drink deeply of his goodness.

Unless there is hope of winning there is no motivation to fight. The apostle John motivates the fight with the confidence of victory.

Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God. Love is the evidence that sight has been given to the blind.

You can know that you know Christ if you obey his commands.

We must walk in the light if we are to go on experiencing the cleansing of Jesus. And if we sin, we do indeed have an advocate with the Father.

If we are not walking in the light, we have no warrant for believing that our sins are covered.

When God becomes a man, he strips away every pretense of man to be God.

Singing to God is not a nice little emotional trip to spice up a worship service. It is a matter of life and death.

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Regret can be good if it produces repentance and leads to salvation.

The only way to get victory over anger is to put off the old nature and put on the new.