I will give them a heart to know that I am The Lord." Jeremiah 24:7 He gives it at new birth, then again and again.
John PiperAll things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Christians do not just go to work. They go to work "with God". They do not just do a job. They do their job "with God".
John PiperGod created the world to exhibit the fullness of His glory in the God-centered joy of His people.
John PiperStichwörter: god
Less extreme is the simple costliness in time and convenience and money and effort to replace excessive and addictive leisure with acts of servant love.
John PiperOnce upon a time, there was a safe, private place to take your controversial stand for Jesus. No more. If you are going to stand, you will be shot at—either figuratively or literally.
John PiperStichwörter: persecution
When God appoints the gospel of his Son as the universal remedy for the guilt and corruption of mankind, and we diminish that, the gospel is diminished. And you cannot diminish the gospel without being diminished yourself.
John PiperStichwörter: jesus christ gospel
A mind fed daily on TV diminishes. Your mind was made to know and love God.
John PiperGod seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of His sustaining grace.
John PiperOh, what a grand design! to make our joy the echo of your excellence. To make our pleasure proof that you now hold the place of Treasure in our lives. To make the gladness of our soul the essence of our worship, and the mirror of your worth. To make yourself most glorified in us, oh God, when we are satisfied in you. How could I, Lord, have ever been to so blind to think think that being loved by you means making much of me and not yourself?
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