Quotes by John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

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The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
On the contrary, Christian Hedonists are persuaded with Edwards that the only affections that magnify God's value are th — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a seas — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19). — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
God aims to exalt himself by working for those who wait for him. Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God: ac — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know Clark Kent — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
God is not glorified when we keep for ourselves (no matter how thankfully) what we ought to be using to alleviate the mi — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper His people? Indeed! God increases our yield so that by giving w — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy. — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Minimizing the importance of transformed feelings makes Christian conversion less supernatural and less radical. It is h — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction i — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. I — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgo — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
God is calling us to live for the sake of Christ and to do that through suffering. Christ chose suffering; it didn’t jus — John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist