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I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end.” - Paul

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.
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If you don’t know God as beautiful and satisfying, you don’t know him.
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The cross is not a mere event in history it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!
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I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine.
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Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness.
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If you want to be a conduit for God's grace, you don't have to be lined with gold. Copper will do.
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I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.
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The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It is real and objective and firm. One day you will hear it. You don’t create it. You don’t define it. It comes to you, and sooner or later you conform to it—or bow to it.
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Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing or relationship or experience or accomplishment in the world.
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If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.
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God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.
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Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.
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My Paradise: With Christ. Not sinning. No pain. New earth. Precious in that order.
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Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others.
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For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.
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The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from feasting our souls on all that He purchased for us on the cross, especially His own fellowship.
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Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions
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I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.
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It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.
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Here is a vocation that will bring you more satisfaction than if you became a millionaire ten times over: Develop the extraordinary skill for detecting the burdens of others and devote yourself daily to making them lighter.
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