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At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
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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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In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
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Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable. To cure us of this disease God turns us into helpless sacks of sand once a day.
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Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.
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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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Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.
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I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.
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