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Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don't presume you will have it tomorrow, and don't waste it today.

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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Missionary
Missions
Precious
Waste
Tomorrow
Today
Presume
Life
Precarious

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The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.
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Out of the freedom from worry that God's generosity provides comes an impulse toward simplicity rather than accumulation.
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Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
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One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.
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Giving is a way of having what you need.
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Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, Now I have another hour to answer for. (Eph. 5:16)
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All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and His Son among all the peoples of the earth. Missions is not that goal. It is the means. And for that reason it is the second greatest human activity in the world.
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Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.
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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. That promise enslaves us until we believe that God is more to be desired than life itself (Psalm 63:3). Which means that the power of sin's promise is broken by the power of God's.
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Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.
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God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.
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Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.
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Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way He relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.
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My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That’s all. You were made for God. Don’t waste it.
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It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my infinite worth. The biblical perspective is that the cross in a witness to the infinite worth of God's glory, and a witness to the immensity of the sin of my pride.
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When GOD is our deepest pleasure we display Him as our highest treasure.
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Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.
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Adoption is the visible Gospel.
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Do you feel more loved when God makes much of you or do you feel more loved when God at the cost of His Son allows you to make much of Him?
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The inner essence of worship is cherishing Christ as gain - indeed as more gain than all that life can offer - family, career, retirement, fame, food, friends. The essence of worship is experiencing Christ as gain. Or to use words that we love to use around here: it is savoring Christ, treasuring Christ, being satisfied with Christ.
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