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We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.

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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Prayer
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The mind serves to know the truth that fuels the fires of the heart.
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The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand or experience the sovereignty of grace and the way it works through the awakening of sovereign joy is that their hunger and thirst for God is so small.
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Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst
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Why does God bless us with abundance? So we can have enough to live on and then use the rest for all manner of good works that alleviate spiritual and physical misery. Enough for us abundance for others.
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Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christlike, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.
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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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When GOD is our deepest pleasure we display Him as our highest treasure.
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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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The whole world lives for pleasure. The only difference is theirs is fleeting, while ours is forever in Jesus.
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The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but are utterly devoted to being used for His ends.
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Mission exists because worship doesn't.
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The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
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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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Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered
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True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in thrush are the bone and marrow of biblical worship.
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There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship.
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Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.
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