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In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.

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
Life
Plotting
Setbacks
Setback
Believer
Joy

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If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.
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