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Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.

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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Whenever your heart starts to be anxious about the future, preach to your heart and say, 'Heart, who do you think you are to be afraid of the future and nullify the promise of God? No, heart, I will not exalt myself with anxiety. I will humble myself in peace and joy as I trust this precious and great promise of God - He cares for me.'
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Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
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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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The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship.
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God in eternity looked upon me forseeing my faultness, my pride, my sin and said 'I want that man in my family, i will pay for him to be in my family with my son's life. That's Love folks. That is mega off the charts love!!!
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One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.
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The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their reverential and loving fear. And they are the children who will come to understand most easily the mystery of the fatherhood of God.
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God tests His people through hardship.
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We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry.
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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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Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.
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Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.
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The Christian life becomes impossible. That is, it becomes supernatural.
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It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).
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Even on days when every cinder in our soul feels cold, if we crawl to the Word of God and cry out for ears to hear, the cold ashes will be lifted and the tiny spark of life will be fanned. For 'the law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.'
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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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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.
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