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Worship is ultimate, not missions. Because God is ultimate, not man.

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
Missions
Worship
Ultimate
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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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We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.
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In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
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Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship.
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God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
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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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We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.
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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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Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.
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People are not prepared or able to rejoice in suffering unless they experience a massive biblical revolution of how they think and feel about the meaning of life. Human nature and American culture make it impossible to rejoice in suffering. This is a miracle in the human soul wrought by God through His Word.
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Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.
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Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.
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The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.
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The cost of food in the kingdom is hunger for the Bread of Life.
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America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.
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Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.
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No one will be able to rise to the magnificence of the missionary cause who does not feel the magnificence of Christ.
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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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