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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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All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.
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Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God.
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The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.
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Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.
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People don't enjoy salt. They enjoy what is salted. We are the salt of the earth. We do not exist for ourselves.
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Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
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The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
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When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news
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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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In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
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If we have no zeal for the glory of God our mercy must be superficial, man-centred human improvement with no eternal significance. And if our zeal for the glory of God is not a revelling in his mercy, than our so-called zeal, in spite of all its protests, is our of touch with God and hypocritical.
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I measure Your love for me by the magnitude of the wrath I deserved, and the wonder of Your mercy by putting Christ in my place.
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The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God.
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So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. The will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be.
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The line of lovelessness is not drawn between speaking and doing, but between speaking and doing in the truth, and speaking and doing in emptiness. Truth turns word-love into deed-love.
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Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.
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Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
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God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.
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Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart.
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