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Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing or relationship or experience or accomplishment in the world.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.
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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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The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship.
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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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We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.
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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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God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
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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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Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.
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The Gospel is not how people get to heaven. The Gospel is how people get to God.
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Giving is a way of having what you need.
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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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God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.
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