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God is on the move to rescue people from misery to everlasting happiness, which can only be found in him.

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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Misery
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In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
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Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
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God tests His people through hardship.
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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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Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable. To cure us of this disease God turns us into helpless sacks of sand once a day.
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