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We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
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Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.
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