I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful. John Piper More Quotes by John Piper More Quotes From John Piper The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings. John Piper kind lord wings We embrace the hand we've been dealt, because we know the Dealer, and he never deals badly. John Piper embrace deals hands Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything. John Piper glory spirit beautiful O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and nakedness and danger and sword and gun and terrorist would turn us not into fearful complainers, but bold heralds of good news. John Piper gun compassion people Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies. John Piper causes capacity worship God is not worn out running the galaxy. He’s not taxed at all guiding every dust particle all the time. John Piper worn dust running We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God. John Piper appetite collections The Great Commission will not get done if we’re not ready to risk our lives and the lives of our family. John Piper our-family risk done When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news John Piper hell news heart The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray John Piper giving-up prayer order God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else. John Piper treasure looks world Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power. John Piper soul heart giving We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people. John Piper lovers lost people Doing things in secret that you are ashamed for others to know is practical atheism. God's knowing doesn't count? John Piper atheism knowing secret When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT! John Piper gone forgotten book From eternity to eternity, the beauty of God is pervasive and practical. Ask him to open the eyes of your heart (Ephesians 1:18). Give your life to this quest - seeing and savoring more and more of the happifying beauty of God. John Piper eye heart giving One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work. John Piper appreciate humility christian God took the record of all your sins-all your sexual failures-that made you a debtor to wrath, and instead of holding them up in front of your face and using them as the warrant to send you to hell, he put them in the palm of his Son’s hand and nailed them to the cross. John Piper wrath hands son The murders of Newtown are a warning to me - and you. Not a warning to see our schools as defenseless, but to see our souls as depraved. To see our need for a Savior. To humble ourselves in repentance for the God-diminishing bitterness of our hearts. To turn to Christ in desperate need, and to treasure his forgiveness, his transforming, and his friendship. John Piper humble heart school The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. John Piper heaven people way
