I see no thread running through my work; I simply get on with my life and my painting. John Piper More Quotes by John Piper More Quotes From John Piper Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant. John Piper holinessdesignhands The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by the question, “What is permissible?”—felt almost disgusting to me. I didn’t want a minimal life. I didn’t want to live on the outskirts of reality. I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it. John Piper moralitywantreality If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God's passion. John Piper unifyingsatisfyingpassion Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God John Piper fastingchristianroots It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him. John Piper arrogantworshiptrying My Paradise: With Christ. Not sinning. No pain. New earth. Precious in that order. John Piper painearthorder I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have to obtain life that satisfies your deepest longings. John Piper longingscrew-upssacrifice Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. John Piper homosexualbehaviorart Intensity is all that matters in painting. John Piper intensitypaintingmatter Abstraction is the way to the heart - it is not the heart itself. John Piper abstractionheartway Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. John Piper rejectsworshipjesus I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God. John Piper husbandnamesfather God doesn’t waste anything for those who are yielded to him. John Piper waste The Christian life becomes impossible. That is, it becomes supernatural. John Piper christian-lifechristianimpossible God is not a killjoy; he just opposes what kills joy. John Piper killjoyjoy When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle. John Piper miraclesinwaiting Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead. John Piper worshipfeelings We are far too easily pleased. John Piper We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites. John Piper hypocritenamestrying The mind serves to know the truth that fuels the fires of the heart. John Piper firemindheart
