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 PiperLittle hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.
John PiperIf we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.
John PiperDon't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.
John PiperThe rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule.
John Piper'Worship' is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the infinite worth of God. This is what we were created for, as God says in Isaiah 43:7, Everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory. That means that we were all created for the purpose of expressing the infinite worth of God's glory. We were created to worship.
John Piper