We have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.' There are no U-Hauls behind hearses.
John PiperMy feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. Godโs word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives. And sometimes - many times - my feelings are out of sync with the truth. When that happens - and it happens every day in some measure - I try not to bend the truth to justify my imperfect feelings, but rather, I plead with God: Purify my perceptions of your truth and transform my feelings so that they are in sync with the truth.
John PiperYou can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom.
John PiperGod created meโand youโto live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passionโnamely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.
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