Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises
John PiperThe importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray
John PiperAll of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and his Son among all the peoples of the earth. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man.... When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.
John Piper