What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death. They are one: choosing sugarcoated misery we mock the lifegiving God. It was meant to be another way: God's glory exalted in our everlasting joy.
John PiperIf grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.
John PiperIn EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.
John PiperThe greatest stumbling block for children in worship is that their parents do not cherish the hour. Children can feel the difference between duty and delight. Therefore, the first and most important job of a parent is to fall in love with the worship of God. You can't impart what you don't possess.
John Piper