God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work, not to be made much of, but to make much of him in every part of our lives.
John PiperThere are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.
John PiperOur deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.
John PiperWhen I pray for revival I pray first for the most radical thing: The utter devotion and allegiance of your hearts to Christ. That you would love Him so deeply and long for Him so passionately that His coming would be your great hope, and death would be gain, and life would be for Christ and His kingdom.
John Piper