Desiring God

What keeps servants of Christ from self-reliance? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 to show how God makes us feel our insufficiency so that we rely on his power. desiringgod.org/light-and-tr…

“Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” —Matthew 6:25

Jesus says that the root of anxiety is inadequate faith — “little faith” — in our Father’s future grace. desiringgod.org/articles/the…

How does wisdom nourish the soul? John Piper shows from Proverbs 20:15 how the knowledge of God’s will strengthens us. desiringgod.org/light-and-tr…

Christmas is more than a story about a baby in a manger.  Jesus came knowing the suffering ahead of him — knowing the cross, the sacrifice, and the resurrection that would bring hope to a broken world. Read ‘The Innkeeper’ by John Piper to remember why he came: to bring light into our darkness, life into our death, and hope into our suffering. dsr.gd/4sxLfGI

“Even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” —Psalm 71:18

The chief end of man is to glorify God. And it is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. desiringgod.org/articles/the…

“We, considered together, are one single instrument in the hand of God.” John Piper unpacks Paul’s argument against elevating human leaders too highly. desiringgod.org/labs/fellow-…

What kind of fool becomes truly wise? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 3:18–23 to show that wisdom belongs to believers, whom the world labels fools. desiringgod.org/light-and-tr…

“The pleasure of following God to the farthest reaches of the planet with your kids is finding that God is there too.” Jessica B. reflects on the stark risks and stunning rewards of doing missions as a family. desiringgod.org/articles/is-…

“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” —Numbers 23:19

There are different ways to rejoice in suffering as a Christian. All of them are to be pursued as an expression of the all-sufficient, all-satisfying grace of God. desiringgod.org/articles/rej…

“The gospel says, in all your uncertainty about your own guilt or non-guilt, ‘You’re covered.’ You’re covered by the blood of Jesus.” —John Piper desiringgod.org/interviews/p…

Why is wisdom more satisfying than wealth? John Piper opens Proverbs 24:13 to show how wisdom leads to everlasting happiness that riches cannot buy. desiringgod.org/light-and-tr…

Feeling weak? You don’t have to lean on your own strength. God doesn’t just save you and leave you to figure it out. He stays. He helps. He gives you what you need, moment by moment. And somehow, he becomes more than our strength — he becomes our song. Our joy. The deepest joy isn’t found in what God gives us. It’s found in God himself. Message: “When God Became My Song”

“Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” —Matthew 9:13

God intends for the afflictions of Christ to be presented to the world through the afflictions of his people. desiringgod.org/articles/chr…

“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” —John 15:11

Suffering clearly is designed by God not only as a way to wean Christians off of self and onto grace, but also as a way to spotlight that grace and make it shine. That is precisely what faith does: it magnifies Christ’s future grace. desiringgod.org/articles/the…

“Planting and watering are not the decisive cause of the faith. Only God is decisive.” John Piper digs into the essential but not decisive role of planters and waterers in the work of the gospel. desiringgod.org/labs/god-not…