Inspirational Quotes by John Piper
“Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day.”
“The myth of procrastination is that it will somehow be easier later. The truth is, it’s never easy, and putting it off only makes it harder.”
“What is love for, if not to intensify our affections—both in life and death? But, O, do not be bitter. It is tragically self-destructive to be bitter.”
“One of the best places for efficiency is being efficient with things so that you can be effective with people.”
“Enjoyment of Jesus is not like icing on the cake; it’s like powder in the shell.”
“Just being an obedient Christian is increasingly becoming a social, political, legal issue...”
“You can't ever be your heroes, but you can love their gifts.”
“we will love God to the degree that we recognize the magnitude of our sins and the immensity of God’s grace to forgive them.”
“the foundation of effectiveness is not first techniques or tools, but character.”
“We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.”
“The best thing in the universe is to be united to Christ. To be in Christ. To enjoy union with Christ.”
“One great function of Bible verses: To keep us from drawing false inferences from other Bible verses.”
“Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. — Tim Kizziar”
“The reason God knows the future is because he plans the future and accomplishes it.”
“One of these days lightning is going to fill the sky from the rising of the sun to its setting, and there is going to appear in the clouds one like a son of man with his mighty angels in flaming fire. And we will see him clearly. And whether from terror or sheer excitement, we will tremble and we will wonder how, how we ever lived so long with such a domesticated, harmless Christ.”
“Humility is the soil in which everything good in the Christian life grows.”
“But often the preaching is just motivational speaking, waterless clouds blown by the wind that offer inspiration without information (Jude 12). Sermons aren’t built on biblical theology, but employ an occasional verse to springboard toward the preacher’s pre-chosen point. They don’t point people to the biblical gospel of what Christ has done, but call them to the burdensome “gospel” of what they must do.”
“The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours”
“The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.”
“A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.”
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John Piper (1946 - Present)
is a Calvinistic Baptist Christian preacher and author currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His books include ECPA Christian Book Award winners Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, and God's Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life and The Passion of Jesus Christ. The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986).In 1980, after what he described as an "irresistible call of the Lord to preach", Piper became Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he has been ministering ever since. Piper hit the evangelical scene after the publication of his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986) and has continued to publish dozens of other books further articulating this theological perspective. In 1994, he founded Desiring God Ministries, which provides all of Piper's sermons and articles from the past three decades, and most of his books online free of charge, as well as offering for sale books, CDs, and DVDs and regularly hosting conferences.
John Stephen Piper is a Reformed and Baptist theologian, preacher, and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books.
Piper's motto in ministry, preaching, and teaching is: "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him." He calls those who live out this motto Christian Hedonists. Piper places a heavy emphasis on the objective and absolute nature of truth and is confident in the Christian's ability to grasp that truth through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.