Inspirational Quotes by John Piper
“We feel unfulfilled when there is a gap between what is most important to us, the realm of personal leadership, and what we are actually doing with our time, the realm of personal management. You are satisfied with your day when there is a match between what you value and how you spend your time.”
“We want people to like us and admire us and speak well of us. It is a deadly drive. Jesus warned us, “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12).”
“There is something that assaults God even more directly. It is the subtle sense that grows in us, usually unconsciously, that the real effectiveness of our spiritual acts is at the horizontal level among people, not before the face of God. In other words, if my children see me pray at meals, it will do them good. If the staff sees me fasting, they may be inspired to fast. If my roommate sees me read my Bible, he may be inspired to read his. And soon. Now that’s not all bad. Jesus’ public prayers certainly inspired the disciples (Luke 11:1). But the danger is that all of our life—including our spiritual life—starts to be justified and understood simply on the horizontal level for the effects it can have because others see it happening. And so God subtly and slowly can become a secondary Person in the living of our lives. We may think that he is important to us because all these things that we are doing are the kinds of things he wants us to do. But, in fact, he himself is falling out of the picture as the focus of it all.”
“Real freedom is the deep-seated confidence that God really will provide everything we need.”
“The scarcity of time is the reason we have to concentrate on one thing at a time.”
“We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.”
“This means that whatever happens on my smartphone, especially under the guise of anonymity, is the true exposé of my heart, reflected in full-color pixels back into my eyes.”
“A lack of white space on one’s calendar correlates with a lack of white space in one’s brain.”3”
“We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So, find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry.”-John Piper”
“Prayer is where we agree with God that he is who he says he is and we are who he says we are.”
“My experience is that the absence of firm prior resolve results in regular rationalization.”
“It was a costly triumph. But God’s values are not so easily reckoned. If God had simply terminated Satan, then it would not have been so clear that God is both stronger and infinitely more to be desired than Satan. God wills for his glory to shine forth not only through acts of physical power, but also through acts of moral and spiritual power that display the beauty of his grace with lavish colors. To take sinners out of Satan’s hands by virtue of Christ’s sin-bearing sacrifice and his law-fulfilling obedience to the Father was a more glorious victory than mere annihilation of the enemy.”
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“The aim of the climb is not intellectual satisfaction. The aim is worship. God gets more honor when we worship on the basis of what we know about him than he gets if we worship on the basis of what we don’t know.”
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“praise comes from God as we renounce the pursuit of praise from others.”
“Abre tu corazón para recibir el mejor regalo imaginable: Jesús se ha dado a Sí mismo por ti, muriendo y sirviéndote, para estar contigo por toda la eternidad. Recibe esto. Aléjate de tu pecado y de tu propia justicia. Hazte como un niño. Confía en Él. Confía en Él. Confía en Él con tu vida.”
“The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God’s peace is faith in the promises of God.”
“Doing right for right's sake is atheistic.Christians should do what God says is right because in doing it we enjoy more of God.”
“Cuando eres discípulo de Jesús no te conviertes en Su ayudador. Él se convierte en tu Ayudador. No te conviertes en Su benefactor. Él se convierte en tu Benefactor. No te conviertes en Su siervo. Él se convierte en tu Siervo. Jesús no necesita tu ayuda; Él demanda tu obediencia y te ofrece Su ayuda. La Navidad significa que Jesús vino a servir, no a ser servido. Vino a ayudarnos a hacer todo lo que nos manda a hacer.”
“Worship is nothing less than obedience to the command of God: "Delight yourself in the Lord"!”
“There were afternoons I put my elbows on my desk, face in my hands, and wept over the theological confusion in my head. I think that is the price of dismantling joy-defeating doctrines. It is ironic that so many tears should be shed on the way to the fullness of joy. But that’s the way it is. Truth must make room for itself. And that may mean demolishing the mental tenements where you have lived comfortably for a long time.”
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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.