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• The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

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  Self, World, Sin

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• God is on the move to rescue people from misery to everlasting happiness, which can only be found in him.

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  Moving, People, Misery

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• Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way He relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.

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  Jesus, Real, People

  John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.17, SPCK

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• You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Life Is, Christ

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• The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself.

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  Mental Health, Highest

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• We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self.

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  Self Esteem, Healing, Soul

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• Bitterness about your parents’ brokenness will kill you. Be the grace-filled end of generational sin in your family.

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  Parent, Grace, Bitterness

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• Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

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  Gratitude, Joy, Arise

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• Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God.

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  Son, Wrath, God Love

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• "How are you doing?" - - - better than I deserve.

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  Suffering, Inevitable, Deserve

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• The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings.

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  Wings, Kind, Lord

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• The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and
  rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no
  condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy.

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  Jesus, Believe, Rose

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• It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.

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  Greatness, Men, Made

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• The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

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  Believe, Mean, Authority

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• Suffering for Jesus is temporary. Pleasure in Jesus is eternal.

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  Jesus, Suffering, Pleasure

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• The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

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  Faith, Jesus, Godly

  John Piper (2012). “Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God”, p.205, Multnomah

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• The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace.

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  Men, Self, Differences

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• Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.

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  Prayer, Reflecting Back, Radiance

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.84, Multnomah

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• There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.

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  Soccer, Morning, Kids

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• One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.

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  Discovery, Important, Ministry

  John Piper (1997). “A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, Multnomah Pub

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• Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.

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  Passion, Missionary, Weak

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.36, Baker Academic

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• Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

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  Sweet, Love Is, Roots

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.11, Multnomah

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• We give glory to God when we trust him to do what he has promised to do-especially when all human possibilities are exhausted. Faith glorifies God. That is why God planned for faith to be the way we are justified.

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  Giving, Way, Exhausted

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• Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

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  Prayer, Ministry, Whole

  John Piper (2013). “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”, p.75, B&H Publishing Group

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• This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.

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  Christian, Suffering, Contentment

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.265, Multnomah

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