Sermon of the Day
Summary: One classic John Piper sermon or conference message for each day of the year, based on listeners’ recommendations and feedback. Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and is author of more than 50 books. His sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org.
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We have no good reason to let anxiety disrupt our hearts. Jesus reigns over all, and he has purchased peace for his people.
Jesus calls his people to the same humble service he so beautifully displayed in his life and death.
No suffering or trial falls outside of God’s sovereign control. He works all things together for the good of his children.
The world sees the suffering love of Christ for sinners in the suffering love of his people for sinners.
God is the one being in the universe for whom self-exaltation is not the act of a needy ego, but an act of infinite giving.
God will not lead you down a pointless path, but to a holy ambition that meets great need for the glory of Jesus.
God eagerly waits for his lost children to come home. When they do, he receives them with open arms and a glad heart.
No matter how rough the road of your life, Jesus is a rock-solid friend who encourages and strengthens you to press on.
If God did the impossible thing — deliver his Son over to death — then he will surely do the easy thing: freely give us all that Christ bought for us.
God is not an ER doctor responding to our hurts; he is the master surgeon who plans our hurts in order that he might do us greater good.
Jesus healed a few but left many more unhealed. Until he comes back, the main issue is not that we have perfect physical health, but that we meet him in our brokenness.
God wills all things. But that does not mean he wants all things in the same way.
Jesus calls his followers to radical obedience — to forgo lives of comfort and move toward need.
If it’s true that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, then the fight to be happy in God is the most important thing in life.
God does everything for his glory. Therefore, you don’t need health, wealth, or prosperity in order to be happy.