Articles by Desiring God

David Mathis | Can you imagine what it will be like to meet the eyes of Jesus? One day you will, and his gaze will fill you either with terror or thrill.

Greg Morse | When God declares his love for you, do you find it hard to believe? Do you question it? Do you doubt? If so, take a long look at the doctrine of election.

Marshall Segal | We live in a world where impurity comes easily. But if we understand the staggering promise God makes to the pure in heart, we’ll pursue purity with all our might.

Greg Morse | A city on the path of destruction can yet be saved — if its Christians will pray, speak, and act with social concern and evangelistic urgency.

Greg Morse | Are you anxious about your life? Do the walls close in? When life is unkind, reply by savoring small blessings.

David Mathis | As the crisis in Iran unfolds, with its devastating sorrows and tremendous hopes, how might Christians watch and pray with the eyes of faith?

Greg Morse | Meekness is not a beta virtue for those too scared to stand up to wickedness. Psalm 37 clarifies how the meek think and believe in an evil world.

David Mathis | “Blessed are those who mourn.” What could Jesus mean when he calls the sad ones happy, and those who grieve glad?

Greg Morse | For those less socially inclined, there can be a temptation to preserve energy for private settings. But love demands that we steward our energy, not hoard it.

Clinton Manley | For many today, to be “blessed” is little more than a cliché. But ancient hearers knew that “blessing” from Jesus’s mouth meant one thing: unshakable joy.

Scott Hubbard | In the household of God, the fight against sin is never single combat. Help protect your brothers and sisters with the weapon of exhortation.

Greg Morse | When our holy ambitions come to naught, when our dreams die, when God denies a cherished desire, how should we respond? Was it all a waste?

David Mathis | If God’s hand works for you, even begrudgingly, no enemy stands a chance. But what if God Almighty seeks your good with all his heart and all his soul?

Greg Morse | If future earthly kings must rule their bodies, minds, and tongues carefully to one day rule well, how much more so Christians destined to rule with Christ?

Greg Morse | At Christmas, the peace we forfeited comes to us as a child born, a son given, a prince we don’t deserve.

David Mathis | An online, video-chat, remote-work world devalues the good gift of in-person visits. Christmas reminds us of the greatest in-person visit of all.

Marshall Segal | In Jesus, you have not only an older brother but also an Everlasting Father. He will provide for you. He will protect you. He will bring you safely home.

Greg Morse | Have you labored faithfully for years without seeing much fruit? What do you do when you fear it’s all been for nothing?

David Mathis | We needed far more than a human warrior to rescue us from sin and death. We needed the divine Son himself to come and fight for us as Mighty God.

Scott Hubbard | The name Wonderful Counselor not only calls to mind Christ’s many wonders. It also puts our hearts at ease when we wonder what he’s doing.

Greg Morse | A house with little children is often a messy house, an untidy house, a house that falls short of a mother’s desires. But oh, what abundance such a house holds.

Clinton Manley | Every Advent, we remember that a child was born into our world to torch the darkness, to banish night, and to be for us the everlasting Light.

David Mathis | God is most honored in us when we are most desirous of him and the future he promises with him.

Greg Morse | Caleb wonders why he isn’t enjoying the Christian life. He had more happiness in the world. What does he do now?

Greg Morse | Under God, why did the ministry of Charles Spurgeon bring so many to saving faith? Partly because he did not shrink from preaching the bad news.