Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio

God will have worshipers from every nation on earth. He will win them, and do so through us. We have only to tell them.

When Christ calls us to the mission field with him, he calls us to deny shallow pleasures, die to ourselves, and enjoy greater and greater delight in him.

Matthew’s Christmas story shows two ways to deal with Jesus: try to get rid of him like Herod, or fall down and worship him like the wise men.

The birth of John the Baptist was great, but the birth of Jesus Christ was infinitely greater. John prepared for salvation, but Jesus purchased it.

Are biblical warnings about false prophets still relevant? Yes, the threat looms as large today as in the first century.

When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?

God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.

What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.

Romans 8:32 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible. No other text quite describes how far God has gone for our salvation and will go for our joy.

God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.

John Piper | Christ’s blood bought more than our pardon, precious as it is. His death also purchased the power we need to live a radical Christian life.

What excites a Christian most? Our deepest, truest joy does not flow from completed degrees or flourishing ministries, but from the God who saved us.

What makes a college distinctly Christian? Education is not an end in itself, but a means to knowing and loving Christ.

When a Christian goes home to be with the Lord, we who remain have the chance to rehearse God’s loving design in every believer’s death.

As we age, fears can multiply like wrinkles. But for every concern, we have a blood-bought promise far, far older than our fears.

While on earth, Jesus spoke with unmatched power. Demons obeyed him, and fevers fled at his word. Everything was subject to him — then and now.

When our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: “Consider the end.”

John Piper | When we pray for God to preserve us, we ask that he would be not only our Lord, but our life — not only our God, but our highest and everlasting good.

At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace.

What is the actual experience of receiving Christ? What happens in the soul? Saving faith sees the Son not only as useful, but precious.

When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”

What do we call an obsessively self-centered person? An egomaniac. Then what should we call God, who demands all our praise? We call him gracious.

Hope produces joy and peace, and as we patiently endure tribulation by the power of the Holy Spirit, hope feeds on its own fruit and abounds all the more.

The Puritans took joy seriously because they read the Bible carefully. They saw that delight in God is at the heart of all true obedience.

You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.