The Best News of the Gospel

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Matt Jury under John Piper

The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

Do All to the Glory of God

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Matt Jury under John Piper

You glorify God by needing him, by asking him for help, and by counting on him.

HT: @desiringGod

Prayer Is Warfare

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Matt Jury under John Piper

Until you know that life is war, you cannot know what prayer is for.

Love at Christmas

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

God’s love for us is God’s doing what He must do, at great cost to Himself, so that we might see and savor Him forever.

HT: @desiringgod

The Word of God Changes You One Way or Another!

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

Don’t be cavalier in the hearing of God’s Word week after week. If it is not softening and saving and healing and bearing fruit, it is probably hardening and blinding and dulling.

What Makes You Thirsty?

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

Until your soul has a thirst for Christ as the bread of life and the living water, you will use Christ for what your soul thirsts after. Many people who claim to have saving faith simply use Christ to get what they really want, which is not Christ but His gifts (escape from hell, peace of mind, health of body, a better marriage, a social network, etc.). We are saved by coming to Christ not only as our deliverer but also as our treasure.

John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad, pp. 211-212

Things Happen When We Pray

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

God mysteriously weaves the prayers of his people into the way he runs the world. Things happen because we pray.

HT: @desiringgod

Thousands of Purposes in Thousands of Things We Cannot See

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

God is never doing just one thing in what He does with us. He is always doing thousands of things that we cannot see. He never has only one purpose in what He does. He always has thousands of purposes in everything He does. He is infinitely wise, and everything He does relates to everything else that He does sooner or later. For those who love Him and are called according to His purpose, all of them — all of them! — work together for good.

John Piper, You Will Never Be Thirsty Again

We Must Know God to Enjoy Him

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Matt Jury under John Piper

But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when the fog clears and you find yourself on the brink of some vast precipice.

John Piper, Desiring God

HT: Reformed Quotes

The Joy of God’s Word

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Matt Jury under John Piper

The fundamental reason the Word of God is essential to joy in God is that God reveals himself mainly by his Word.