Messages by Desiring God

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  1. He Knew What Was in Man

    11 januari 2009 · 47 min

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    Jesus knows everything about everyone and is still willing to love those who trust in him.

  2. If My Words Abide in You

    4 januari 2009 · 48 min

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    When you let Jesus’s words abide in you, they will grow into a bountiful harvest for God’s glory and your good.

  3. New Year’s Eve Meditation

    31 december 2008 · 27 min

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    We all have regrets, and we all feel the guilt for our sin. But Christians have godly grief that produces repentance to the pardoning God.

  4. Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer

    28 december 2008 · 50 min

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    God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken our appetite for prayer.

  5. Christmas Eve Meditation

    24 december 2008 · 10 min

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    Good news changes everything. Our circumstances may not change, and we may still feel stuck, but the good news of Christmas will never leave us the same.

  6. Destroy This Temple, and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up

    21 december 2008 · 45 min

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    Jesus is the new temple. Authentic worship is no longer attached to
    any place. It is attached to Jesus.

  7. Obedient Son, Ultimate Purifier, All-Providing Bridegroom

    14 december 2008 · 41 min

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    3 of Christ's glories on display in John 2.

  8. Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel

    7 december 2008 · 40 min

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    Jesus’s many titles show his divinity and universal rule, yet his identity is what drove man’s wickedness to reject and kill him.

  9. We Have Found the Messiah

    30 november 2008 · 40 min

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    7 ways John shows us the glory of Jesus.

  10. This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit

    23 november 2008 · 50 min

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    “Baptism with the Spirit” in John is not a technical term for one experience of the Christian life, but a general term for all that the Holy Spirit does for us because of Christ.

  11. Why God Is Not a Megalomaniac in Demanding to Be Worshiped

    20 november 2008 · 44 min

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    God’s self-exaltation is not egotistical but rather the epitome of love. While human self-exaltation draws attention away from God, God’s self-exaltation leads us to the one thing that can satisfy our souls: namely, God.

  12. Behold the Lamb of God

    16 november 2008 · 43 min

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    Those who embrace Jesus as their Lamb and their Lord will be sheltered from God's otherwise inescapable wrath.

  13. Q&A on Singleness

    14 november 2008 · 58 min

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    What are the trials unique to singleness? Why is masturbation an enemy of missions? John Piper addresses these questions and more.

  14. From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace

    9 november 2008 · 48 min

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    Those who by grace are born of God have seen the glory of God that Moses asked to see but wasn't permitted.

  15. Suffering for the Sake of the Body

    8 november 2008 · 45 min

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    John Piper | Believing in the sovereignty of God in suffering, we must lean in with tenderness, compassion, and rightly-timed truth to care for others in their trials.

  16. Suffering for the Sake of the Body

    8 november 2008 · 56 min

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    John Piper | It is personally stabilizing for our faith to understand the necessity, nature, and purpose of Christian suffering.

  17. Suffering for the Sake of the Body

    8 november 2008 · 1 uur 2 min

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    John Piper | God is sovereign over all things, therefore the suffering that takes place in our own individual lives and globally has meaning.

  18. Suffering for the Sake of the Body

    7 november 2008 · 55 min

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    John Piper | God’s sovereignty over Satan and all the suffering he causes can be seen through his ultimate control of natural disasters, diseases, animals, temptation, spiritual blindness, and spiritual captivity.

  19. Suffering for the Sake of the Body

    7 november 2008 · 51 min

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    John Piper | God is sovereign over suffering, including all the suffering that Satan is able to inflict upon people.

  20. The Earth Is the Lord’s: The Supremacy of Christ in Christian Learning

    5 november 2008 · 56 min

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  21. We Beheld His Glory, Full of Grace and Truth

    2 november 2008 · 44 min

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    By becoming a man, Jesus shows us the glory of God.

  22. Proclaiming the Excellencies of Christ, Not Prosperity, Among the Nations

    26 oktober 2008 · 41 min

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    All nations will be reached only with the wealth-renouncing witness of cross-cultural missionaries.

  23. Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions

    19 oktober 2008 · 59 min

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    To fill up the afflictions of Christ means to present Christ’s completed, atoning work to those whom he died for by means of our own self-sacrificing love.

  24. Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2

    18 oktober 2008 · 1 uur 25 min

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    God’s merciful purpose is shown in the conclusion of the book of Job as he demonstrates his own worth and sovereign goodness, and secures the restoration and reconciliation of Job and his friends.

  25. Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1

    17 oktober 2008 · 1 uur 18 min

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    The book of Job teaches us that God is ultimately sovereign over all things, including Satan and any calamity he brings.

  26. John Was Not the Light, but a Witness to the Light

    12 oktober 2008 · 43 min

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    Let's join John the Baptist in saying, “Jesus must increase, but I must decrease.”

  27. The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

    9 oktober 2008 · 46 min

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    True womanhood is not wimpy. It exists to uniquely display the glory of God.

  28. In Him Was Life

    5 oktober 2008 · 46 min

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    Not only is Jesus the Life that created all material life, but he is the Life that creates all eternal life.

  29. Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross

    28 september 2008 · 1 uur 24 min

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  30. In the Beginning Was the Word

    21 september 2008 · 54 min

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    Whatever else you may enjoy about Jesus, John’s Gospel wants you to know and treasure Jesus in his infinite majesty.

  31. The New Commandment of Christ: ‘Love One Another As I Have Loved You’

    14 september 2008 · 48 min

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    What's new about Jesus' new commandment?

  32. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    13 september 2008 · 40 min

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    John Piper | What unites Christians in the worship of the triune God is not forms, styles, or musical taste, but rather a commitment to God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated gatherings.

  33. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    13 september 2008 · 33 min

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    John Piper | Preaching in the gathered community of saints is appropriate, fitting, and normative in light of biblical principles and the affectional nature of worship.

  34. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    13 september 2008 · 35 min

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    John Piper | Implications of knowing that the inward essence of worship is being satisfied in God include the pursuit of joy, the understanding of worship as an end in itself, and view that all of life is worship.

  35. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    13 september 2008 · 47 min

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    John Piper | If worship is the soul’s satisfaction in all that God is for us in Jesus, then God is most loving to us when he removes every obstacle to our joy and enthralls us with himself.

  36. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    12 september 2008 · 49 min

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    John Piper | The New Testament emphasizes worship as an inward, spiritual event, and the key to understanding worship is the truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

  37. The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship

    12 september 2008 · 50 min

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    John Piper | Corporateness in the early church was a given. Lone Christians were not the norm, and Christians came together in various ways to pursue God together.

  38. The Story of His Glory

    10 september 2008 · 1 uur 6 min

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    The call of the Christian life is to join God in his grand plan to magnify his own glory over all.

  39. Ruth: May the Redeemer's Name Be Renowned

    4 september 2008 · 48 min

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    The book of Ruth exists to show us that God is always at work, even in our darkest hours, to bring us to worship him and display his glory.

  40. Ruth: Strategic Righteousness

    3 september 2008 · 52 min

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    Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz all demonstrate strategic righteousness that we should emulate in our plans and resolutions to do good.

  41. Ruth: Under the Wings of God

    3 september 2008 · 31 min

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    There is only one place that is safe — it’s not your bank account, your house, or anything made by man. It’s in the refuge of God’s wings.

  42. ...So Send I You

    3 september 2008 · 34 min

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    As Lord of all, Jesus Christ will claim people for himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation no matter what — but he has chosen his body, the church, to send and proclaim the message.

  43. As the Father Has Sent Me...

    3 september 2008 · 23 min

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    The Father sent the Son to deliver his people, and now he sends his people to deliver the message. As the Son was sent, so now are we.

  44. Ruth: Sweet and Bitter Providence

    2 september 2008 · 54 min

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    The book of Ruth demonstrates that God is at work even in the darkest of times, and that he will bring about his ultimate purpose to glorify his grace through Jesus Christ.

  45. The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others

    31 augustus 2008 · 44 min

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    Jesus calls his people to the same humble service he so beautifully displayed in his life and death.

  46. Teaching and Admonishing One Another in All Wisdom

    27 juli 2008 · 51 min

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  47. What Is Baptism and How Important Is It?

    20 juli 2008 · 47 min

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    Baptism: Immersion or sprinkling? Infants or adults? Does it matter?

  48. How Important Is Church Membership?

    13 juli 2008 · 44 min

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    All believers should join a church if possible, because the local church is an expression of the universal church.

  49. Welcome One Another for the Glory of God

    1 juli 2008 · 46 min

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    When we accept and welcome one other across barriers and boundaries as Christ did for us, not only is God glorified, but our joy in him expands in the joy of others.

  50. Declare His Glory Among the Nations

    29 juni 2008 · 49 min

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    God summons us to sing, and in doing so to summon the nations to sing a new song with us.