Messages by Desiring God

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  1. Discern What Pleases God—Personal Obedience

    28 mei 2007 · 53 min

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    Not all of our obedience pleases God. If we try to earn our justification or even pay God back, we trample on the greatest achievements of the cross.

  2. Discern What Pleases God

    28 mei 2007 · 50 min

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    The ultimate goal of God in everything he does is the glory and fame of his own name.

  3. Do Not Sell the Gospel

    28 mei 2007 · 22 min

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    We must not be peddlers of God’s word, motivated by greed and fear; rather, we must preach Jesus as the only soul-satisfying treasure and the only God-satisfying obedience.

  4. Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality

    27 mei 2007 · 42 min

    Afspelen

    How can we live in a way that shows that the church is our family?

  5. The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth

    24 mei 2007 · 1 uur

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    The triumph of the gospel in the new heavens and new earth consists in the hope that comes through God’s promise to raise his children with glorified bodies to inhabit a world fit for their fellowship and everlasting enjoyment of God.

  6. Four Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make

    13 mei 2007 · 35 min

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    Four mistakes you should avoid making in life are: Bigger is better than smaller, newer is better than older, having is better than being, and visible is better than invisible.

  7. Single in Christ: A Name Better Than Sons and Daughters

    29 april 2007 · 38 min

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    Family relationships are of great value, but the promises and blessings that come from Christ are of infinite value.

  8. Why God Is Not a Megalomaniac: Encouragement for Pastors

    27 april 2007 · 58 min

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    God loves pastors who, feeling the weight of Sunday’s sermon, prepare themselves by immersing daily in Scripture with fresh fervor.

  9. The Gospel for 11-Year-Olds Plus

    26 april 2007 · 59 min

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    How can we explain the gospel to children so that they not only understand all that content, but also come to cherish the God of the gospel with us?

  10. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 4

    22 april 2007 · 47 min

    Afspelen

    Psalm 43 demonstrates that joy in God is the ultimate goal of our existence, and it details the steps a person can take when they feel distant from God.

  11. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 2

    21 april 2007 · 58 min

    Afspelen

    The beauty and attraction of Jesus Christ isn’t just that he is meek or just that he is strong, but that he is meek in his strength and strong in his meekness.

  12. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, Session 1

    21 april 2007 · 1 uur 6 min

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    Delighting in Christ is not simply a blessing that comes in time, but is the essence of saving faith itself. To enjoy Jesus is to know Jesus.

  13. The Nature of Saving Faith

    20 april 2007 · 56 min

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    Salvation comes through faith not only by believing objective facts, but by experiencing Christ as supremely satisfying.

  14. The Nature of Our Depravity

    19 april 2007 · 1 uur 7 min

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    The essence of sin is preferring anything more than God. Only he is truly worthy, but in our depravity, we shun the life he offers.

  15. The Reason for Our Creation

    19 april 2007 · 55 min

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    God’s ultimate goal is to uphold and display his glory for the maximum enjoyment of his redeemed church.

  16. The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission

    15 april 2007 · 47 min

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    A Christian woman hopes in God, fears nothing, and wears the jewelry of godliness.

  17. The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 2

    8 april 2007 · 44 min

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    We will reign with Christ and find our joy not in usurping God's majesty but in saying: “How majestic is your name in all the earth.”

  18. What Everybody Knows Before the Gospel Comes

    5 april 2007 · 17 min

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    There is knowledge that is communicated to all through nature, and then there is knowledge that is only communicated in the gospel: “Everyone who believes in Jesus receives forgiveness of sins.”

  19. Radical Effects of the Resurrection

    3 april 2007 · 54 min

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    Jesus calls his people to risk everything for him. But that temporary risk is nothing compared to all that God is and will be for us.

  20. The Peculiar Mark of Majesty, Part 1

    1 april 2007 · 40 min

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    The glory of God is unique because of the lowly ways he chooses to show it.

  21. We Work With You for Your Joy

    27 maart 2007 · 36 min

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    The call of a gospel minister is to follow the apostolic ambition of being a worker for the joy of the church.

  22. Lionhearted and Lamblike

    25 maart 2007 · 43 min

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    Husbands should take the primary role in providing for and protecting their families.

  23. Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 1

    18 maart 2007 · 43 min

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    What is the husband's role as head? What is the foundation of this headship?

  24. The Challenge of Relativism

    16 maart 2007 · 58 min

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  25. Faith and Reason

    15 maart 2007 · 1 uur 1 min

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    Faith does not oppose reason, nor does reason oppose faith. We think over God-given truth in order to understand.

  26. Funeral Message for William S. H. Piper

    9 maart 2007 · 37 min

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  27. Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant

    25 februari 2007 · 51 min

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    Grace is not just forgiving and forbearing but also changing to become more like Jesus. John Piper preaches a sermon about marriage from Ephesians 5.

  28. A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul

    19 februari 2007 · 1 uur 1 min

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    A passion for God’s glory and compassion for the lost are not mutually exclusive but are fused together in missions because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

  29. God Is the Gospel

    19 februari 2007 · 1 uur 1 min

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    The greatest, most ultimate, decisive good in the gospel is God himself.

  30. Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing

    18 februari 2007 · 55 min

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    Because we are chosen and holy and loved, we can find the grace to see our spouses the way Jesus does.

  31. Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace

    11 februari 2007 · 49 min

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    Because God has forgiven us in Christ, we ought to treat our spouses with the same grace that God gives us.

  32. Adoption: The Heart of the Gospel

    10 februari 2007 · 56 min

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  33. Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision

    6 februari 2007 · 1 uur 33 min

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    Andrew Fuller shows us that getting Christian experience biblically right and getting the gospel biblically right are essential for the power and perseverance and fruitfulness of world missions.

  34. Stripped in Shame, Clothed in Grace

    4 februari 2007 · 43 min

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    With sin came shame and hostility in marriage. Only God’s Son can give comfort and restore peace in covenant-keeping love.

  35. Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love

    28 januari 2007 · 41 min

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    Marriage is about keeping a covenant — just like Jesus does with his bride, the church.

  36. A Service of Remembrance for the Life of Larry Jens Christensen

    22 januari 2007 · 26 min

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    The only way that God, the righteous judge, can award us with a crown of righteousness is that Christ took our sin on himself at the cross and gave us his righteousness.

  37. When Is Abortion Racism?

    21 januari 2007 · 38 min

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    White abortionists kill more black and Hispanic babies than they do white babies every year. Abortion is a racist institution.

  38. Jesus Christ and the Fight for Life

    19 januari 2007 · 55 min

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    There are several reasons why we must be engaged in the fight for life, and the various aspects of Christ’s work in redemption directly relate to the efforts of the pro-life cause.

  39. The Spring of Persistent Public Love

    14 januari 2007 · 49 min

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    Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of legal slave trading in Britain.

  40. The Word of God Abides in You, and You Have Overcome the Evil One

    7 januari 2007 · 50 min

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    Live in God's word and in prayer, and you will be strengthened to defeat the devil.

  41. The Power to Risk in the Cause of Christ

    4 januari 2007 · 57 min

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    God calls us to risk for the cause of Christ. But a risk is never truly a risk when God holds you in his hand.

  42. How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause

    4 januari 2007 · 47 min

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    Satan will certainly remind you of your sinful failures. But Christ has defeated both the devil and sin to give you a redeemed passion.

  43. Ask Your Father in Heaven

    31 december 2006 · 42 min

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    God’s lavish invitations to ask him for good things, with the promise that he will give them, is unimaginably wonderful.

  44. Jesus Christ in the Book of Romans

    24 december 2006 · 32 min

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    Jesus is worthy of praise because he is the eternal Son of God who became flesh and died our death that we might live. To God be glory through Jesus.

  45. To Him Be Glory Forevermore

    17 december 2006 · 50 min

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    God’s glory shines throughout his word and in the world. To ignore it is to tragically miss the most beautiful and joyful reality in the universe.

  46. The Great Work of the Only Wise God

    10 december 2006 · 42 min

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    God is infinitely able to know the best possible outcome of any situation and then achieve it.

  47. Command of God: The Obedience of Faith

    3 december 2006 · 44 min

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    The greatest aim in this world is that Christ would be seen as glorious among all peoples by the means of Christian obedience flowing from faith.

  48. God Strengthens Us by the Gospel

    26 november 2006 · 45 min

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    God uses his gospel to strengthen believers so that they will persevere in faith and draw all attention to his glory.

  49. Thank God for an Inspired Bible

    19 november 2006 · 41 min

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  50. How Does It Work Against Sin?

    18 november 2006 · 26 min

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    John Piper | Bitterness and impatience may seem like frightful enemies, but when we lay claim to Scripture’s promises, we can take seeming setbacks in faith that God himself is at work for our good.