“If you don't see the greatness of God then all the things that money can buy become very exciting. If you can't see the sun you will be impressed with a street light. If you've never felt thunder and lightning you'll be impressed with fireworks. And if you turn your back on the greatness and majesty of God you'll fall in love with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.”
—John Piper
“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake”
—John Piper“When a couple speaks their vows, it is not a man or a woman or a pastor or parent who is the main actor—the main doer. God is. God joins a husband and a wife into a one-flesh union. God does that. The world does not know this. Which is one of the reasons why marriage is treated so casually. And Christians often act like they don’t know it, which is one of the reasons marriage in the church is not seen as the wonder it is. Marriage is God’s doing because it is a one-flesh union that God himself performs.”
—John Piper (This Momentary Marriage)“No Mr. President, you are not 'protecting women', you are authorizing the destruction of 500,000 little women every year. No Mr. President, you are not 'protecting reproductive freedom'. You are authorizing the destruction of freedom for 1,000,000 little human beings every year. No, Mr. President, killing our children IS killing our children no matter how many times you say it is a private family matter. You may say it is a private family matter over and over and over and still they are DEAD, and we killed them, and you have it remain legal.”
—John Piper“My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives. And sometimes - many times - my feelings are out of sync with the truth. When that happens - and it happens every day in some measure - I try not to bend the truth to justify my imperfect feelings, but rather, I plead with God: Purify my perceptions of your truth and transform my feelings so that they are in sync with the truth.” ”
—― John Piper, Finally Alive
mmmmmmmm SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD !
