Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad … - John Piper

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I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to occupy, and then appeal to the best nature of people on that common ground.

John Piper

Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise.

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There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.

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You may be going through things right now that are painfully preparing you for some precious service to Jesus and to his people. When a person strikes rock bottom with a sense of nothingness or helplessness, he may find that he has struck the Rock of Ages

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Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel.

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The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.

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The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself.

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