Podcasts about desiring god

When Christians encounter signs of the end times, how should we respond? Pastor John outlines a biblical approach to waiting well for Jesus's return.

Pride is a form of unbelief. Faith admits need. Pride won't. Faith banks on God. Pride won't. Faith casts anxieties on God. Pride won't.

Are God's commands restrictive? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Luke 11:46 and shows how faith learns to trust God's way to happiness.

A mustard seed of faith is infinitely closer to being a mountain of faith than it is to being no faith. There is an infinite difference between a spark and no spark.

How can you experience an outpouring of the Holy Spirit? Meditate day and night on the promises of God.

You cannot sink so low in despairing of your own resources that God does not see and care. He is at the bottom waiting to catch you.

How do you obey without sliding into legalism? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Matthew 5:16 to show how faith fills obedience with joy.

How can believers push past surface-level Bible reading to the reality behind the words? Pastor John offers five practices to enliven dry devotions.

Turn from self and come to Jesus as your source for true joy. His fullness will satisfy your itch of emptiness.

What keeps you moving toward hard places? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Philippians 1:20–21 and shows why prisons and swords can't stop joy in Christ.

There are no lapses in God's commitment or in his joy in doing good to his children — to those who trust him.

Is suffering a detour, or is it God's plan? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:23 and shows why groaning saints are God's strategy to finish the mission.

Greg Morse | Meekness is not a beta virtue for those too scared to stand up to wickedness. Psalm 37 clarifies how the meek think and believe in an evil world.

The evidence of God's power in our lives is not the absence of our willing, but the strength and joy of our willing.

Are you trying to pay God back with obedience? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper teaches 2 Corinthians 9:8 and shows how grace carries us every step of the Christian life.

Why do people reject God when creation proclaims his presence? Pastor John explains how truth becomes suppressed, both internally and externally.

When some fear or craving threatens to lead us into sin, we are to take the sword of the Spirit and kill it.

Can serving God actually dishonor him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Mark 10:45 to show the Christ who refuses to be served.

Pilate's authority over Jesus was subordinate to God's authority over Pilate. So, Jesus did not fear.

David Mathis | “Blessed are those who mourn.” What could Jesus mean when he calls the sad ones happy, and those who grieve glad?

God declares us righteous, which gives us unshakable security in the face of tremendous suffering.

David Mathis | Pursuing a holy ambition means seeking maturity in Christ more than we seek influence in the world. An enduring example takes hidden work.

The hope of the resurrection radically changed the way Paul lived. His life counted. His suffering was meaningful.

Why does preaching belong at the heart of worship? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds 2 Timothy 4:2 to show how preaching helps us see God clearly and savor him deeply.

How can those who have wandered far from God come back home to him? Pastor John offers hope in the face of deep failure.

God's wrath was once on us. But because he made us alive, all that wrath is removed. He is now 100% for us.

What makes preaching central in worship? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper teaches 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5 and shows how the Spirit opens blind eyes to Christ.

Take heart. If you have faith in Jesus, God himself declares, “You are greatly loved.”

What if you stopped fearing people? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper teaches Matthew 10:24–31 and shows how Jesus gives us reasons not to fear.

The clearest answer in Acts to the question why a person believes the gospel is that God opens the heart.

Why is truth so hard to hear today? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explains from 1 Timothy 4:3 how preaching to real needs (not just felt needs) leads sinners to lasting joy.

Greg Morse | For those less socially inclined, there can be a temptation to preserve energy for private settings. But love demands that we steward our energy, not hoard it.

How do Jesus's teaching and example shape our leadership? Pastor John examines the traits of a godly leader in the home, church, or workplace.

Those who suffer for Christ will receive the Holy Spirit's power and rest at their greatest hour of need.

Does God's self-exaltation sound unloving to you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how God's pursuit of our praise is actually the fullest expression of love.

The fullness of Jesus Christ is a divine, accessible, glorious, delivered, blessed, true fullness.

Jesus Christ is exuberant with omnipotent service for the sake of all who trust him.

When God ordains sufferings for the good of his people, he also sustains them and cares for them with all the strength of his love.

Because of Jesus's resurrection, he now has the glory for which we were made. Our ultimate destiny is to see him as he is.

How can a holy God say, “Fear not” to guilty people? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explains from Ezekiel 20:44 why God's commitment to his name is the foundation of our hope.

What is God doing while we wait in a painful place? Pastor John shows how God uses waiting to produce a new security, a new song, and a new significance.

When it's forty degrees warmer in your freezer than it is outside, the message is clear: Don't mess with God.

What makes a song endure in Christian worship? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explores how music that speaks to shared human depths continues to serve the church over time.

Christ said Paul was going to Rome. And that was that. No ambush can stand against the promise of Christ.

What sparks new worship songs? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Psalm 98:1 to show how a renewed sight of God's glory gives rise to fresh praise.

Oh, how sweet are the designs of God in the sovereign salvation of hardened, hopeless sinners!

What if worship sounds different when lives are at stake? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper uses Psalm 57:9 to show why urgency rightly reshapes expression.

How can we find peace when struggling to see the goodness of our individual design? Pastor John illustrates God's love and wisdom in his creation.

Do you desire God? Will you trust him? The word of God to you is: God is worthy and God is able.

Every step Jesus took on the Calvary road meant, “I love you. I love you. I love you.”