Podcasts about desiring god

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.

Clinton Manley | For many today, to be “blessed” is little more than a cliché. But ancient hearers knew that “blessing” from Jesus's mouth meant one thing: unshakable joy.

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.

What does faithful worship look like across differences? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper helps us see how clothing, music, and conversation reflect cultures God is pleased to welcome.

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

Jesus is the end for which the universe was made, and the means that makes that end possible to enjoy.

Because God's purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can never be lost.

When you desire the city of God above everything else on the earth, he is not ashamed to be called your God. Your life pleases him.

What guards our worship styles from drifting with the culture? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper argues that rich, complex doctrine is preserved through thoughtful, disciplined reflection.

When does faithful lament become sinful complaint? Pastor John offers five statements on lament to help us cry out to God in great pain.

It is a most striking thing how personal and national suffering drew Abraham Lincoln into the reality of God, rather than pushing him away.

Is there room for both head and heart in worship? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper helps us long for what heaven promises: razor-sharp minds and free, joyful affection.

Amazingly, Paul connects our liberation with Jesus as our Master, and he connects our new slavery with Jesus as our Messiah.

Why does God command emotion? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how Scripture urges us to love truth deeply and respond with joy, awe, and heartfelt praise.

Living and dying by faith means having new desires and seeking new satisfactions.

What stirs true worship — sound or substance? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how truth governs emotion and keeps praise from drifting into empty performance.

How do we cling to Christ when faced with the unknowns of aging? Pastor John encourages older Christians in the battle against bitterness and fear.

Take all the things that drive this world, and ponder how much better and more abiding God is.

What frees a soul to worship deeply? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper draws a line from grace to joy, from guilt to praise.

Submitting to God enables us to have the supremely satisfying experience of not being God, but admiring the Godness of God.

God surely has reasons for waiting to give you the breakthrough you have sought for decades. Keep asking in hope.

John Piper | Jesus's glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the resurrection must happen.

Because Jesus died in our place, he guaranteed that every good deed will prosper — sooner or later.

What makes prayer pleasing to God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Proverbs 15:8 to show why God welcomes the cries of justified sinners who walk by faith.

By nature, we are selfish and God-ignoring and God-belittling. But no matter how hard a heart may be, the sovereign God can still save.

The main task of all the ministries of the church is helping people see the greatness of what Christ has purchased for everyone who will value it above the world.

What if God delights in your thirst more than your strength? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper draws from Isaiah 64:4 to describe God as a soul-satisfying spring in our deepest need.

Suffering has a great sin-killing effect. The more pure we are, the more clearly we see God.

What kind of protest does the world need to see? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Romans 13:1–7 why the most powerful “no” shows tears, not anger.

We should emphasize that God loves and forgives for his own glory because the Bible does, and because it makes clear that God loves us with the greatest love.

What sustains real love over a lifetime? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 13:8–14 to show how love flows from union with the risen Christ, not from law-keeping.

Indwelling sin still pervades those who are in Christ. But God's mercy is more than enough to meet, match, and master any guilt we bring to him.

God forgave us when we first believed in Christ. Then, from that broken, joyful, grateful, hopeful experience of being forgiven, we offer forgiveness to others.

How can we show mercy when wronged? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 12:19–21 to show how trusting God's justice frees us to do good to our enemies.

Christians are included in the Davidic covenant. What David received, we will also receive in Christ Jesus.