John Piper

Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies. ↗

— John Piper

#trivial #life

All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God. ↗

— John Piper

#life

I count myself as one of the number of those who learn as they write and write as they learn. ↗

— John Piper

#writing #life

The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ. ↗

— John Piper

#humility #thinking #wisdom #faith

God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do. ↗

— John Piper

#gold #grace #lifestyle #stewardship #lifestyle

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy. ↗

— John Piper

#growth #life #word #faith

Hold your possessions so loosely that when they are lost in the sacrifices of love, your confidence in a supreme Treasure in heaven will fill you with joy. ↗

— John Piper

#love

If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails. ↗

— John Piper

#emotion #love

The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature ↗

— John Piper

#communication

A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know Clark Kent is on board. ↗

— John Piper

#jesus #simile #simile