One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.
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Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory of God. Love means doing all we can, at whatever cost to ourselves, to help people be enthralled with the glory of God. When they are, they are satisfied and God is glorified. Therefore loving people and glorifying God are one.John Piper
The astonishing thing is that people can become religious without being converted. That is, they join churches and start reading the Bible and doing religious things with no change in the foundation of their happiness It is still themselves. They are the ground of their joy.
John Piper
We want to warn boaters that they are not licensed in the state of Oregon to do business in the state of Oregon.
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Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!
John Piper
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
John Piper
God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.
John Piper
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