Desiring God (1986) (edit title/settings)

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• Paul: Add a description of this character.
• John Piper
• Jonathan Edwards
• Matthew
• Hebrews
• Peter
• Isaiah
• Mark
• S. Lewis
• Baker
• Luke
• Natasha
• Jeremiah
• Ralph Winter
• Adam
• William Carey
• Richard Wurmbrand
• Ronn
• James
• Augustine
• Hudson Taylor
• Wheaton
• David
• Zondervan
• Alex

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• “"God is not worshiped where He is not treasured and enjoyed."”

• “"Praise is not an alternative to joy, but the expression of joy."”

• “"Not to enjoy God is to dishonor Him."”

• “"Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship."”

• “"If the most terrifying news in the world is that we have fallen under the condemnation of our Creator and that He is bound by His own righteous character to preserve the worth of His glory by pouring out His wrath on our sin, then the best news in the world (the gospel!) is that God has decreed a way of salvation that also upholds the worth of His glory, the honor of His Son, and the eternal salvation of His elect."”

• “"Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead."”

• “"If God contains the fullness of all good things in Himself like an inexhaustible fountain, nothing beyond Him is to be sought by those who strike after the highest goo and all the elements of happiness."”

  John Calvin

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• God is not worshiped where He is not treasured and enjoyed. Praise is not an alternative to joy, but the expression of joy. Not to enjoy God is to dishonor Him. To say to Him that something else satisfies you more is the opposite of worship. It is sacrilege.

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• That God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him

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• I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than by faith to die with Christ to our old seductions, that is, to gain a distaste for them because of a superior satisfaction in God.

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• “a girl should get so lost in God, that a guy has to seek Him to find her.”

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• All sin comes from not putting supreme value on the glory of God—this is the very essence of sin.

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• It is not a bad thing to desire our own good. In fact, the great problem of human beings is that they are far too easily pleased. They don’t seek pleasure with nearly the resolve and passion that they should. And so they settle for mud pies of appetite instead of infinite delight.

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• The pleasure Christian Hedonism seeks is the pleasure that is in God Himself. He is the end of our search, not the means to some further end. Our exceeding joy is He, the Lord—not the streets of gold or the reunion with relatives or any blessing of heaven. Christian Hedonism does not reduce God to a key that unlocks a treasure chest of gold and silver. Rather, it seeks to transform the heart so that “the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver” (Job 22:25).

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• Our mistake lies not in the intensity of our desire for happiness, but in the weakness of it.

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• Praising God, the highest calling of humanity and our eternal vocation, did not involve the renunciation, but rather the consummation of the joy I so desired.

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• Love is the overflow of joy in God that gladly meets the needs of others.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Israel
• New York
• Jerusalem
• Edinburgh
• Africa
• Samaria
• Gethsemane
• London
• Rome
• Egypt
• Lord Jesus
• Himself
• Spain
• Brainerd
• Pasadena
• Asia
• China
• Macedonia

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John Piper (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 248.4

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Piper, John
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Spirituality › Inspirational
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Christian Living

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• DesiringGod.org: Download a PDF of the book
• DesiringGod.org: Listen to the Desiring God sermon series

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