Pastoring in the Strength God Supplies | Dr. John Piper | Grimké Chapel

In his charge to Grimké's graduating class, John Piper preaches from 1 Peter 4:10–11 to settle one conviction deep in every pastor and Christian before they go: the ministry you are called to is supernatural, and everything that actually matters in it is humanly impossible. Piper presses the uncomfortable truth that you can build a big, busy church entirely without God—and that none of it will count for eternity unless God himself supplies the oracles and the strength. But he refuses to leave it there. Walking listeners into the thirty seconds before he steps into the pulpit, he hands over the decades-tested strategy he calls APTAT—Admit, Pray, Trust, Act, Thank—so that "serve in the strength that God supplies" stops being a nice phrase and becomes something you know how to do on Monday at the hospital, in the counseling room, and at your own kitchen table.  SKIP AHEAD. (00:00) Introducing Pastor John Piper (01:06) Three Aims for the Charge (03:53) Reading: 1 Peter 4:10–11 (05:01) The Text Prayed Over Me for 33 Years (06:00) Verse 10: Ministry Flows From Grace (09:15) Two Pictures: The Table Servant and the Steward (12:27) Verse 11: Speak and Serve in God's Strength (16:59) Why Ministry Is Supernatural—and You Are Helpless (17:56) Why God Designed It This Way: His Glory (24:01) Not Just for Pastors—This Is the Christian Life (25:05) Paul: "I Worked Harder... Yet Not I, but Grace" (30:21) "Brothers, We Are Not Professionals" (33:38) APTAT: Admit, Pray, Trust, Act, Thank (35:11) Admit: Without Me You Can Do Nothing (37:20) Pray: Ask Him for What You Need (39:36) Trust: Lay Hold of a Specific Promise (45:31) Act: You Drive the Car (47:01) Thank: God Worked (48:58) The Charge to the Graduates MORE FROM GRIMKÉ. ✦ Grimké Seminary — Training Pastors and Planters in, by, and for the Church https://grimkeseminary.org ✦ Grimké College — Practical Biblical Studies for Every Christian https://grimkecollege.org ✦ Grimké Europe — For the Church in Europe, Hosted in Liverpool, UK https://grimkeeurope.org IN THIS VIDEO. ✦ John Piper — Founder & Teacher, Desiring God; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis, MN) for 33 years https://bcsmn.edu/profile/john-piper-2/ THE GRIMKÉ PODCAST. https://grimke.org/podcast SUPPORT GRIMKÉ. ✦ Want to support the work of Grimké Seminary? Learn more here: https://grimkeseminary.org/give/ FOLLOW US. ✦ YouTube https://youtube.com/@grimkeofficial ✦ X https://twitter.com/grimkeseminary ✦ Instagram https://instagram.com/grimkeseminary ✦ Facebook https://facebook.com/grimkeseminary