Messages by Desiring God

David Mathis | Why is the writer of Hebrews so enthralled with an often weak and wavering church? He sees her calling, her splendor, and her majestic Savior.

David Mathis | What happens when believers meet together? Christians both give and receive grace from the God who gathers them in true fellowship.

God fulfills his purpose for the church by his work in the church: He magnifies his grace by beautifying his people.

David Mathis | God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peace. Do you tremble at the force of his word?

John Piper | We may not always understand how God is at work throughout history, but we can trust that he is producing maximum mercy for his people and global glory for himself in everything he does.

John Piper | The struggle many have with believing God’s sovereignty in election can only be answered by staying consistent with what God has revealed to us in Scripture.

John Piper | The Bible makes clear that God has mercy on whom he will have mercy. He decisively opens hearts — and God he still uses missions and evangelism to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.

John Piper | God’s unconditional election is a precious doctrine to for all his people. Nothing can override God’s love when he sets his sights on you.

John Piper | Romans 9–11 confronts us with the all-pervasive sovereignty of God, especially in our own salvation. We all depend utterly and completely on God’s mercy for life.

John Piper | Fasting is a way to say with our bodies that our appetite for God is greater than our appetite for food.

John Piper | Prayer is about offering up our desires to God for things that are in agreement with his will, our greatest desire of all being for God himself.

John Piper | The word of God is the most vital means that God has given us for communion with himself.

John Piper | Communion with God takes place primarily in his word as we depend upon it by faith and receive the comfort and assurance of his promises in the gospel.

John Piper | Christ came to accomplish reconciliation for us between God and between other people, so if you have prejudice and enmity against others, your relationship to God is in question.

John Piper | John Piper responds to five prominent arguments that use the Bible to reject interracial marriage.

John Piper | There is a relative triviality in the biological differences between races that exalts the reality of God’s image, and there is a diversity in the races that exalts the reality of God’s manifold redemption.

John Piper | Race is significant because one God created all of humanity through one man and redeems humanity through one man, and race is insignificant in terms of the releatively small differences that separate us.

John Piper | The Bible repeatedly speaks of the inherent dignity of all people. Because God made us in his image, all people have value.

John Piper | Racial issue is an emotionally no-win issue. Despite its difficulty, God calls us to deal with it, and it’s worth it.

John Piper | Suffering is no accident. Preachers need to show their people that God’s hand is sovereign over every one of our pains.

John Piper | Joy in God in and through suffering makes the worth of God shine more brightly than it would through ease and abundance.

John Piper | Preaching that highlights God’s hand in our trials will help sustain people in the trials and suffering that will inevitably come in this life.

John Piper | A pastor’s roles mainly comprise the areas of governing and teaching, and their qualification for that office be discerned biblically before entering into it.

John Piper | The two offices given to the church in the New Testament are elders and deacons, though these may be described from different angles and with various nuances.

John Piper | Pursuit of biblical eldership recognizes that the processes which we use to bring men into the office must be under the direction of the Holy Spirit and in line with the Word he inspired.

John Piper | Biblical eldership is not about endlessly setting up committee meetings and getting as many people involved as possible, but about teaching and leading the flock to equip them for the work of ministry.

Costly love in the pathway of obedience comes from joy in the future grace we presently behold by faith.

John Piper | God will have his way in the lives of his people and across the globe. And he will use our prayers to accomplish precisely what he wills.

John Piper | The providence of God is a most practical doctrine in ordering our lives and living by faith.

John Piper | In order to understand God’s undisputed providence and sovereignty, we need to see that Scripture presents God as having both a sovereign will and a moral will.

John Piper | God reigns supremely over the heart of every man and woman. But that doesn’t mean he’s just a puppet master pulling our strings.

John Piper | The heart of a king or a president or a ruler is nothing but a stream of water in God’s hands. The Lord turns it wherever he wills.

John Piper | God is always doing more than any of us can see, including ruling and reigning over the affairs of every nation and ever people group on the earth.

John Piper | While we may never know certain details about how God works, we can hold full confidence that he reigns supreme, and not even Satan can thwart his plans.

John Piper | The Bible presents God as one who has all power and control over our world, all the way down to the tiniest molecule and the shortest fraction of a second.

John Piper | God’s sovereignty means that he ordains everything that happens — including the fall of mankind.

John Piper | Providence is not just a doctrine for theologians to argue about, but an all-encompassing truth that ignites the joy of God’s people.

John Piper | When the preacher’s own heart sings with the glories of God, he can’t help but overflow to his people in the pulpit.

John Piper | Preaching not only shows the content and truth of Scripture, but is an act of praise that helps others see and savor God.

John Piper | Preaching shouldn’t aim mainly at meeting felt needs, but at painting, singing, and heralding the glories of God in Scripture.