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Messages by Desiring God

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Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.

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  1. Anchor Your Soul in His Majesty

    David Mathis | Christ is priest, king, warrior, and the fulfillment of hope-filled prophecy. Psalm 110 reveals four unique majesties of Jesus for the comfort of the church.

  2. College Is for (Lasting) Pleasure

    David Mathis | The world’s diversions at college may distract and entice. But when we pursue lasting pleasure in God, every semester counts for eternity.

  3. When the Curse Comes Close

    Marshall Segal | How do we respond when the curse encroaches on our lives? In Psalm 108, David guides us to groan, praise, ask, trust, and tread.

  4. Take a Risk for Life and Fruitfulness

    God often uses risks to bring life to others and to end long-standing fruitlessness in our lives. What would it look like to step out for the sake of Christ?

  5. When God Became My Song

    Marshall Segal | God’s presence makes heaven worth wanting. Because of his salvation, Christians not only rest in him and trust in him but sing to him.

  6. Fear That Sings and Dances

    David Mathis | The hostile army ignored God as long as they could, but when he looked down at them, they panicked. Then his people’s newfound fear of him erupted in song and dance.

  7. Jesus: A Priest After the Order of Melchizedek

    For the writer to the Hebrews, understanding Melchizedek means understanding Jesus. But how can an ancient king help us know the true King of glory?

  8. Honor Jesus by Cherishing His Church

    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.

  9. Sing to the Lord, All the Earth

    Marshall Segal | Why do we gather to sing week after week, and why should we sing even more? God has saved his people, and all of creation joins in exulting in him.

  10. What Stirs the Church to Sing? A Live Lab on Ephesians 1:1–6

    When the church sets aside every boast and embraces God’s ancient plan of grace, she sings with all her heart for God’s glory alone.

  11. The Strange and Wonderful Love of Christ

    Love moved Jesus to let Lazarus die. Why? Jesus wanted Lazarus, his family, and the watching crowd to taste his all-satisfying glory.

  12. Enjoy Jesus Through His People: Fellowship as a Means of Grace

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

  13. ‘Moses Wrote of Me’: The Messianic Hope of the Law

    Jesus claimed that Moses wrote about him long before he ever walked the earth as man. If that’s true, how could anyone miss Jesus in the words of Moses?

  14. David’s God-Entranced Song: Know It, Feel It, Say It, Sing It

    When David wrote a song about becoming king, he ascribed all his victories to the God who gave them. How do we join David in such God-besotted praise?

  15. Steep Your Soul with Christian Meditation

    David Mathis | How is meditation different from simply reading the Bible? Slowing down and sinking deep into God’s word aids our joy and draws us closer to him.

  16. Graduates, Remember the Rich Young Man: To the Class of 2026

    There once was a man who gave up everything important so he could cling to things that fade. If we want to follow Jesus, we cannot be like that man.

  17. Reset Your Mind on Jesus: A Live Lab on Colossians 3:1–4

    Paul doesn’t just want Christians to know the truths of the Bible — he wants us to set our minds on them. But what does that mean, and how do we do it?

  18. Get Your Heart Happy in God

    Scott Hubbard | To his friends, George Müller embodied Psalm 23 even under the towering burdens of orphan ministry. What kind of communion with God made such peace possible?

  19. Make War on Sin with Exercise

    David Mathis | How can exercise equip us for the daily fight against sin? Training the body for our joy, mind, and will frees us to pursue every good work.

  20. The Glory of God in His Glorious Church

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

  21. Hear His Voice in the Thunder

    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?

  22. Radiance, Power, and Purification: The Superiority of Jesus Christ

    Sharing God’s nature and upholding creation by his word, the heir of all things suffered in our place to purify us from sin. Who is like Jesus Christ?

  23. The Everyday Bride of Jesus: How Christology Shapes a Local Church

    David Mathis | The church depends on Jesus Christ for its existence, authority, and ultimate joy. But how does the God-man’s nature direct the church’s health?

  24. Plead for the Insight You Need: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Study

    For the preaching pastor, each sermon demands a fresh hunt for insight in service of a hungry people. How do we find that life-giving truth?

  25. Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom

    David Mathis | To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through prayer, with a team.

  26. True Faith Tastes Future Joy

    Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is faith.

  27. Six Paths to Self-Forgetfulness

    Scott Hubbard | Self-awareness can be good, but it can also go too far. Our thoughts of self often grow quieter when we look to God and follow where he leads.

  28. Why Would a Christian Exercise?

    David Mathis | Exercise may seem like a distraction from a life of serving others, but God can use our movement to deepen our joy and broaden our love.

  29. Lead with Your Life: How to Influence in Your Twenties

    Marshall Segal | When the Bible talks about setting an example, does it mean only super-Christians? No, even the humblest high-school mentor can make the right mark.

  30. Be an Iceberg Christian: Setting an Example in Your Youth

    David Mathis | Pursuing a holy ambition means seeking maturity in Christ more than we seek influence in the world. An enduring example takes hidden work.

  31. Living in God’s Sovereign, Sustaining Grace

    When God ordains sufferings for the good of his people, he also sustains them and cares for them with all the strength of his love.

  32. The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence

    Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can never be lost.

  33. This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection

    Jesus’s glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the resurrection must happen.

  34. Why You Do Not Believe

    Marshall Segal | Jesus’s sheep are happy to be his, and Jesus will never leave them behind. But why would anyone reject this patient, kind, and powerful Savior?

  35. The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope

    There has never been, nor will there ever be, a greater reality than the God we see when we look at Jesus Christ. His very supremacy is our deepest hope.

  36. Is God Dishonored When We Grieve?

    David Mathis | How can we sing in the valley of sorrow? In Christ, joy and grief can coexist — and grief now prepares for us far greater joy in the end.

  37. Sing in the Fullness of the Spirit: A Live Lab on Ephesians 5:15–20

    What is the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and how does it relate to making music to God in a church gathering? God opens our eyes so we can sing to him.

  38. Enjoying Jesus in Sexual Purity

    Marshall Segal | Where will we find true blessedness? Sexual sin tempts us to find it in fleeting, false pleasures — but God’s promises hold out a better, surer joy.

  39. Word, Prayer, and People: Three Habits for Enjoying Jesus

    David Mathis | Where do we find more of God’s grace to increase our joy in Christ? God has created patterns for us to follow in reading, prayer, and fellowship.

  40. What King Would Come Like This? The Surprising Advent of Jesus

    David Mathis | When Jesus came to Bethlehem, and later to Jerusalem, he was not the king we expected. He was far, far better.

  41. Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation?

    Joy in Jesus is an invitation and a privilege. Is it also a duty? John Piper lays out six reasons joy in God is essential to the Christian life.

  42. Saving Faith as the Awakening of Joy in Jesus

    When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of joy in Christ.

  43. What to Do When Your Spirits Sink

    David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God through it all?

  44. Contrite Courage: How the Guilty Lean on Grace

    How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.

  45. Enjoy Him: The Call to Commune with Jesus

    David Mathis | God invites us to quench our thirst by hearing his voice, having his ear, and belonging to his body. So, come stand under the waterfall of his grace.

  46. Our All-Nations Charge: What It Means to Be a World Christian

    Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?

  47. Our Pursuit: Joy Overflowing in Love

    David Mathis | Does seeking joy in God ruin our love for others? Jesus meant what he said: Remembering God’s radical reward frees us to serve those in need.

  48. Jesus’s Pursuit: His Father’s Glory (and His) Through Joy

    David Mathis | As the Son of God, Jesus pursued his joy and God’s glory in an unrepeatable way — but as man, he stands forth as an example for our own pursuit of joy.

  49. God’s Pursuit: His Glory in Our Joy

    David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond measure. So, come, eat, drink, and rejoice.

  50. God's Word Has Not Fallen

    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.

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