This website has potential to have a huge impact - My Pastor and Church in India are now able to read and benefit from Piper's material. This would not be possible in any other way because of the extremely restrictive cost of Christian books in India. Thank you.

Thank you [John Piper] for the truths you wrote in Desiring God. This December, my husband and I were at an all-time spiritual low after seeing our daughter through open-heart surgery. After three years of intensive praying and focusing on her, we came through surgery beautifully only to find ourselves spiritually burned out instead of refreshed! At a crucial moment, I saw your book title on a shelf and the Spirit said, "Buy it." It has turned my life around. God has used it to bring my husband and I such great joy, and has used it to free us from so many worldly "dependencies," that we daily marvel at the miracle of our life. And you were so right about sharing it in order to double our joy--we can't stop talking about it, and we rejoice to see that others in our daily life are buying the book and getting excited, too. Thank you.

Desiring God has put clear words to the thoughts in my mind that Christianity is more than a set of rules. Thank you for sharing your love of the Savior with me--I've bought and given away 10+ copies of that book, and I'm sure I'll be getting more soon!

I just wanted to express how much I appreciate Desiring God. I'm currently attending Seminary in Jacksonville, Texas. I have enjoyed and learned many insights into Gods Word from John Piper. He preaches and speaks with such passion for the Word of God, I often find myself desiring a deeper relationship with God. The books that you publish are of the greatest quality and I learn so much from them. They've all been so helpful with my personal studies. My first book I ever picked up after surrendering to the ministry was The Supremacy of God in Preaching. I have tried to pattern my preaching after that book, for it speaks the truth of how I should focus on his majesty and proclaim his truths. Thank you for your intense laboring efforts.

I am writing to y'all just to let you know how much I appreciate your ministry. Thanks for publishing John Piper's notes and audio messages through the internet. Web pages such as "desiringGod" and "soundofgrace" are always an oasis in the midst of such a "desert" place as the internet is. May the Lord keep you close to Himself, to His Word, and to His Work in this World for His glory, edifying His people and reaching out to the lost.

I just want to say thank you ... to the staff, and John Piper for making this ministry available to the hungry in Spirit. It was ... by listening to John each night, that I acquired a deep thirst for more understanding of the scriptures. I started to taste the meat of the scriptures through your ministry. Thank you so very much.

I wanted to tell you how invaluable your ministry has been to me personally and to my church and friends. I am a working pastor and some of the resources that you provide have not only helped me minister, but stay in ministry when I felt it beyond myself to do so. I hope you know that the effects of what you do are vastly beyond the horizon of present sight.

…for some reason Desiring God caught my attention. That night I started reading and finished it in a few days. The message was so liberating! It was as though scales fell from my eyes, and I could see wonders I never dreamed of. I read and re-read the book…I have been challenged, enlightened, probed, and delighted with your books. I can't express how much of an influence your writing has made upon my life, my ministry, and every aspect and dimension of my daily routine…Thank you for being an agent of transformation in my perspective of God's greatness and glory and supremacy in all things.

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you all for your service. From the shipping clerks to the administration, I appreciate your help in getting me His truth. The Lord has used your ministry to help me change my view on life…to be "God-entranced." Thank you also for your financial help when I couldn't pay (the full) amount. I will be praying for the growth in the breadth of your ministry. Thank you for being a part of my sanctification. Praise be to Him!

I just wanted to write…to let you know what an important book Desiring God has been for me and my family. It has changed forever my knowledge of God and my outlook on life. We as a family were…asking whether we were to be involved with the work of reaching the unreached peoples with the gospel when we discovered this book and all of the scripture that it totally opened up to us. Dr. Piper's desire to 'push some over the edge' happened to us and we were able to see clearly and resolutely God's desire for us to give ourselves to the task. The thing that makes this book so solid is that Dr. Piper does not use the Bible to add to his thoughts, but it is just one scripture after another brought together in a way that totally makes them come to life and relevance to real life…I must say that my love and respect for the Bible has been renewed. It is there that I will find the knowledge of God…Thank you!

Thank you for the book Desiring God. The theme of it has encouraged me greatly. As a Christian in his early 40's having begun my pilgrimage in my mid-teens, I seem to be going back to the very basic things at the moment. The contents of this book have thrilled me.

In the last few years, God has mightily used Dr. Piper's teaching to awaken me to the life of a Christian Hedonist…Your policies concerning reproduction and distribution (along with the whatever-you-can-afford policy) are equally encouraging and convincing that your treasure is Christ, not money…God is using Dr. Piper to raise up many God-besotted college students who will say, "Who cares if I die before 30, if Jesus is at the other end of the sword.

Your ministry has been a real blessing to those of us here in (the) Correctional Center who have been able to experience some of the materials we've received. I personally have gained greater understanding of God's Word and have grown stronger in my faith walk since getting my hands on the tapes and books John Piper has helped to bring about. Through sharing these materials and teaching on what I've learned from them, a number of others here have been touched by your ministry as well. Thank you.

I want to take the opportunity and thank you for your ministry. For several months I have been reading the electronic Pipersermons and some articles and books I downloaded from your web site. This and some material from bible.org and from J.I. Packer helped me to grasp (at least in a much better way than before) the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. Desiring God was an eye-opener for me and it has a strong influence on my own preaching and teaching ministry in our local church in Vienna, Austria. It also changed my view of the importance of frontier missions.

Your ministry has been an enormous blessing in my life. Your message at the One Day gathering this past weekend was no exception. I absolutely embrace your call to glory in the cross alone. And once again, I was challenged to not grow comfortable in this lavish American lifestyle, but to press on to make every moment of my life count for the glory of God. Thanks for your message.

How the enemy was accusing me of recent sins, failures, unworthiness to testify to God's saving and delivering power. God led me to look up 'grace' in your new web site and somehow led me to a sermon on the imputed righteousness of Christ--that righteousness that is mine this morning (and forever). Jesus Christ is standing before the Father in heaven this morning and He is all my righteousness. What utter joy to look away from myself and go forth in peace and security--and power--to proclaim this very truth from Romans. Tears of joy run down my face today. Thank you, thank you, thank you for allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal my Lord to me this morning. How beautiful and glorious He is!!!

It has been the ministry of John Piper and you folks there at Bethlehem that I believe God used more than anything else to restore me. The tape series on Expository Exultation have really moved me with a desire to worship over the text in whatever the teaching or preaching opportunity. I am now working my way through the series on the Mission of Bethlehem Baptist Church. It has changed my perspective in that I have been brought, by God, back to the center of Christianity, which is the exultation of Jesus Christ before men. I have made my life goal…in whatever circumstances God puts me, to spread a passion for the supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ in all things for the joy of all peoples.

I just wanted to let you know that this has to be the most edifying site I have been to. Learning to seek all of my joy in Christ is what I will spend the rest of my days doing. Thank you so much for your support. Great is your reward in heaven.

Again and again I keep returning to John Piper’s books and sermons. It’s like a fresh rain shower; like a window that’s being opened to let in fresh air and a new vision of our most glorious and awesome God. I am a Seminary student and really feel like I need that kind of refreshment and vision …I just wanted to tell you how much I thank God for your ministry and for the inspiration that Piper’s material provides for me here in Germany…I now feel I’ve arrived at savoring what I formerly considered "hard truths" like election and predestination and God’s own passion for His glory. Pastor Piper has been used greatly to kindle a passion within me to live for God’s glory and to desire to see it all around, even here in spiritually dry Germany. I’ve started spreading the Good News of God’s passion for His glory by preaching the message to churches. And sometimes it might be a lot to take in, but it’s the glorious truth!

I just finished reading chapter 6 of Desiring God. I had to write you now and let you know how your book has already impacted me…The first time I ever heard your message was at One Day. Since then, your words have been burning in my heart…Every chapter has opened my eyes more and more. I have never pondered the need for me to pursue my greatest joy. Your book is revolutionary for me. My life is forever changed… I am a Bible major with the goal of church planting. Your words have changed the future of the church I will one day plant. The goal of my ministry from now until the day I die will be for the supremacy of God in all things. The church I one day plant will know what it means to be a Christian Hedonist! Thank you again for your passion! Find comfort in knowing that at least one set of ears on that field in Memphis was touched by your message and excepts your challenge to 'Boast only in the cross.' But I have I feeling that my ears are not the only ones that are still burning.

I just listened to your sermon on the internet "Let Your Passion Be Single: Christian Hedonism Unpacked." I wept through most of the presentation. Because of my church experiences (very painful and negative), I have felt that you had to choose between glorifying God and happiness. Between intellect and emotion. I have fallen victim to both errors. You offer hope for the first time that we can love God with an undivided heart and find in loving Him the supreme happiness and joy for which we long. This truth touches my heart in a way that I cannot fully describe but you have given me a precious gift. Pulled back a veil that has blurred the way of truth. Thank you with all my heart. God bless you and your ministry.

I just returned from my year in China. Thank you so much for sending me tapes of Dr. Piper's sermons this year. Desiring God was such a blessing. I can't begin to tell you how necessary those teaching tapes were for me and my teammates this year.

I just wanted to tell you how much I thank God for your ministry and for the inspiration that Piper's material provides for me here in Germany. [If] Piper's "passion for the supremacy of God in all things" has challenged my former view of God, then it was a good struggle [that] I had to go through that helped me to read the Bible for all it's worth... And I now feel I've arrived at savoring what I formerly considered "hard truths" like election, predestination and God's own passion for His glory.

I praise God for the ministry of DG. For over a year now, I've been fueled and challenged and instructed by the content of this website. Shortly after God finally changed my heart to see the BEAUTY of His sovereignty and freedom (coming to a Reformed understanding of salvation) a friend let me borrow several tapes from the Pleasures of God series. Wonderful! God solidified HIS centrality and majesty in my mind and heart during that time. I am now beginning to teach these principles of Jonathan Edwards and John Piper to those in my circles, and see a growing desire to see more men come to know and delight in the Risen Savior.

As a state chaplain of a maximum-security prison, inmates, and the volunteers who enter the prison for religious programs, expose me to a wide range of theologies. As a reformed theologian I was pleased when I discovered our inmate library had one of your books (A Hunger for God). The problem we have in our state prison chapel programs is we are not authorized to buy any books for the inmate library, they must be donated. After placing a call to DG I was blessed when the representative informed me there would be no problem for us to receive some of your materials. How I was blessed when I saw the invoice, which indicated the bill, was paid by DG. My desire is to see those who are incarcerated grow in their faith, and the resources we received from your organization will be a tremendous aid in their growth. Again, I cannot thank DG enough for the blessing! May God richly bless you as he uses you to build his kingdom.