Do Not Love the World …
Anything that is not God can draw your heart away from God.
Anything that is not God can draw your heart away from God.
Arm yourself with the thought that when Jesus died to free you from sin, you died to sin.
Preserve your freedom in Christ! Can you say with Paul, "I will not be enslaved by anything!"?
Escape from futility! Live a different way. Walk a different path.
There is a group of people whom Paul calls not spiritual and not natural, but "fleshly," or "babes in Christ."
Fight against sin by fighting against unbelief in the promises of God.
We must help each other battle unbelief. We must help each other fight the fight of faith.
The battle against misplaced shame is the battle against unbelief in the promises of God.
All covetousness is unbelief. Learn how to use the sword of the Spirit to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life!
Envy steals your joy when you don't trust that God is doing what he has promised, namely, that which is best for you.
Anger is very dangerous. If it takes root in your heart and becomes a grudge or an unforgiving spirit, it can destroy you.
God says he will bless us if we wait patiently for him.
The grace of God is the source of your hope and the holiness of God is the standard of your holiness.
The two greatest issues in life are how the soul of man might not be destroyed and how the glory of God might not be belittled.
If God works to bring about obedience in our heart, then sin will not be lord over us, God will.
When we really see and believe what God is for us by grace through Jesus Christ, the power of wrong desires is broken.
Keep God first in your life by finding others who love God well and imitating them.
John Piper warns us of anger's long-term effects and identifies the remedy.
John Piper says we must take care not to reason unbiblical things from the truths we find in the Bible.
In Luke 19, Zacchaeus the tax collector was converted. He vowed to give back fourfold to anyone he had defrauded. Imagine a conversation he might have had when returning the money.
John Piper talks about how to fight the evil of pornography.
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