John Piper: Making

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“Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?”

John Piper

Variant: Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity of making much of God?

Love , God , Feeling

“If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.”

John Piper

Source: Don't Waste Your Life Study Guide

Life , God , Joy

“God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.”

John Piper
God , Beauty , Way

“But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life.”

John Piper

Source: Don't Waste Your Life

Life , God , Way , Passion

“Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for good deeds. Christian purity is not the mere avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of good.”

John Piper

Source: The Passion of Jesus Christ

Passion , Evil , Heart , Christ

“The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is.”

John Piper

Source: Don't Waste Your Life

God , People , Pleasure , World