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Messages by Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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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....
The Greatness of God in the Doctrines of Grace: TULIP Session 1
John Piper | What are the doctrines of grace? Before we wade into the depths of these doctrines, we need to know something of the greatness of God.
The People of His Majesty: Five Marks of a Marveling Church
David Mathis | Those who cherish God’s majesty become a certain kind of people: a commending, called, candid, conquering, and soon-to-be crowned churc...
How to Pray When Trouble Comes
Marshall Segal | How do mature Christians pray when trouble comes? David teaches us from Psalm 86: “Meet my need.” “Glorify your name.” “Teach me your...
The Only Life Worth Living: A Live Lab on Christian Hedonism
John Piper | In Jesus Christ, we find a Treasure more precious than everything we have in life and everything we lose in death.
Enjoying God: The Key to Christian Education
John Piper | How does the chief end of man — to glorify God by enjoying him forever — shape our approach to classical Christian education?
Lay Your Buckets Down: Finding Life with the Woman at the Well
Marshall Segal | No sin is too great, no place is too far, and no wall is too high to keep us from receiving the living water of Jesus — if only we’ll...
Creation Sings Through Human Lips
Tony Reinke | No star or ocean, insect or tree, bird or cloud has a voice to speak God’s praise. But when we rejoice in God, we take creation’s worshi...
God’s Mission Triumphs Through Prayerful Suffering
John Piper | As Jesus bleeds in Gethsemane and then submits to arrest, we see that the mission of God triumphs through prayerful suffering, not the se...
Will Christ Be Humiliated on the Last Day? To the Class of 2025
John Piper | When Jesus returns in glory, he will stand ashamed of those who were ashamed of him here. But what will it really mean for Jesus to be as...
Value the Human Body: Technology, Exercise, and the Pursuit of True Joy
David Mathis | How might regular exercise serve not just our bodies but our souls, and so make us more ready to honor God by doing good to others?
Habits of Love: The Graces of Sharing Our Joy
David Mathis | Our “habits of grace” prime us for witnessing, giving, and serving — and God uses even these outward expressions to give us even more g...
FEAST: Five Prayers for Daily Bible Reading
Marshall Segal | When our Bible meditation feels more like a job than a joy, these five short prayers can take us beyond discipline into delight.
Why Did God Choose You? The Goal and Ground of His Election
John Piper | Why did God set his saving love on his people before the foundation of the world? So that we might praise the glory of his sovereign grac...
The Unusually Human Joy of Jesus
David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ours.
Providence: The Purposeful Sovereignty of God
John Piper | It’s one thing to know God is sovereign; it’s another to know just how far his sovereignty extends and the purposes for which he wields i...
Do You Love Jesus? A Grand Finale of His Greatness
David Mathis | At the end of his Gospel, John gives us a grand finale of the mercy, wisdom, greatness, and never-ending glory of Jesus Christ.
How Doubting Thomas Finds Faith
John Piper | The story of Jesus and Thomas assures us that Jesus really rose bodily, that his patience surpasses our indwelling sin, and that we need...
Be Still and Know: A Crisis-Ready Vision of God
David Mathis | Where do we turn when the ground beneath our feet seems to buckle and shift? Psalm 46 offers a vision of God to keep us through any cri...
Where Does Radical Love Come From?
John Piper | How can we be set free from selfishness so that, at any earthly cost to ourselves, we will love other people in a way that makes Christ l...
Authentic Preaching in the Age of AI
Tony Reinke | In the age of artificial intelligence, do we still need preachers? Answering that question well takes us to the heart of God-glorifying...
Turning Sadness at Losing Money to Gladness at Gaining Jesus
John Piper | A camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, nor can we turn our own hearts from loving money to loving Jesus. But what is impossible...
Take Care How You Hear a Sermon
John Piper | There is a way to see truth without seeing it — to hear without hearing. For all who listen to sermons, the words of Jesus stand: Take ca...
The Privilege of Preaching
John Piper | Though fraught with challenges and temptations to lose heart, preaching the word of God is a glorious privilege. John Piper gives ten rea...
The Power of Preaching
John Piper | God has chosen to bind the fullness of his supernatural effectiveness to the human ministry of the word. So, how might we preach in ways...
Big-God Preaching for God-Hungry People
David Mathis | Pastor, all your hearers are hungry for the living God, even if they don’t know it or can’t name it. And only big-God preaching will en...
The Glory of Big-God Preaching
John Piper | When preachers herald the glory of God from the heart, the pride of man dies, all of life becomes meaningful, and we rejoice like never b...
Foundations for the Future of Your Church
John Piper | A church endures in faithfulness only as its leaders and members rejoice in the glory of God, savor the word of God, and treasure the Son...
We Will Go Out with Joy: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Grace
David Mathis | Fellowship is not a nice addition to personal Christianity but a vital means of grace. Through fellowship, we help each other hold fast...
Blessed Satisfaction: The Sin-Slaying, Soul-Staggering Glory of Christ
John Piper | We were made to see and savor, with everlasting satisfaction, the soul-staggering glory of Christ. Only then will our lusts lose their po...
The Glory of God for Doubting Minds and Dull Hearts
John Piper | When we see the glory of God in his word, we know for sure and we rejoice forever. Glory persuades and pleases, gives certainty and satis...
What the World Needs from Your Church
John Piper | Chipper churches leave no lasting impression on the world. The greatest gift we have to give is indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of...
Supernatural Pastors: How to Minister in God’s Strength
John Piper | Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the strength...
Sorrows Are Normal for Now: What to Expect on Your Journey Home
David Mathis | In this fallen world, expect suffering and sorrows. But also know that, in Christ, they are limited, designed, and rewarded by a kind a...
How to Feed a Pastor: The Secret Life of a Happy Man
David Mathis | As pastors, our first priority each day is not to serve God, help his people, or engage in other ministry, but to get our soul happy in...
I Want You to Be a Christian Hedonist
David Mathis | Do you want God to look good in your life? Then heed his invitation to find your deepest hunger, deepest thirst, and deepest longings s...
Slavery and Christ’s Supreme Lordship: How to Live Under Human Authority
John Piper | In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.
Countless Dangers, Continual Joy: How Is That Possible?
John Piper | Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?
Bend the Ear of God: Three Wonders of Christian Prayer
David Mathis | God not only speaks to us — he bends his ear to hear us talk. Through the work of Christ and the help of the Spirit, we have the ear of...
Restore Our Joy in You: A Prayer for God-Centered Revival
Marshall Segal | When our souls grow dull to spiritual reality, the character of God is our confidence. He has restored us before; he will revive us a...