Podcasts by Solid Joys Daily Devotional
Solid Joys is a daily devotional written and read by John Piper. These short and substantive readings will feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year. Discover more from Piper at desiringGod.org.
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The Final Reality Is Here from 2023-12-13T10:00
Our High Priest is seated at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. No Old Testament priest could ever say that.
Replacing the Shadows from 2023-12-12T10:00
Jesus came to orient all our attention on himself, ministering for us first on Calvary as our final Sacrifice and then in heaven as our final Priest.Listen
Why Jesus Came from 2023-12-11T10:00
In dying, Christ de-fanged the devil. How? By covering all our sin. This means that Satan has no legitimate grounds to accuse us before God.Listen
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh from 2023-12-10T10:00
Giving gifts to Christ is like fasting — going without something to show that Christ is more valuable than what you are going without.
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Two Kinds of Opposition to Jesus from 2023-12-09T10:00
Let this Christmas be the time when you ponder what it means — what it costs — to worship and follow Jesus, the Messiah.
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Bethlehem’s Supernatural Star from 2023-12-08T10:00
God influenced the stars in the sky to get a little handful of foreign magi to Bethlehem so that they would worship his Son.
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Messiah for the Magi from 2023-12-07T10:00
Christmas proves how Jesus is Messiah — a King, and Promise-Fulfiller — for all the nations, not just Israel.
Peace to Those with Whom He Is Pleased from 2023-12-06T10:00
The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God’s peace is faith in the promises of God.
No Detour from Calvary from 2023-12-05T10:00
God could have seen to it that Jesus have a room at his birth. But that would have been a detour off the Calvary road.
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For God’s Little People from 2023-12-04T10:00
Do not think, because you experience adversity, that the hand of the Lord is shortened.
The Long-Awaited Visitation from 2023-12-03T10:00
For the mind of faith, a promised act of God is as good as done.
Mary’s Magnificent God from 2023-12-02T10:00
The only people whose soul can truly magnify the Lord are people like Elizabeth and Mary. So, this Advent, imitate their lowliness and cheerful humility.Listen
Prepare the Way from 2023-12-01T10:00
This Advent, bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of Jesus’s arrival visible for your children.
The Triumphant Shame of the Cross from 2023-11-30T10:00
No matter how dirty with sin you are, through Christ you can see the light of God’s glory and believe.
The Only Conscience-Cleanser from 2023-11-29T10:00
Our greatest problem is alienation from God. The only solution is the blood of Christ.
The Root of Ingratitude from 2023-11-28T10:00
At the root of all ingratitude is the love of one’s own greatness. But genuine gratitude glorifies God because it admits that we need him.Listen
How to Magnify God from 2023-11-27T10:00
The whole duty of the Christian can be summed up in this: feel, think, and act in a way that will make God look as great as he really is.Listen
Jesus Prays for Us from 2023-11-26T10:00
Our salvation is as secure as Christ’s priesthood is indestructible. His deity and resurrection from the dead secure his indestructible priesthood for us.Listen
Glorify God by Giving Thanks from 2023-11-25T10:00
A life that gives glory to God for his grace and a life of deepest gladness are the same life. And what makes them one is thankfulness.
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Hold Fast to Your Hope from 2023-11-24T10:00
When Christ died for us, he did not buy the freedom from having to hold fast, but the enabling power to hold fast.
When God Swears by God from 2023-11-23T10:00
It is as unlikely that God will break his word of promise to bless us as it is that he will despise himself.
The Key to Spiritual Maturity from 2023-11-22T10:00
Getting ready to feast on all God’s word is not first an intellectual challenge; it is first a moral challenge.
The Gravity of Gratitude from 2023-11-21T10:00
A thankful spirit is others-exalting and glad-hearted. Therefore, pray for a great awakening of humble gratitude.
Five Reasons Death Is Gain from 2023-11-20T10:00
Death is gain because Christians will then be perfect, pain-free, rested, at home, and with Christ.
We All Need Help from 2023-11-19T10:00
Because we have a Great High Priest, the throne of God is a throne of grace.
The Piercing Power of the Word from 2023-11-18T10:00
The word of God is our only hope. It is sharp, living, and active. Therefore, be of good cheer in your battle to believe.
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Change Is Possible from 2023-11-17T10:00
Don’t be a fatalist. Be a Christian. Change is possible. God is alive. Christ is risen. The promises are true.
When I Am Anxious from 2023-11-16T10:00
Take up the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for help, lay the promises up in your heart, and fight the good fight — to live by faith in future grace.Listen
Fighting Words from 2023-11-15T10:00
When you feel discouraged and anxious, cling to God’s promises to be with you and uphold you.
The Marvel of Creation from 2023-11-14T10:00
When you marvel at the wonders of creation, do not marvel at the processes of chance but at the creativity of God.
Do Not Harden Your Heart from 2023-11-13T10:00
The Bible’s warnings are written that you might believe and endure, and have life.
How Satan Serves God from 2023-11-12T10:00
Satan cannot destroy us. In fact, God turns all his attacks finally against him and for us.
We Are His House from 2023-11-11T10:00
Becoming a Christian and being a Christian happen in the same way: by hoping in Jesus.
Wipe Your Fears Away from 2023-11-10T10:00
When anxiety blurs our vision of God’s glory, it does not mean that we are faithless. It means our faith is being attacked.
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Marveling at the End of History from 2023-11-09T10:00
One day, we will see God’s glory, and marvel at it in such a way that he will be glorified in us for all the world to see.
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We Honor What We Enjoy from 2023-11-08T10:00
It is possible to pursue God without glorifying God. If we want our quest to honor God, we must pursue him for the joy of fellowship with him.Listen
Is God’s Love Conditional? from 2023-11-07T10:00
There are precious experiences of the love of God that require that we fight pride, seek humility, and cherish the nearness of God.
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Love One Another Gladly from 2023-11-06T10:00
Loving acts are genuine to the degree that they are not done begrudgingly.
Do You Neglect Your Salvation? from 2023-11-05T10:00
Being a Christian is a very serious business, though not a sour business. We are simply blood-earnest about being happy in our great salvation.Listen
The Real Problem with Anxiety from 2023-11-04T10:00
What you thought was a mere struggle with an anxious disposition might really be a far deeper struggle with trusting God.
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The Meaning of Suffering from 2023-11-03T10:00
It is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
Rejoicing in Pain from 2023-11-02T10:00
Whether we focus on the riches of the reward or the refining effects of suffering, God’s purpose is that our joy in suffering be sustained.Listen
Christ’s Sufferings in Us from 2023-11-01T10:00
We exhibit the sufferings of Christ when we ourselves suffer for those we are trying to win.
The Seminary of Suffering from 2023-10-31T10:00
God designs suffering not only as a way to wean Christians off of self and onto grace, but also as a way to spotlight that grace and make it shine.Listen
The Danger of Drifting from 2023-10-30T10:00
Be satisfied in Jesus so that you do not get lured downstream by deceitful desires.
Sin, Satan, Sickness, or Sabotage from 2023-10-29T10:00
Suffering proves our allegiance to Christ’s goodness and reveals his worth as an all-sufficient prize.
Radical Recompense from 2023-10-28T10:00
Jesus himself makes up for every sacrifice he will ever call us to make. It is worth it to lose it all in order to gain Christ.
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Possible with God from 2023-10-27T10:00
God has a people in every people group. He will call them through the gospel with Creator power. And they will believe!
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Medicine for the Missionary from 2023-10-26T10:00
“All things are possible with God!” — in front the words give hope, and behind they give humility. They are the antidote to both despair and pride.Listen
The Great Missionary Hope from 2023-10-25T10:00
God’s call is irresistible in the sense that it can overcome all resistance. It is infallibly effective according to God’s purpose.
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Christ Is Like Sunlight from 2023-10-24T10:00
We see the sun by means of seeing the rays of the sun. So also we see God the Father by seeing Jesus.
God’s Final, Decisive Word from 2023-10-23T10:00
The Word that God spoke by his Son is the decisive Word. It will not be followed in this age by any greater word or replacement word.
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Hedonism for Husbands and Wives from 2023-10-22T10:00
When Christ redeems marriage, he does not dismantle loving headship and willing submission. He restores it.
The Mystery of Marriage from 2023-10-21T10:00
Husbands and wives should seek to live after the distinctive model of God’s pure and glad design for Christ and the church.
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Prayer’s First Priority from 2023-10-20T10:00
The first priority in praying is to ask our heavenly Father to cause his name to be hallowed. In us. In the church. In the world. Everywhere.Listen
Love’s Greatest Happiness from 2023-10-19T10:00
The union between Christ and his bride is so close that any good done to her is a good done to himself.
Jesus’s Joy in Marriage from 2023-10-18T10:00
Jesus did not want a dirty and unholy wife. Therefore, he was willing to die to cleanse her so that he could present her to himself.
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The Purpose of Prosperity from 2023-10-17T10:00
You can steal to get; or you can work to get; or you can work to get in order to give.
Fear and Hope in God’s Jealousy from 2023-10-16T10:00
It is a horrifying thing to use your God-given life to commit adultery against the Almighty.
Plan for Prayer from 2023-10-15T10:00
One of the main reasons we so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer is simply that we don’t plan to.
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God Heals by Humbling from 2023-10-14T10:00
God takes out our old proud hearts and gives new soft ones, which are easily humbled and crushed by the sin that remains.
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The Master Servant from 2023-10-13T10:00
The very heart of God’s glory is the fullness of grace that overflows in kindness to needy people.
Beware of Serving God from 2023-10-12T10:00
God aims to be our servant, because he aims to get the glory as the Giver.
We Can Do Nothing from 2023-10-11T10:00
God is glorified when we turn away from ourselves to him in the confidence that he will provide the help we need.
Best Passage Ever from 2023-10-10T10:00
The greatest news is that the cross upholds the worth of God’s glory, the honor of his Son, and the eternal salvation of his elect.
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God’s Wise Mercy from 2023-10-09T10:00
The good news is that God himself has decreed a way to satisfy the demands of his justice without condemning the whole human race.
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Our Good Is God’s Delight from 2023-10-08T10:00
All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in him.Listen
We Wait, He Works from 2023-10-07T10:00
Be freed from the burden of bearing your own load. Let God do that work. God loves to show his God-ness by working for us.
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The Happy God from 2023-10-06T10:00
When we share in the happiness of God, we share in the very pleasure that the Father has in the Son.
Justice Will Be Done from 2023-10-05T10:00
When you lay down the burden of vengeance, God will pick it up.
Joy Unbound from 2023-10-04T10:00
Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. One day, God’s delight in his Son will be in us.Listen
Absolute, Sovereign, Almighty Love from 2023-10-03T10:00
God does not need us. Instead, his infinite self-sufficiency spills over in love to us who need him.
God Isn’t Gloomy from 2023-10-02T10:00
If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.
The All-Satisfying Object from 2023-10-01T10:00
The quest for joy is not optional, but commanded.
The Most Liberating Discovery from 2023-09-30T10:00
Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship.
Make War with Unbelief from 2023-09-29T10:00
Take up the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for help, lay the promises up in your heart, and fight the good fight — to live by faith in future grace.Listen
Our Good Is His Glory from 2023-09-28T10:00
God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him.
The Power of a Superior Promise from 2023-09-27T10:00
The truth of Christ frees us from the slavery of sin, for the freedom of holiness.
Live Confident in God’s Sovereign Power from 2023-09-26T10:00
Confidence in God’s absolute control is the source and power of radical obedience to the call of God.
Life Hangs on the Word of God from 2023-09-25T10:00
The Bible is no empty word. It is your very life — the foundation and kindling of your joy!
Jesus’s Pursuit of Joy from 2023-09-24T10:00
What sustained Christ in the dark hours of Gethsemane was the hope of joy beyond the cross.
Hope for the Worst of Sinners from 2023-09-23T10:00
When it comes to being a candidate for grace, your background has nothing to do with God’s choice. That’s good news.
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Let Goods and Kindred Go from 2023-09-22T10:00
You have a possession in heaven that is better, and lasts longer, than anything this world can offer.
Ammunition Against Anxiety from 2023-09-21T10:00
God intends for particular promises to help you fight against particular anxieties.
Not Nearly Hedonistic Enough from 2023-09-20T10:00
The Lord has spoken: It is more blessed to love than to live in luxury! More blessed now, and forever.
Our Unspeakable Privilege from 2023-09-19T10:00
In Jesus Christ we who are born of God have the unspeakable privilege of knowing Yahweh as our Father.
The Only True Freedom from 2023-09-18T10:00
Only Jesus, the Son of God who died and rose for us, can make us truly free.
Worship in a Lightning Storm from 2023-09-17T10:00
Sit down to the feast of joy in Christ and worship the King of Glory. The banquet hall is very large.
The Soul’s Final Feast from 2023-09-16T10:00
To see God, and know him, and be in his presence is the soul’s final feast.
The Only Enduring Happiness from 2023-09-15T10:00
Two things have to be true if your joy is never to be taken from you. One is that the source of your joy lasts forever and the other is that you last forever.Listen
God Will Supply All Your Needs from 2023-09-14T10:00
If we live by faith in God’s promise of future grace, it will be very hard for anxiety to survive.
7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 3 from 2023-09-13T10:00
God will see to it that you are not tested in any given day more than you can bear.
7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 2 from 2023-09-12T10:00
God will certainly take his energy and creative skill and use it to care for his children who will live forever.
7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 1 from 2023-09-11T10:00
Jesus helps us to fight the good fight against unbelief and to be free from anxiety.
How to Fight Anxiety from 2023-09-10T10:00
The way you fight the good fight for faith is by meditating on God’s assurances of future grace and by asking for the help of his Spirit.Listen
Grace Must Be Free from 2023-09-09T10:00
If you treated your salvation no longer as a gift, but as a purchase, God would no longer be the free benefactor.
How to Repay God from 2023-09-08T10:00
You can’t give anything to God or do anything for God that he hasn’t first given to you and done for you.
God-Given Foes and God-Given Faith from 2023-09-07T10:00
Fear not. Your adversaries can do no more than God grants. And he will grant you the faith you need. Those are gospel promises.
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Present and Powerful Love from 2023-09-06T10:00
Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ because Christ is alive and is still loving us right now.
The Goal of Christ’s Love from 2023-09-05T10:00
God loves us so much that he will not allow our preciousness to become our god.
What’s New About the New Covenant from 2023-09-04T10:00
In the old covenant, the gracious enabling power to obey God was not poured out as fully as it is since Jesus.
The “I Will” of God from 2023-09-03T10:00
If you feel vulnerable, you can say to God, “Lord, help me. I’m not even sure how to pray.” Trust that he will respond and will help you.Listen
Devastated and Delighted from 2023-09-02T10:00
This is one of the beauties of the biblical doctrines of grace: their worst devastations prepare us for their greatest delights.
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He Does All That He Pleases from 2023-09-01T10:00
God is never forced into a situation where he must do something in which he cannot rejoice.
The Lion and the Lamb from 2023-08-31T10:00
The worth and beauty of the Son come not just from his majesty, nor just from his meekness, but from the way these mingle in perfect proportion.Listen
Church Growth God’s Way from 2023-08-30T10:00
By all means work. But always look to the Lord for the decisive, supernatural work needed to fulfill his purposes.
Six Things It Means to Be in Christ Jesus from 2023-08-29T10:00
Never grow weary of exploring and exulting in the inexhaustible privilege of being “in Christ Jesus.”
Forgiven for Jesus’s Sake from 2023-08-28T10:00
The Father’s infinite pleasure in his own perfections is the fountain of our everlasting joy and forgiveness.
Jesus Will Trample All Our Enemies from 2023-08-27T10:00
The extent of Christ’s reign reaches to the smallest and biggest enemy of his glory in your life, and in this universe. It will be defeated.Listen
Shadows and Streams from 2023-08-26T10:00
God rejoices in the works of creation because they point us beyond themselves to God himself.
When God’s Love Is Sweetest from 2023-08-25T10:00
The sweetest experience of God’s love is conditional on our transformation into the kind of people whose emotions and choices and actions please God.Listen
The Message of Creation from 2023-08-24T10:00
Day and night are saying one thing: God is glorious! Turn away from the creation as your supreme satisfaction, and delight yourself in the Lord of glory.Listen
God Is Not an Idolater from 2023-08-23T10:00
God is love precisely because he relentlessly pursues the praises of his name in the hearts of his people.
Pleased to Praise from 2023-08-22T10:00
If God loves us enough to make our joy full, he must not only give us himself; he must also win from us the praise of our hearts.
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An Unshakably Happy God from 2023-08-21T10:00
God’s pursuit of praise from us and our pursuit of pleasure in him are the same pursuit.
Jesus Is Who You’re Looking For from 2023-08-20T10:00
The Bible is a window that opens onto the sunrise glory of the risen Christ.
What the Resurrection Means for Us from 2023-08-19T10:00
Christ’s resurrection is God’s declaration that we cannot work our way to glory, but that he intends to do the impossible to get us there.Listen
Hope to Obey Hard Commands from 2023-08-18T10:00
You will always be better off to obey than to disobey Jesus, even if that obedience costs you your life.
What It Means to Bless the Lord from 2023-08-17T10:00
Authentic speaking about God’s goodness and greatness must come from the soul. Blessing God with the mouth without the soul would be hypocrisy.Listen
Why You Give In to Sexual Sin from 2023-08-16T10:00
If we are to be sexually pure, God must have the supreme place in our feelings and thoughts.
What We Were Made For from 2023-08-15T10:00
All the other gifts of the gospel — forgiveness, justification, propitiation, eternal life — exist to make fellowship with God possible.Listen
God Forgives and Is Still Just from 2023-08-14T10:00
The death of the Son of God is outrageous enough, and the glory of God that it upholds is great enough, that God is vindicated to forgive our sins.Listen
Three Examples of How Faith Fulfills Good Resolves from 2023-08-13T10:00
The power of God to fulfill your resolves will come to you as you trust in the future grace of his promises.
My Soul Thirsts for God from 2023-08-12T10:00
When we see the face of Christ, we see the face of God. And we see the glory of his face when we hear the story of the gospel of his death and resurrection.Listen
The Different Tenses of Grace from 2023-08-11T10:00
Grace is not only God’s disposition to do good for us when we don’t deserve it. It is also a power that makes good things happen in us.
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Have Mercy on Me, O God from 2023-08-10T10:00
We know more of the mystery of our redemption than David did. We know Christ. But we lay hold of the mercy in the same way he did.
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The End of the Gospel from 2023-08-09T10:00
The gospel is the good news that God bought for us the everlasting enjoyment of God.
Ruler of All Nature from 2023-08-08T10:00
Stand in awe and be at peace, knowing that no natural event is outside of God’s wise and good purposes, and perfect control.
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The Point of Creation from 2023-08-07T10:00
God made humans in his image so that the world would be filled with reflectors of God. Images of God. So that nobody would miss the point of creation.Listen
Jesus Bought Your Endurance from 2023-08-06T10:00
God is totally committed to the perseverance and eternal security of his blood-bought children.
10 Things “Yahweh” Means from 2023-08-05T10:00
Yahweh is a proper name (like Peter) built out of the word for “I am.” It teaches us that God absolutely is.
As Secure as God Is Faithful from 2023-08-04T10:00
Between eternity past in God’s predestination, and eternity future in God’s glorification, none is lost.
Why You Have a Body from 2023-08-03T10:00
God will honor the work of his Son by raising our bodies from the dead, and we will use our bodies to glorify him forever.
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Afraid of Death No More from 2023-08-02T10:00
God has justified us. There is only future grace in front of us. Satan cannot overturn that decree.
Our Weakness Reveals His Worth from 2023-08-01T10:00
Sometimes God makes seemingly strong people weaker so that his divine power will be the more evident.
Suffering That Crushes Faith from 2023-07-31T10:00
Suffering must not drive you from God. Instead, it should drive you from everything but God.
Suffering That Strengthens Faith from 2023-07-30T10:00
Faith is like muscle tissue: if you stress it to the limit, it gets stronger, not weaker. When your faith is tested, the result is greater capacity to endure.Listen
God’s Plan for Martyrs from 2023-07-29T10:00
Our sovereign God says there is an appointed number of martyrs. They have a special role to play in planting and empowering the church.
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Why We Don’t Lose Heart from 2023-07-28T10:00
Strengthen your heart and renew your courage by fixing your gaze on the invisible truth you see in the testimony of those who saw Christ face to face.Listen
If You Don’t Fight Lust from 2023-07-27T10:00
If you don’t fight lust with a seriousness that is willing to gouge out your own eye, you will go to hell and suffer forever.
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What It Means to Love Money from 2023-07-26T10:00
The heart that loves money is a heart that pins its hopes, and pursues its pleasures, and puts its trust in what human resources can offer.Listen
Satan’s Strategy and Your Defense from 2023-07-25T10:00
The way to thwart the devil is to strengthen the very thing he is trying most to destroy — your faith.
Jesus Keeps His Sheep from 2023-07-24T10:00
Jesus is interceding for us today that our faith might not fail. Our endurance in faith and joy is finally and decisively in the hands of God.Listen
How to Defy Sinful Desire from 2023-07-23T10:00
When God’s word feeds faith’s appetite for God, it weans our hearts away from the deceptive taste of lust.
Preach to Yourself from 2023-07-22T10:00
Trusting God’s future grace comes by hearing the word. Therefore, preaching the word to ourselves is all-important in overcoming spiritual depression.Listen
Models for Combating Discouragement from 2023-07-21T10:00
The Bible is replete with saints struggling with sunken spirits. But God includes such testimonies so that we might use them to fight the unbelief of despondency.Listen
Grace for Every Need from 2023-07-20T10:00
Prayer is the great link of faith between the soul of the saint and the promise of God’s future grace.
His Timing Is Perfect from 2023-07-19T10:00
God promises not merely that we will find grace “to help in time of need,” but that the grace is well-timed by God.
God’s Grace in Spiritual Gifts from 2023-07-18T10:00
Moment by moment, God supplies the strength in which we serve. He does this because the ongoing, inexhaustible supplier of power gets the glory.Listen
The Power to Profess Christ from 2023-07-17T10:00
Whatever added signs and wonders God may show to amplify our witness to Christ, they will come through his grace and power.
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Energy for Today’s To-Dos from 2023-07-16T10:00
Believe the promise that in this day God will be at work in you to will and work for his good pleasure.
We Work by Grace from 2023-07-15T10:00
Paul prayed for grace for the day, trusted that it would come with power, and then acted with all his might.
Ministry — More Important Than Life from 2023-07-14T10:00
You may think you need to save your life in order to do your ministry. On the contrary, how you lose your life may be the capstone of your ministry.Listen
What Moves You to Minister? from 2023-07-13T10:00
Costly acts of love don’t just happen. They are impelled by a new appetite — the appetite of faith for the fullest experience of God’s grace. We want more of God.Listen
Faith Expels Guilt, Greed, and Fear from 2023-07-12T10:00
The glory of Christ is magnified when we are more satisfied with his future grace than we are with the promises of sin.
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We Experience the Spirit Through Faith from 2023-07-11T10:00
When we don’t believe all the promises of God, we won’t receive the full measure of the Spirit.
Proud Works vs. Humble Faith from 2023-07-10T10:00
“Works” longs for the joy of being glorified as strong. “Faith” longs for the joy of seeing God glorified as strong.
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Six Ways Jesus Fought Depression from 2023-07-09T10:00
When he was in anguish, Jesus rested his soul in the sovereign wisdom of God.
Saving Faith Loves Forgiveness from 2023-07-08T10:00
Faith in God’s forgiveness means savoring the truth that a forgiving God is the most precious reality in the universe.
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When Another Christian Hurts You from 2023-07-07T10:00
All the wrongs that have been done against us by believers were avenged in the death of Jesus. Look to the cross of Christ.
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How Christ Conquered Bitterness from 2023-07-06T10:00
No one has ever lived who was more worthy of honor than Jesus; and no one has been dishonored more. But he triumphed by entrusting himself to God.Listen
Give God Your Revenge from 2023-07-05T10:00
Your very soul is in danger if you hold on to an attitude of unforgiving bitterness. Leave it to the wrath of God.
When Will I Be Satisfied? from 2023-07-04T10:00
Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. That is not our experience now, but it will be one day.Listen
Good News: God Is Happy from 2023-07-03T10:00
It is good news that God is gloriously happy. No one would want to spend eternity with a gloomy, unhappy God.
How Well Do You Know God? from 2023-07-02T10:00
As the source of every good pleasure, God himself pleases fully and finally. It is therefore astonishing how little effort is put into knowing God.Listen
God’s Pleasure to Do You Good from 2023-07-01T10:00
Even if we know that God is good to us, we may believe that his goodness is constrained. But Jesus is at pains to help us not feel that way.Listen
Heaven’s Relief in the Coming Wrath from 2023-06-30T10:00
The unwillingness of others to repent will not hold the saints hostage. Hell cannot blackmail heaven into misery.
The Powerful Root of Practical Love from 2023-06-29T10:00
Faith in God’s promises must be so real that the love it produces proves the reality of the faith.
Enduring When Obeying Hurts from 2023-06-28T10:00
What can sustain the will to die for others, when you are innocent? Jesus banked on love and future joy.
A Hiding Place for the Helpless from 2023-06-27T10:00
The experience of future grace often depends on whether we will take refuge in God, or whether we will run for cover to other shelters.
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The Fear That Draws Us In from 2023-06-26T10:00
There is a fear that is slavish and drives us away from God, and there is a fear that is sweet and draws us to God.
The Death Trap Called Covetousness from 2023-06-25T10:00
What’s at stake in fleeing covetousness and fighting for contentment in future grace is eternal life.
I Can Be Content in Every Circumstance from 2023-06-24T10:00
Whenever we sense the slightest rise of covetousness in our hearts, we must turn on it and fight it with all our might using the weapons of faith.Listen
Faith Honors Him Whom It Trusts from 2023-06-23T10:00
God is glorified when the power to be holy comes from humble faith in future grace.
How We Must Fight for Holiness from 2023-06-22T10:00
The fight for good works is a fight to believe in future grace. Therefore, learning to fight for holiness by faith in future grace is supremely important.Listen
The Satisfaction That Defeats Sin from 2023-06-21T10:00
The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. Faith embraces God — not just his promised gifts — as our treasure.Listen
Grace Is Pardon — and Power! from 2023-06-20T10:00
Grace is not simply the pardon of our sins; it is the power to press on in obedience. We trust in God’s ever-arriving gracious power to enable us to do what we should.Listen
The Offense of Fearing Man from 2023-06-19T10:00
When we hear God’s promises and trust him with courage, fearing the reproach brought upon God by our unbelief, then he is greatly honored.Listen
How to Plead for Unbelievers from 2023-06-18T10:00
Prayer ascribes to God the right and honor to be the free and sovereign God that he is to choose and to save sinners.
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What Kind of Prayer Pleases God? from 2023-06-17T10:00
The prayer of the upright that delights God comes from a heart that at first feels precarious in the presence of God. It trembles at his word.Listen
Serve God with Your Thirst from 2023-06-16T10:00
The Lord is pleased not by those who treat him as a needy watering trough, but as an inexhaustible, all-satisfying spring.
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The Honeymoon That Never Ends from 2023-06-15T10:00
With God the honeymoon never ends. He is infinite in power and wisdom and creativity so that there will be no boredom for the next trillion ages of millenniums.Listen
How Much God Wants to Bless You from 2023-06-14T10:00
God’s anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but his mercy has a hair trigger. He is infinitely energetic with unbounded and unending enthusiasm to do us good.Listen
Who Killed Jesus? from 2023-06-13T10:00
God did not spare his own Son, because it was the only way he could spare us and still be a just and holy God.
Help My Unbelief from 2023-06-12T10:00
Not only are spiritual gifts a work of God’s free grace in our lives, but so also is the very faith with which we use those gifts.
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Faith for the Future from 2023-06-11T10:00
In order to live the radical lives Christ calls us to live, we must embrace him as the only one who can truly satisfy our souls.
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When Reason Serves Rebellion from 2023-06-10T10:00
Our hearts exploit our minds to justify what our hearts want. Our deepest desires incline our minds to perceive and think in a way that will make our desires look right.Listen
Prayer Is for Sinners from 2023-06-09T10:00
If we recognize our sin, fight it, and cling to the cross of Christ as our hope, then God will hear us and answer our prayers.
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Glorify God in Your Body from 2023-06-08T10:00
Worship is all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the infinite worth of God.
We Live by Faith from 2023-06-07T10:00
The faith that justifies and the faith that sanctifies are not two different kinds of faith.
All Hostile to God from 2023-06-06T10:00
The best news in all the world is that our alienation from God is ended. We have been reconciled to the Judge of the universe.
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Dependable in the Mundane from 2023-06-05T10:00
Be devoted to glorifying the dependability of God. Lives of faith are the great mirror of his faithful love and provision.
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What Makes God Proud from 2023-06-04T10:00
Open your eyes to the better country, the city of God that he has prepared for us, and let yourself desire it with all your heart. God will not be ashamed to be called your God.Listen
Faith for the Impossible from 2023-06-03T10:00
Faith glorifies God because it is a future-oriented confidence in God’s integrity and power and wisdom to follow through on all his promises.Listen
Who Are the Children of Abraham? from 2023-06-02T10:00
We don’t become heirs of Abraham’s promises by working for God but by being confident that God works for us.
The Faith That Magnifies Grace from 2023-06-01T10:00
Why does faith not nullify the grace of God? Because faith calls all attention to grace and magnifies it, rather than nullifying it.
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The Gain of Serving God from 2023-05-31T10:00
The worship of daily obedience is not at bottom a burdensome giving to God, but a joyful getting from God. That is the true service that God demands.Listen
Something to Boast About from 2023-05-30T10:00
Faith nullifies boasting and glorifies grace. Wherever faith looks, it sees grace behind every praiseworthy act. So it cannot boast, except in the Lord.Listen
When God Goes Against His Will from 2023-05-29T10:00
God has wise and holy purposes when he does not answer our prayers as we want. Trust him. He knows what he is doing.
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The Payout for Patience from 2023-05-28T10:00
The sovereign grace of God can turn the unplanned place and the unplanned pace into the happiest ending imaginable.
Authentic vs. Phony Faith from 2023-05-27T10:00
We can know that our sins are taken away and that we will be safe in the judgment, if we trust Christ in such a way that it makes us eager for his coming.Listen
Strength to Wait with Patience from 2023-05-26T10:00
Patience is indeed a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but the Spirit empowers us (with all his fruit) through hearing with faith.
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God’s Design in Detours from 2023-05-25T10:00
What feels to us like a waste is what God plans. He works through the most hopeless circumstances.
The Bedrock of Your Assurance from 2023-05-24T10:00
Our election is unconditional in the strictest sense. Neither our faith nor our obedience is the basis of it. It is free and utterly undeserved.Listen
Is Christ Worth It? from 2023-05-23T10:00
When we sit down to calculate the cost of following Jesus — when we weigh the “worst” and the “best” — he is worth it. Abundantly worth it.Listen
Jesus Knows His Sheep from 2023-05-22T10:00
Jesus knows all his sheep by name; that is, he knows them individually and intimately.
God Works for You from 2023-05-21T10:00
God is so eager to work for us that he goes around looking for more work to do for people who will trust him.
How to Hate Your Life from 2023-05-20T10:00
When you love Christ, you don’t take much thought for your life in this world. Rather, you live for the glory of God’s grace.
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What Makes Jesus Rejoice from 2023-05-19T10:00
What makes the whole Trinity rejoice together? The free, electing love of God to hide the true spiritual identity of Christ from the intellectual elite and to reveal it to babes.Listen
The Light Beyond the Light from 2023-05-18T10:00
Don’t replace Christ this summer with trifles. Seek the things that are above. Flight from Christ into Christless leisure makes the soul parched.Listen
Five Digital Dangers from 2023-05-17T10:00
Consider these five digital dangers and some accompanying resolutions to avoid and redeem them.
The Freest Love from 2023-05-16T10:00
God’s electing love is absolutely free. It is the gracious overflow of his boundless happiness guided by his infinite wisdom.
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What Is Meekness? from 2023-05-15T10:00
Trust God. Commit your way to him. Roll onto him your anxieties, frustrations, and plans — indeed, your very life.
Ideas Have Consequences from 2023-05-14T10:00
Hope and love do not come from nowhere. They grow out of ideas — views of reality — revealed in the Scriptures.
At the Bottom of It All from 2023-05-13T10:00
How did you come to be a Christian? Join Charles Spurgeon and joyfully confess, “I ascribe my change wholly to God!”
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Why We Should Love Our Enemies from 2023-05-12T10:00
When God becomes our treasure, we treat our adversaries out of our own fullness with the all-satisfying glory of God.
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Go on to the Meal from 2023-05-11T10:00
You have heard echoes of God’s glory everywhere; tune your heart to the original music. The best place to get your heart tuned is at the cross of Jesus Christ.Listen
A People for His Name from 2023-05-10T10:00
God is pursuing with omnipotent delight a worldwide purpose of gathering a people for his name from every tribe and language and nation.
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What It Means to Love God from 2023-05-09T10:00
This is the essence of what it means to love God: to be satisfied in him — not just his gifts, but God himself, as the glorious person that he is.Listen
Pleased with His Precepts from 2023-05-08T10:00
Faith overcomes our inborn hostility to God and his will, and frees us to keep his commandments.
Don’t Serve God from 2023-05-07T10:00
God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and his all-sufficiency. Therefore, we can gladly cast all our anxieties on him.Listen
Truer Knowledge Brings Greater Joy from 2023-05-06T10:00
The only joy that reflects the worth of God and overflows in God-glorifying love is rooted in true knowledge of God.
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Seven Sources of Joy from 2023-05-05T10:00
Joy comes from the Holy Spirit, not our own efforts or imagination or family upbringing. Therefore, the call to joy is a call to earnest prayer.Listen
A Dangerous Motive from 2023-05-04T10:00
Gratitude looks back to past grace received and feels thankful. Faith looks forward to future grace promised and feels hopeful.
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How to Ask Forgiveness from 2023-05-03T10:00
Praying for forgiveness should be based not only on an appeal to God’s mercy, but also on an appeal to his justice in crediting the worth of his Son’s obedience.Listen
God Demonstrates His Love from 2023-05-02T10:00
The goal of everything God takes us through is hope. He wants us to feel unwaveringly hopeful through all tribulations. He wants us to know he loves us.Listen
Dirty Rags No More from 2023-05-01T10:00
God requires good works not as the ground of our justification (which is the righteousness of Christ alone), but as an evidence of it.
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Fifteen Tactics for Joy from 2023-04-30T10:00
In this life of sin and pain, how shall we fight for joy? Here are fifteen ways.
The Day Is at Hand from 2023-04-29T10:00
The age of sin and misery and death is almost spent. The day of righteousness and peace and total joy is dawning.
The Great Exchange from 2023-04-28T10:00
Our sins are laid on Christ and his righteousness is laid on us. That is the great exchange — and it becomes ours not by works but by faith.Listen
Children of a Singing God from 2023-04-27T10:00
It could not be otherwise but that Christianity be a singing faith. The founder sang. We are a singing people because we are the children of a singing God.Listen
You Were Made for God from 2023-04-26T10:00
When we speak of being a God-centered people, remember, this is because we are joining God in his God-centeredness.
Paul’s Salvation Was for You from 2023-04-25T10:00
The point of Paul’s conversion happening the way it did is to make Christ’s incredible patience vivid for you.
The Liberating Power of Forgiveness from 2023-04-24T10:00
When we live by faith, rooted in God’s forgiveness, we are freed from the lingering, paralyzing effects even of shame we deserve to feel.Listen
Seek Your City’s Good from 2023-04-23T10:00
Christians care about all suffering — especially eternal suffering. That’s the greatest danger every city faces.
Five Reasons to Be Fearless from 2023-04-22T10:00
Not being afraid shows that you treasure God as your generous Shepherd, Father, and King.
The Key to Radical Love from 2023-04-21T10:00
The key to joy is faith in God’s future grace — that is, being satisfied in all that God promises to be for us.
Afraid to Stray from 2023-04-20T10:00
Cherish the goodness of the Lord, fear straying from him, flee from every sin, and take refuge in him.
A Future for Failures from 2023-04-19T10:00
This is the gospel: Even though you have sinned greatly, nevertheless there is a future and a hope. Fear not!
God, Touch Our Hearts from 2023-04-18T10:00
The One with infinite power in the universe reaches down to personally touch and transform us.
Embracing Jesus from 2023-04-17T10:00
Faith in Christ is not just assenting to what God is for us, but also embracing all that he is for us in Christ.
Mercy for Today from 2023-04-16T10:00
We won’t bear tomorrow’s load on today’s resources. Today’s mercies are for today’s troubles. Tomorrow’s mercies are for tomorrow’s troubles.Listen
Don’t Be Like the Mule from 2023-04-15T10:00
Come to God in prayer, to confess your sins, and to accept, as needy little farmyard chicks, the direction of God into the barn of his protection and provision.Listen
Pray for His Fame from 2023-04-14T10:00
God delights in having his name known and honored. The first and most important prayer that can be prayed is, “Hallowed be your name.”
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Talk to Your Tears from 2023-04-13T10:00
Sheer sowing produces reaping. You must remember this, even when your tears tempt you to give up.
You Cannot Lose in the End from 2023-04-12T10:00
Trust Christ, no matter what. Go with him, no matter where. You cannot lose in the end.
The Great King’s Wine from 2023-04-11T10:00
When you are cast into the cellars of affliction, remember that the great King keeps his best wine there.
What Is Well-Placed Shame? from 2023-04-10T10:00
The biblical criterion for misplaced shame and for well-placed shame is radically God-centered.
Talk to God, Not Just About Him from 2023-04-09T10:00
It is good not to talk very long about God without talking to God. Frequently interrupt your talking about God by talking to God.
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Make Satan Know His Defeat from 2023-04-08T10:00
When Christ died and rose again, Satan was defeated. Jesus struck the decisive blow at Calvary.
What It Means to Pray for Your Enemy from 2023-04-07T10:00
Don’t just do good things for your enemies. Desire their best, and express those desires in prayer, even when they’re nowhere around.
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Two Ways to Remember Jesus from 2023-04-06T10:00
Jesus is not just alive from the dead, but he is alive as the King who will reign forever — of his kingdom there will be no end.
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The Books at the Judgment from 2023-04-05T10:00
Salvation is secured for all who are written in the book of life, not because of their deeds, but because Christ was slain for them.
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God Strengthens Us Through Others from 2023-04-04T10:00
Sometimes God will strengthen your faith directly. But most of the time, he does so through another person.
How to Respond When You Falter from 2023-04-03T10:00
O God, help us to feel worse about our own shortfalls than the failure of others.
Better Than Everest from 2023-04-02T10:00
If you live inside the massive promise of Romans 8:28, your life is more solid and stable than Mount Everest.
Two of Our Deepest Needs from 2023-04-01T10:00
In the Father, you are under God’s care and protection. In the Son, you are under God’s charge and authority.
What Binds the Hands of Love? from 2023-03-31T10:00
Only one thing satisfies the heart whose treasure is in heaven: doing the works of heaven. And heaven is a world of love!
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If He Calls, He Keeps from 2023-03-30T10:00
Our perseverance doesn’t rest decisively on the reliability of our own resolve. It rests decisively on God’s work to keep us trusting him.Listen
As Sure as God’s Love for His Son from 2023-03-29T10:00
God will not spare any effort to give you all that Christ died to purchase — all things, all good, and all bad working for your good.
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When Everyone Deserts You from 2023-03-28T10:00
When others abandon you, strengthen your heart with God’s inexorable oath: “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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10 Results of the Resurrection from 2023-03-27T10:00
Because Christ rose from the grave, God’s children are forgiven. No one can successfully bring a charge against those who are in Christ.Listen
How to Delight in God’s Word from 2023-03-26T10:00
Never reduce Christianity to a matter of demands and resolutions and willpower. It is a matter of what we love, what we delight in, what tastes good to us.Listen
Forever Satisfied from 2023-03-25T10:00
When we trust Jesus, his presence and promise is so satisfying that we are not dominated by the alluring pleasures of sin.
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Ministry and the Fear of Man from 2023-03-24T10:00
Hear God say to you in all your troubles, “I will deliver you. You will triumph in the end. You will be more than a conqueror.”
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Ignorance Guarantees Ungodliness from 2023-03-23T10:00
Knowledge doesn’t guarantee godliness. But it seems that ignorance guarantees ungodliness. The power that leads to godliness is given through knowing God.Listen
Satan’s Candy Store from 2023-03-22T10:00
When temptations come, arm yourself with this thought: When my Lord suffered and died to free me from sin, I died to sin!
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God’s Best Promise from 2023-03-21T10:00
Whatever else gives way, whatever else disappoints, whatever else fails, God’s all-encompassing promise of future grace can never fail.
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Jesus Died for This Moment from 2023-03-20T10:00
If there is any hope for eternity in the presence of God, we need a Redeemer, a Substitute, a Savior. Christ died and rose to be that hope.Listen
A Six-Point Summary of the Gospel from 2023-03-19T10:00
Good news! Eternal life is a free gift to all who will trust in Christ as Lord and Savior and supreme Treasure of their lives.
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Why We Must Hold Fast Our Hope from 2023-03-18T10:00
The salvation Jesus obtained through his blood was everything it takes to save his people, not just part of it.
Prayer’s Exclamation Point from 2023-03-17T10:00
Prayer is the confident plea for God to make good on his promises of future grace — for Christ’s sake.
Jesus Will Finish the Mission from 2023-03-16T10:00
Christ can promise universal victory because he is sovereign. He knows the future because he makes the future.
Subversive for the Savior from 2023-03-15T10:00
Since Satan’s doom is sure, and he knows it, we can always remind him of it when he tempts us to follow him.
The Triumph Is Sure from 2023-03-14T10:00
God is so powerful and so gracious that in the end he will turn ruthless nations to revere him. He cannot fail.
Jesus Is God’s Amen from 2023-03-13T10:00
Because of Christ, we say Amen to God in our prayers to show that God gets the glory for the future grace we are counting on.
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When the Potter Is for Us from 2023-03-12T10:00
With all the power in the universe and with the absolute right to do as he pleases with what he made, God is for us.
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Two Infinitely Strong and Tender Truths from 2023-03-11T10:00
The mercy and the sovereignty of God are the twin pillars of your life. They will stand by your deathbed, and with strong and tender hands lift you to God.Listen
Let Us Adore the Lamb from 2023-03-10T10:00
Your prayers are the aroma of heaven, sweet smelling before the throne of God and before the Lamb.
God Cares for You from 2023-03-09T10:00
Pride is a form of unbelief. Faith admits need. Pride won’t. Faith banks on God. Pride won’t. Faith casts anxieties on God. Pride won’t.
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Open the Windows of Your Heart from 2023-03-08T10:00
A mustard seed of faith is infinitely closer to being a mountain of faith than it is to being no faith. There is an infinite difference between a spark and no spark.Listen
How Can I Be Filled with the Spirit? from 2023-03-07T10:00
How can you experience an outpouring of the Holy Spirit? Meditate day and night on the promises of God.
God Regards the Lowly from 2023-03-06T10:00
You cannot sink so low in despairing of your own resources that God does not see and care. He is at the bottom waiting to catch you.
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Look to Jesus for Your Joy from 2023-03-05T10:00
Turn from self and come to Jesus as your source for true joy. His fullness will satisfy your itch of emptiness.
God Rejoices to Do You Good from 2023-03-04T10:00
There are no lapses in God’s commitment or in his joy in doing good to his children — to those who trust him.
God Works Through Good Resolves from 2023-03-03T10:00
The evidence of God’s power in our lives is not the absence of our willing, but the strength and joy of our willing.
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Arm Yourself with Promises from 2023-03-02T10:00
When some fear or craving threatens to lead us into sin, we are to take the sword of the Spirit and kill it.
Where Our Comfort Comes From from 2023-03-01T10:00
Pilate’s authority over Jesus was subordinate to God’s authority over Pilate. So, Jesus did not fear.
Finally and Totally Justified from 2023-02-28T10:00
God declares us righteous, which gives us unshakable security in the face of tremendous suffering.
Radical Effects of the Resurrection from 2023-02-27T10:00
The hope of the resurrection radically changed the way Paul lived. His life counted. His suffering was meaningful.
When God Becomes 100% for Us from 2023-02-26T10:00
God’s wrath was once on us. But because he made us alive, all that wrath is removed. He is now 100% for us.
You Are Greatly Loved from 2023-02-25T10:00
Take heart. If you have faith in Jesus, God himself declares, “You are greatly loved.”
God Opens the Heart from 2023-02-24T10:00
The clearest answer in Acts to the question why a person believes the gospel is that God opens the heart.
The Hour of Unusual Threat from 2023-02-23T10:00
Those who suffer for Christ will receive the Holy Spirit’s power and rest at their greatest hour of need.
Enjoying His Fullness from 2023-02-22T10:00
The fullness of Jesus Christ is a divine, accessible, glorious, delivered, blessed, true fullness.
Our Servant, Jesus from 2023-02-21T10:00
Jesus Christ is exuberant with omnipotent service for the sake of all who trust him.
Amazed at the Resurrection from 2023-02-20T10:00
Because of Jesus’s resurrection, he now has the glory for which we were made. Our ultimate destiny is to see him as he is.
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The Kind of Cold That Kills from 2023-02-19T10:00
When it’s forty degrees warmer in your freezer than it is outside, the message is clear: Don’t mess with God.
When You Are Immortal from 2023-02-18T10:00
Christ said Paul was going to Rome. And that was that. No ambush can stand against the promise of Christ.
The Sweet Designs of God from 2023-02-17T10:00
Oh, how sweet are the designs of God in the sovereign salvation of hardened, hopeless sinners!
When Obedience Feels Impossible from 2023-02-16T10:00
Do you desire God? Will you trust him? The word of God to you is: God is worthy and God is able.
Every Calvary Step Was Love from 2023-02-15T10:00
Every step Jesus took on the Calvary road meant, “I love you. I love you. I love you.”
Christ as Means and End from 2023-02-14T10:00
Jesus is the end for which the universe was made, and the means that makes that end possible to enjoy.
The Perfect City from 2023-02-13T10:00
When you desire the city of God above everything else on the earth, he is not ashamed to be called your God. Your life pleases him.
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Lincoln’s Providence from 2023-02-12T10:00
It is a most striking thing how personal and national suffering drew Abraham Lincoln into the reality of God, rather than pushing him away.Listen
The Best Form of Slavery from 2023-02-11T10:00
Amazingly, Paul connects our liberation with Jesus as our Master, and he connects our new slavery with Jesus as our Messiah.
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Saving Faith Isn’t Easily Satisfied from 2023-02-10T10:00
Living and dying by faith means having new desires and seeking new satisfactions.
Better Than Money, Sex, and Power from 2023-02-09T10:00
Take all the things that drive this world, and ponder how much better and more abiding God is.
Are You Glad You Are Not God? from 2023-02-08T10:00
Submitting to God enables us to have the supremely satisfying experience of not being God, but admiring the Godness of God.
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Eleventh-hour Breakthroughs from 2023-02-07T10:00
God surely has reasons for waiting to give you the breakthrough you have sought for decades. Keep asking in hope.
Reviled Here, Rewarded There from 2023-02-06T10:00
Because Jesus died in our place, he guaranteed that every good deed will prosper — sooner or later.
The Main Purpose of Ministry from 2023-02-05T10:00
The main task of all the ministries of the church is helping people see the greatness of what Christ has purchased for everyone who will value it above the world.Listen
Five Ways Affliction Helps from 2023-02-04T10:00
Suffering has a great sin-killing effect. The more pure we are, the more clearly we see God.
The Greatest Love from 2023-02-03T10:00
We should emphasize that God loves and forgives for his own glory because the Bible does, and because it makes clear that God loves us with the greatest love.Listen
The Forgiveness Cycle from 2023-02-02T10:00
God forgave us when we first believed in Christ. Then, from that broken, joyful, grateful, hopeful experience of being forgiven, we offer forgiveness to others.Listen
Included in the Covenant from 2023-02-01T10:00
Christians are included in the Davidic covenant. What David received, we will also receive in Christ Jesus.
Five Purposes for Suffering from 2023-01-31T10:00
Don’t let your ignorance of the micro reasons for suffering cause you to overlook the massive help God tells us in his word of his macro purposes for us.Listen
Prevailing Grace from 2023-01-30T10:00
Irresistable grace does not mean grace cannot be resisted. It means that when God chooses, he can and will overcome that resistance.
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Caused to Return from 2023-01-29T10:00
There is no hope for God’s people unless he causes them to return from their leaping into sin and unbelief.
How to Repent from 2023-01-28T10:00
Feeling rotten about your sin is not the same as repenting from it. But it can lead there.
He Knows Your Need from 2023-01-27T10:00
The same God who feeds billions of birds every hour around the world will take care of you.
The Giver Gets the Glory from 2023-01-26T10:00
We get the help; God gets the glory. That arrangement keeps us humble and happy, and keeps him supreme and glorious.
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Delayed Deliverances from 2023-01-25T10:00
Times of suffering and deliverance are both God’s stages of care for you. He has not left you or forsaken you.
Served in Serving Others from 2023-01-24T10:00
Jesus will take care of you when you take care of others. That’s why there were leftovers after Jesus fed the multitudes.
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Go Directly to God from 2023-01-23T10:00
Jesus provides an ever-present, ever-living witness to the removal of the Father’s wrath from us.
We Will Rule All Things from 2023-01-22T10:00
When Jesus says, “I will grant him to sit with me on my throne,” he promises us a share in the rule of all things.
The Anchor of Joy from 2023-01-21T10:00
Jesus anchored the happiness of suffering saints in the reward of heaven. And he anchored the happiness of successful saints in the same.Listen
The Battle to Remind from 2023-01-20T10:00
If we don’t call to mind what God has said about himself and about us, we will languish. Never forget that our God is the God of the impossible.Listen
How to Serve a Bad Boss from 2023-01-19T10:00
Every little thing you do that is good is seen and valued and rewarded by the Lord. And he will pay you back for it.
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The Remedy for Pride from 2023-01-18T10:00
Yield to the sovereignty of God in all the details of life, and rest in his infallible promises to show himself mighty on your behalf.
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Authentic Faith Is Eager for Christ to Come from 2023-01-17T10:00
Receive Christ, welcome Christ, embrace Christ — not just as your fire insurance policy, but as your eagerly awaited Treasure and Friend and Lord.Listen
Words for the Wind from 2023-01-16T10:00
Be patient and loving as despairing people wake up from their dark night and regret their hasty words.
The Freeness of Grace from 2023-01-15T10:00
What act could be more one-sidedly free and non-negotiated than one person raising another from the dead? This is the meaning of grace.
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The Window of the Heart from 2023-01-14T10:00
Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds.
The Command That Creates from 2023-01-13T10:00
When the command of God comes with the creating, converting power of the Holy Spirit, it gives life. And we believe and rejoice and obey.Listen
The Experiential Key from 2023-01-12T10:00
Freedom from greed comes from the deeply satisfying faith in God’s future grace.
Passionate for God and Truth from 2023-01-11T10:00
If God exists, then he is the measure of all things, and what he thinks about all things is the measure of what we should think.
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How Believers Will Be Judged from 2023-01-10T10:00
When God judges believers in the end, he will forgive us all our sins and grant us life everlasting.
Only a Little While from 2023-01-09T10:00
God is not the God of some grace. He is the God of all grace — including the infinite, inexhaustible stores of future grace that we need to endure to the end.Listen
Gain What You Cannot Lose from 2023-01-08T10:00
Christ promises to work for us, and to be for us so much that, when our missionary life is over, we will not be able to say we’ve sacrificed anything.Listen
Grace Denied and Supplied from 2023-01-07T10:00
God gives both the sustaining grace we need in times of trouble, and the suffering which makes us depend on his grace.
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God’s Will Is That You Draw Near from 2023-01-06T10:00
This is God’s will for you and this is why Christ died: that you would draw near to God.
Our Toothless Enemy from 2023-01-05T10:00
Satan is helpless to do the one thing he wants to do most: damn us. Christ bore our damnation.
Hope for Imperfect Christians from 2023-01-04T10:00
Does your faith make you eager to forsake sin and make progress in holiness? That’s the kind of faith God requires.
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The Smallest Faith from 2023-01-03T10:00
The strength of your faith does not uproot trees. God does. The object of your faith is more important than the quantity of your faith.
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What Jesus Did to Death from 2023-01-02T10:00
If you are a Christian, death is no longer a punishment for sin. Your sin has been put away by the death of Christ. Christ took the punishment.Listen
Grace for the New Year from 2023-01-01T10:00
Be thankful for the past grace from the last year, and be confident in the future grace for the new year.
Death Rehearsal from 2022-12-31T10:00
The lifetime of this year passes before our eyes, and we face the inevitable question: Did we live it well?
Outfitted and Empowered from 2022-12-30T10:00
When God works in our hearts by the blood of Christ, we feel and think and act in ways more pleasing to him.
A Horrible Destiny from 2022-12-29T10:00
Flee from the wrath of God, tremble with joy that you are saved, and rescue others along the way.
Glory Is the Goal from 2022-12-28T10:00
Study the glory of God. Treasure it in all things and above all things. Then study your soul. Know why you treasure glories that are not God’s glory.Listen
What Is Your Aim? from 2022-12-27T10:00
God did not create humans in his image to be aimless, like lifeless leaves blown around in the backyard of life. He created us to be purposeful.Listen
How to Contemplate Calamity from 2022-12-26T10:00
Christ’s death was judgment on him because he bore our sins (not his own), and it was mercy toward us who trust him.
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Three Christmas Presents from 2022-12-25T10:00
Jesus offers you a clear purpose for living, hope that your failures will be forgiven, and help in your fight against sin.
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Two Purposes for Christmas from 2022-12-24T10:00
Jesus appeared in the world for two reasons: to help us stop sinning, and to satisfy God’s anger when we do sin.
God’s Indescribable Gift from 2022-12-23T10:00
Look to Jesus this Christmas. Receive the reconciliation that he purchased. Don’t put the gift on the shelf unopened.
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That You May Believe from 2022-12-22T10:00
The whole Bible is written that you might be awakened to the wonder that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came into the world.
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The Birth of the Ancient of Days from 2022-12-21T10:00
Jesus’s birth was not a coming into being of a new person, but a coming into the world of an infinitely old person.
Christmas Solidarity from 2022-12-20T10:00
If you want to give a gift to God this Christmas, walk off the assembly line of sin and don’t go back. Take up your place, instead, in the picket line of love.Listen
Christmas Is for Freedom from 2022-12-19T10:00
Forgiven, we are indestructible. Satan’s plan was to condemn God’s followers in God’s own courtroom. But now, in Christ, there is no condemnation.Listen
The Christmas Model for Missions from 2022-12-18T10:00
Distrust God’s mercy, and all is lost. But conquer here, and nothing can harm you for a million ages.
The Greatest Salvation Imaginable from 2022-12-17T10:00
God put our sins on his Son and judged them there, so that he could put them out of his mind, and deal with us mercifully and remain just.Listen
God’s Most Successful Setback from 2022-12-16T10:00
God delights to show his power through apparent defeat. He sometimes retreats in order to win strategic victories.
Life and Death at Christmas from 2022-12-15T10:00
Jesus came that we might have Life, now and forever. Make your Now the richer and deeper this Christmas by drinking at the fountain of Forever. It is so near.Listen
Making It Real for His People from 2022-12-14T10:00
The meaning of Christmas is that God takes salvation, puts it in your heart, and seals you as his child.