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Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring Godwww.desiringgod.org
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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Episodes

God Isn’t Gloomy

If none of God’s purposes can be frustrated, then he must be the happiest of all beings.

Oct 02, 20244 min

Make War with Unbelief

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.

Sep 29, 20243 min

Our Good Is His Glory

God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him.

Sep 28, 20244 min

Jesus’s Pursuit of Joy

What sustained Christ in the dark hours of Gethsemane was the hope of joy beyond the cross.

Sep 24, 20243 min

Hope for the Worst of Sinners

When it comes to being a candidate for grace, your background has nothing to do with God’s choice. That’s good news.

Sep 23, 20243 min

Let Goods and Kindred Go

You have a possession in heaven that is better, and lasts longer, than anything this world can offer.

Sep 22, 20243 min

Not Nearly Hedonistic Enough

The Lord has spoken: It is more blessed to love than to live in luxury! More blessed now, and forever.

Sep 20, 20243 min

Our Unspeakable Privilege

In Jesus Christ we who are born of God have the unspeakable privilege of knowing Yahweh as our Father.

Sep 19, 20243 min

The Only True Freedom

Only Jesus, the Son of God who died and rose for us, can make us truly free.

Sep 18, 20243 min

Worship in a Lightning Storm

Sit down to the feast of joy in Christ and worship the King of Glory. The banquet hall is very large.

Sep 17, 20243 min

The Soul’s Final Feast

To see God, and know him, and be in his presence is the soul’s final feast.

Sep 16, 20243 min

The Only Enduring Happiness

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.

Sep 15, 20243 min

God Will Supply All Your Needs

If we live by faith in God’s promise of future grace, it will be very hard for anxiety to survive.

Sep 14, 20243 min

7 Reasons Not to Worry, Part 2

God will certainly take his energy and creative skill, and use it to care for his children since they will live forever.

Sep 12, 20244 min

How to Fight Anxiety

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.

Sep 10, 20243 min

Grace Must Be Free

If you treated your salvation no longer as a gift, but as a purchase, God would no longer be the free benefactor.

Sep 09, 20243 min

How to Repay God

You can’t give anything to God or do anything for God that he hasn’t first given to you and done for you.

Sep 08, 20245 min

God-Given Foes and God-Given Faith

Fear not. Your adversaries can do no more than God grants. And he will grant you the faith you need. Those are gospel promises.

Sep 07, 20244 min

Present and Powerful Love

Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ because Christ is alive and is still loving us right now.

Sep 06, 20245 min

The “I Will” of God

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.

Sep 03, 20245 min
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