Prepare the Way
This Advent, bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of Jesus’s arrival visible for your children.
Dec 01, 2024•3 min
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 Triumphant Shame of the Cross
No matter how dirty with sin you are, through Christ you can see the light of God’s glory and believe.
Nov 30, 2024•3 min
The Only Conscience-Cleanser
Our greatest problem is alienation from God. The only solution is the blood of Christ.
Nov 29, 2024•3 min
The Root of Ingratitude
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.
Nov 28, 2024•3 min
How to Magnify God
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.
Nov 27, 2024•3 min
Jesus Prays for Us
Our salvation is as secure as Christ’s priesthood is indestructible. His deity and resurrection from the dead secure his indestructible priesthood for us.
Nov 26, 2024•3 min
Glorify God by Giving Thanks
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.
Nov 25, 2024•3 min
Hold Fast to Your Hope
When Christ died for us, he did not buy the freedom from having to hold fast, but the enabling power to hold fast.
Nov 24, 2024•3 min
When God Swears by God
It is as unlikely that God will break his word of promise to bless us as it is that he will despise himself.
Nov 23, 2024•2 min
The Key to Spiritual Maturity
Getting ready to feast on all God’s word is not first an intellectual challenge; it is first a moral challenge.
Nov 22, 2024•3 min
The Gravity of Gratitude
A thankful spirit is others-exalting and glad-hearted. Therefore, pray for a great awakening of humble gratitude.
Nov 21, 2024•3 min
Five Reasons Death Is Gain
Death is gain because Christians will then be perfect, pain-free, rested, at home, and with Christ.
Nov 20, 2024•5 min
We All Need Help
Because we have a Great High Priest, the throne of God is a throne of grace.
Nov 19, 2024•3 min
The Piercing Power of the Word
The word of God is our only hope. It is sharp, living, and active. Therefore, be of good cheer in your battle to believe.
Nov 18, 2024•2 min
Change Is Possible
Don’t be a fatalist. Be a Christian. Change is possible. God is alive. Christ is risen. The promises are true.
Nov 17, 2024•4 min
When I Am Anxious
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.
Nov 16, 2024•3 min
Fighting Words
When you feel discouraged and anxious, cling to God’s promises to be with you and uphold you.
Nov 15, 2024•4 min
The Marvel of Creation
When you marvel at the wonders of creation, do not marvel at the processes of chance but at the creativity of God.
Nov 14, 2024•4 min
Do Not Harden Your Heart
The Bible’s warnings are written that you might believe and endure, and have life.
Nov 13, 2024•3 min
How Satan Serves God
Satan cannot destroy us. In fact, God turns all his attacks finally against him and for us.
Nov 12, 2024•4 min
We Are His House
Becoming a Christian and being a Christian happen in the same way: by hoping in Jesus.
Nov 11, 2024•4 min
Wipe Your Fears Away
When anxiety blurs our vision of God’s glory, it does not mean that we are faithless. It means our faith is being attacked.
Nov 10, 2024•3 min
Marveling at the End of History
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.
Nov 09, 2024•4 min
We Honor What We Enjoy
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.
Nov 08, 2024•3 min
Is God’s Love Conditional?
There are precious experiences of the love of God that require that we fight pride, seek humility, and cherish the nearness of God.
Nov 07, 2024•4 min
Love One Another Gladly
Loving acts are genuine to the degree that they are not done begrudgingly.
Nov 06, 2024•4 min
Do You Neglect Your Salvation?
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.
Nov 05, 2024•4 min
The Real Problem with Anxiety
What you thought was a mere struggle with an anxious disposition might really be a far deeper struggle with trusting God.
Nov 04, 2024•3 min
The Meaning of Suffering
It is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
Nov 03, 2024•3 min
Rejoicing in Pain
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.
Nov 02, 2024•4 min
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