please fix your eyes on Jesus and his love for you even when you’re a sinner, not on what you’re experiencing right now. Our experiences will go up and down but what Jesus has done for us never changes. His love never changes. His saving grace never changes. His righteousness never changes. His holiness never changes. Let Him be our only trust.
Ecclesiastes is a book on the human endeavor, regardless of it's state. It is a book telling you not to worry about most things. It tells you if an answer to a question has no practical relevance, it won't do anything for you, but make you neurotic. It says to focus on what you are doing, and be in awe of how much you can't know, fully. I've not heard anyone speak on Ecclesiastes for what it is, but it's the very basis of a relationship with God. Acknowledging we are within His will, and our own efforts are less than futile. It states that reality is, regardless of what we think, or know. That it has no concern for us, and regardless, it will continue to go on. It's a lesson in humility, that we shouldnt try too hard to understand what God has done, because we will just continue, and an answer doesn't change anything. It was true before you knew it, and knowing it, doesn't make it do more, it's just the same. Ecclesiastes tells you your place. How God sees our efforts, is like this. No; one should look to God. And the wisdom, and knowledge of God. I would think Paul has more to say on boredom.... How you should use your mind. But, generally, people are naturally curious, and need to be learning, or figuring out, or wondering, or else. Actually, getting all the answers would be the most boring life imaginable.
You know when Pastor John has never considered a topic before, it's going to be a good episode :) It's so tempting to struggle with the desire to feel satisfied here on this earth. Even though we may know full well that money, sex, power, pleasure, etc. won't fulfill us, sometimes we are tempted to run toward those sinful things in order to 'feel something' - which, in the context of this episode, we see is essentially the attempt to alleviate boredom. So it's helpful to consider that in the times I feel bored and unsatisfied, this is a intentional feeling that God created to remind me that true satisfaction and everything truly interesting is found only through Him.
This is such a beautiful truth. I remember the hymn Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus and the line "And the things of earth will grow strangely dim". I used to become disheartened that the hobbies or pleasures in my life no longer have any appeal, but now knowing the purpose, I learn to appreciate it.
"Boredom is to point us to God." Amen to that! Praise Yahweh the one true God. Revealed Triune as Father, Spirit, and Jesus the Son, each member fully God of which there is only one. 3 distinct Persons coexistant, coequal, and coeternal sharing 1 Divine Essence. Jesus lives and is God, Christ, King. Repent of your sin and believe in Him and be saved to eternal life!
what a very, very timely topic i have been in boredom this afternoon till this evening, my current reading is on book of Ecclesiastes Thank you for the research you put into this question. ❤
Wow! My students at an Exceptional Education School would say “I’m bored” & I would begin my little lecture! The others who had had my class before would chastise that student,”No! Don’t say that word”. Well, I would let them know what true boring was! The profoundly handicapped students here had feeding tubes, sat forever in wheelchairs, etc. “They can’t chew pizza, fries, crunchy cereal; so, the cooks blend it altogether!! Yum, right?” They got that boring picture. Never said it again.
Towards the beginning you were talking about the word itself: boredom. And my mind went off on a tangent, don’t know if my wandering thoughts are good enough but I wanted to share them anyway. To bore is to drill a hole in something. In an earlobe, in a rock or dirt, in a piece of leather, etc. When you remove the instrument you were using you are left with a hole, an empty space. Then the boreDOM part. KingDOM is an area that is ruled by a king. So then, can it be said that boredom is an area that is ruled by emptiness? Just a thought. We need the Spirit of Christ to fill us all in all.
Deteronomy 8:2😊❤ and John 14:6😊❤ in Christ. Under the context and content of Deuteronomy 8:1-20( Remember😊❤ the LORD😊❤ Your God😊100%❤) Deuteronomy 8:2 "2 And you ( Moses😊❤) shall remember the whole😊❤ way that the LORD your God😊❤ has led you these forty years( 40 years) in the wilderness , that he😊❤ might humble❤ you😊❤, testing you to know what is in your heart❤, whether you keep❤ his commandments or not."( Deuteronomy 8:2😊❤ ESV Study Bible) John 14:6❤😊 " 6 Jesus answered, " I am the way ❤😊 and the truth ❤😊 and the life😊❤. No one comes to the Father( God, our Father in heaven ) except through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
Exodus 2:3-10 "3 When she could hide him( Moses😊❤) no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, " This is the one of the Hebrews' children." 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, " Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?" 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, " Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, " Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, " Because, " she said, " I drew him out of the water."( Exodus 2:3-10 ESV Study Bible Speaking of "...water." from Exodus 2:10 b ESV Study Bible. It reminds me about John 4:13-14😊❤ "13 Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) said to her( woman of Samaria), " Everyone😊❤ who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but😊❤ whoever( or anyone😊❤) drinks of the water😊❤ that I will give❤ him 😊❤ will never😊❤ be thirsty again. The water😊❤ that I will😊❤ give❤ him😊❤ will😊❤ become😊❤ in 😊❤ him😊❤ a spring😊❤ of water😊❤ welling😊❤ up😊❤ to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:13-14 ESV Study Bible) Do you also have Jesus'(😊1st❤) spring😊❤ of water😊❤ welling😊❤ up😊❤ to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:14 b ESV Study Bible) too in Christ? Do you also have "...a spring😊❤ of water😊❤ welling😊❤ up😊❤ to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:14b ESV Study Bible) from Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤ too?
Mark 7:31-37( Jesus 😊1st❤ heals a deaf man) "31 Then he(Jesus 😊1st❤) returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they bought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers❤ into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he ( Jesus 😊1st❤) signed and said to him, " Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus(😊1st❤) charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, " He has done all things❤ well😊❤. He even makes the deaf hear 😊❤ and the mute speak😊❤ ."( Mark 7:31-37 ESV Study Bible) In Mark 7:37 "37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, " He has done all things❤ well😊❤. He even makes the deaf hear 😊❤ and the mute speak😊❤ ."( Mark 7:37 ESV Study Bible) In Mark 7:37a "37 And they were astonished..."( ESV Study Bible) " The People are astonished in the sense that they wonder whether Jesus(😊1st❤) is the Messiah( see Isaiah 35:5-6😊❤). They are not expecting a suffering Messiah but rather a political liberator along the lines of the earlier Maccabean uprising( 166-160 B.C.)."( ESV Study Bible). Luke 2:11😊❤.
Lets get the comments back to God and the message form John piper I'm content with less like 1 Timothy chapter 6 says , and my treasures are stored up in heaven not on eathly things bros
Please clear my doubt Q: Why did King Solomon, who is known for his wisdom, could not know that he is sinning against the Lord by marrying the forbidden class of people. Being filled with God's wisdom couldn't he have known? How could such a wise person fall prey to such a sin? I am a Christian, completed reading the NT and now am reading OT, so I need guidance. And forgive me if I have hurt any of your sentiments. Do remember me in prayers, struggling for my life, giving exams Thank you
The answer, I believe, is that he knowingly sinned. All of us turn a blind eye or make some excuse when we sin, but we still know it’s a sin and keep doing it anyways. His father David knew he was sinning when he killed Uriah and took his wife, but he, unlike Solomon, repented and turned back to God (though there were still big consequences for this sin, he was still counted as righteous through faith in the end) Hope that helps! :)
Why is the Christian youth groups not talkative? It’s nothing like the old days when social media wasn’t so big… sad we can’t talk or hangout. Excuses..
DesiringGod. I have a question. Why do you allow posts which are obviously from the enemy to remain on your feed? I am speaking about the posts that advertise receiving tens of thousands of dollars every two weeks or every month . These posts are obviously intended to take advantage of those in God’s flock who are hurting and desperate. And you could stop it. My question is: why don’t you?
It's impossible, they are bots, every time you ban one, two more pop up. Not to mention it would take soooooooo long to go through all the comments sections of every video digging through removing those comments constantly. It's honestly not practical, nor a good use of time. Though, it would be nice for them to put a PSA in the comments section warning of the bots
You claim to be pro-life, yet you were effective in convincing Christian’s that life and freedom wasn’t as “precious” as being against a “certain kind of person.”
@@Mando-d4k I just found the article and it doesn't say what you claim, it says he also didn't vote for Biden, links to a '95 article on his abortion stance - it's anti. So you're complaining about a 4 year old article where he specifically says he isn't telling you how to vote, doesn't even name trump, doesn't say what you claim, all because you worship Trump. Weak.
Piper, do you ever worry that your over-the-top invective against Donald Trump could be be dog-whistle to violence? If being anti-Trump is more “precious” than life and freedom? You tell me. I hope for your sake that Trump remains safe despite continued threats. The guilt you would have would be horrible. I’ve tried in vain to look for a parallel statement from the right and I come up empty handed. Can you help me? Has any conservative ever stated that being against a particular candidate is more important than freedom and even life itself?
Praise God friends, today is day 11, I have quit smoking cigarettes, praise God
Amen ❤Praise God! Keep going, God delivered me out of vaping as well and im 1 month clean :)
Praise the Lord! May you continue to keep on with His strength!
God bless you friends thank you for praying
please fix your eyes on Jesus and his love for you even when you’re a sinner, not on what you’re experiencing right now. Our experiences will go up and down but what Jesus has done for us never changes. His love never changes. His saving grace never changes. His righteousness never changes. His holiness never changes. Let Him be our only trust.
Our joy should be in Him,
John does not fumble. All glory to Jesus Christ
Ecclesiastes is a book on the human endeavor, regardless of it's state. It is a book telling you not to worry about most things. It tells you if an answer to a question has no practical relevance, it won't do anything for you, but make you neurotic. It says to focus on what you are doing, and be in awe of how much you can't know, fully. I've not heard anyone speak on Ecclesiastes for what it is, but it's the very basis of a relationship with God. Acknowledging we are within His will, and our own efforts are less than futile. It states that reality is, regardless of what we think, or know. That it has no concern for us, and regardless, it will continue to go on. It's a lesson in humility, that we shouldnt try too hard to understand what God has done, because we will just continue, and an answer doesn't change anything. It was true before you knew it, and knowing it, doesn't make it do more, it's just the same. Ecclesiastes tells you your place. How God sees our efforts, is like this. No; one should look to God. And the wisdom, and knowledge of God. I would think Paul has more to say on boredom.... How you should use your mind. But, generally, people are naturally curious, and need to be learning, or figuring out, or wondering, or else. Actually, getting all the answers would be the most boring life imaginable.
You know when Pastor John has never considered a topic before, it's going to be a good episode :)
It's so tempting to struggle with the desire to feel satisfied here on this earth. Even though we may know full well that money, sex, power, pleasure, etc. won't fulfill us, sometimes we are tempted to run toward those sinful things in order to 'feel something' - which, in the context of this episode, we see is essentially the attempt to alleviate boredom. So it's helpful to consider that in the times I feel bored and unsatisfied, this is a intentional feeling that God created to remind me that true satisfaction and everything truly interesting is found only through Him.
As I’m listening, reading this comment is truly helpful. Especially the last sentence.
This is such a beautiful truth. I remember the hymn Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus and the line "And the things of earth will grow strangely dim". I used to become disheartened that the hobbies or pleasures in my life no longer have any appeal, but now knowing the purpose, I learn to appreciate it.
So much of God's truth in everyday life. Thank you for sharing your wisdom :))
"Boredom is to point us to God." Amen to that!
Praise Yahweh the one true God. Revealed Triune as Father, Spirit, and Jesus the Son, each member fully God of which there is only one. 3 distinct Persons coexistant, coequal, and coeternal sharing 1 Divine Essence. Jesus lives and is God, Christ, King. Repent of your sin and believe in Him and be saved to eternal life!
what a very, very timely topic
i have been in boredom this afternoon till this evening,
my current reading is on book of Ecclesiastes
Thank you for the research you put into this question. ❤
Very good question and great answer! To God be the glory! 🙌🙌🙌
may we marvel in the world God gave us!
Thanks for the insight
Thank you so much!
This is great, I have often wondered how this could fit in God's plan Thanks
Amen!❤
Me watching this while being bored 😂
Very inspiring
I quite enjoyed this
So good
Wow! My students at an Exceptional Education School would say “I’m bored” & I would begin my little lecture! The others who had had my class before would chastise that student,”No! Don’t say that word”.
Well, I would let them know what true boring was! The profoundly handicapped students here had feeding tubes, sat forever in wheelchairs, etc. “They can’t chew pizza, fries, crunchy cereal; so, the cooks blend it altogether!! Yum, right?” They got that boring picture. Never said it again.
Towards the beginning you were talking about the word itself: boredom. And my mind went off on a tangent, don’t know if my wandering thoughts are good enough but I wanted to share them anyway.
To bore is to drill a hole in something. In an earlobe, in a rock or dirt, in a piece of leather, etc. When you remove the instrument you were using you are left with a hole, an empty space. Then the boreDOM part. KingDOM is an area that is ruled by a king. So then, can it be said that boredom is an area that is ruled by emptiness? Just a thought. We need the Spirit of Christ to fill us all in all.
Deteronomy 8:2😊❤ and John 14:6😊❤ in Christ.
Under the context and content of Deuteronomy 8:1-20( Remember😊❤ the LORD😊❤ Your God😊100%❤)
Deuteronomy 8:2
"2 And you ( Moses😊❤) shall remember the whole😊❤ way that the LORD your God😊❤ has led you these forty years( 40 years) in the wilderness , that he😊❤ might humble❤ you😊❤, testing you to know what is in your heart❤, whether you keep❤ his commandments or not."( Deuteronomy 8:2😊❤ ESV Study Bible)
John 14:6❤😊
" 6 Jesus answered,
" I am
the way ❤😊
and
the truth ❤😊
and
the life😊❤.
No one
comes
to the Father( God, our Father in heaven )
except
through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
Exodus 2:3-10
"3 When she could hide him( Moses😊❤) no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.
4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it.
6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, " This is the one of the Hebrews' children."
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, " Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?"
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her,
" Go."
So the girl went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, " Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,
" Because, " she said, " I drew him out of the water."( Exodus 2:3-10 ESV Study Bible Speaking of "...water." from Exodus 2:10 b ESV Study Bible. It reminds me about John 4:13-14😊❤
"13 Jesus(😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) said to her( woman of Samaria), " Everyone😊❤ who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
14 but😊❤ whoever( or anyone😊❤)
drinks of
the water😊❤ that I will give❤
him 😊❤ will never😊❤
be thirsty again.
The water😊❤
that I will😊❤ give❤ him😊❤
will😊❤
become😊❤
in 😊❤
him😊❤
a spring😊❤
of water😊❤
welling😊❤ up😊❤
to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:13-14 ESV Study Bible)
Do you also have Jesus'(😊1st❤) spring😊❤
of water😊❤
welling😊❤ up😊❤
to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:14 b ESV Study Bible) too in Christ?
Do you also have "...a spring😊❤
of water😊❤
welling😊❤ up😊❤
to eternal life😊❤."( John 4:14b ESV Study Bible) from Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤ too?
Mark 7:31-37( Jesus 😊1st❤
heals a deaf man)
"31 Then he(Jesus 😊1st❤)
returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
32 And they bought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers❤
into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
34 And looking up to heaven, he ( Jesus 😊1st❤) signed and said to him, " Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
36 And Jesus(😊1st❤) charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them,
the more zealously they proclaimed it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying,
" He has done all things❤ well😊❤. He even makes
the deaf hear 😊❤
and the mute speak😊❤
."( Mark 7:31-37 ESV Study Bible)
In Mark 7:37
"37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying,
" He has done all things❤ well😊❤. He even makes
the deaf hear 😊❤
and the mute speak😊❤
."( Mark 7:37 ESV Study Bible)
In Mark 7:37a
"37 And they were astonished..."( ESV Study Bible)
" The People are astonished in the sense that they wonder whether Jesus(😊1st❤) is the Messiah( see Isaiah 35:5-6😊❤). They are not expecting a suffering Messiah but rather a political liberator along the lines of the earlier Maccabean uprising( 166-160 B.C.)."( ESV Study Bible).
Luke 2:11😊❤.
How many work boring jobs?
Lets get the comments back to God and the message form John piper I'm content with less like 1 Timothy chapter 6 says , and my treasures are stored up in heaven not on eathly things bros
Please clear my doubt
Q: Why did King Solomon, who is known for his wisdom, could not know that he is sinning against the Lord by marrying the forbidden class of people. Being filled with God's wisdom couldn't he have known? How could such a wise person fall prey to such a sin?
I am a Christian, completed reading the NT and now am reading OT, so I need guidance.
And forgive me if I have hurt any of your sentiments.
Do remember me in prayers, struggling for my life, giving exams
Thank you
The answer, I believe, is that he knowingly sinned. All of us turn a blind eye or make some excuse when we sin, but we still know it’s a sin and keep doing it anyways. His father David knew he was sinning when he killed Uriah and took his wife, but he, unlike Solomon, repented and turned back to God (though there were still big consequences for this sin, he was still counted as righteous through faith in the end) Hope that helps! :)
Why is the Christian youth groups not talkative? It’s nothing like the old days when social media wasn’t so big… sad we can’t talk or hangout. Excuses..
DesiringGod. I have a question. Why do you allow posts which are obviously from the enemy to remain on your feed? I am speaking about the posts that advertise receiving tens of thousands of dollars every two weeks or every month . These posts are obviously intended to take advantage of those in God’s flock who are hurting and desperate. And you could stop it. My question is: why don’t you?
It's impossible, they are bots, every time you ban one, two more pop up. Not to mention it would take soooooooo long to go through all the comments sections of every video digging through removing those comments constantly. It's honestly not practical, nor a good use of time. Though, it would be nice for them to put a PSA in the comments section warning of the bots
@@micahm7123 thanks. But it doesnt take that much time and ive seen other you tube channels make an effort to remove bots. With some success
You claim to be pro-life, yet you were effective in convincing Christian’s that life and freedom wasn’t as “precious” as being against a “certain kind of person.”
Where did he say those words?
😂😂 why does it matter to YOU if he's pro life or not?
Paul, John Piper is pro-life. I'm not sure we can say that's the case for your idol Trump.
@@JadDragon In one of his anti-Trump articles. 10/22/2020.
@@Mando-d4k I just found the article and it doesn't say what you claim, it says he also didn't vote for Biden, links to a '95 article on his abortion stance - it's anti. So you're complaining about a 4 year old article where he specifically says he isn't telling you how to vote, doesn't even name trump, doesn't say what you claim, all because you worship Trump. Weak.
Piper, do you ever worry that your over-the-top invective against Donald Trump could be be dog-whistle to violence? If being anti-Trump is more “precious” than life and freedom? You tell me. I hope for your sake that Trump remains safe despite continued threats. The guilt you would have would be horrible.
I’ve tried in vain to look for a parallel statement from the right and I come up empty handed. Can you help me? Has any conservative ever stated that being against a particular candidate is more important than freedom and even life itself?