Yup that’s the way it goes! My acquaintances would say I’m an extrovert but my friends know I’m an introvert. That’s the way a confident person should be.
This is life changing. It's as if John Piper captured every spiritual thought that ever lingered and burned in my God given mind...thoughts I was never able to match words to, and he decoded them right here in this sermon, he explained feelings I was never able to understand myself. There was always MORE...SOMETHING was always missing, questions were never answered. I found this incredible in so many ways. I can relate to this in more ways than I can count, especially the mood swings and introvert tendencies, and battling them biblically. I am so blessed by Piper's preaching, and I wish he knew the impact he's had on this human life, which impacts human lives around me. It is John Piper that helped me locate my selfishness, and his preaching changed the trajectory of my walk with God; also fueled my fire with his "If My Words Abide In You" sermon on just that, abiding, and scripture memory, which I have memorized that entire work of scripture memory, and it is amazing to have those words hidden in my heart. "If THIS, (the Word) is HERE, (in your mind) then we (you and God) can talk ANYWHERE!" John Piper, thank you for your dedication to being a Shepard, and your unselfish and humble honesty, your love for Romans, your stories about your family...Noel, Talitha, and the boys, it's all so beautiful! I thank God for you, and your family, and thank you for pleading with God's children, because this child ... listened.
Hey! If you enjoyed this sermon, he wrote a whole book on this topic titled “Don’t Waste Your Life.” I’ve been meaning to get around to reading it. Go check it out!
I spent a min investigating spirituality there were parts I liked parts I didn't I returned to my original beliefs which states to examine many things and discern for yourself what is good true and correct,
I asked Jesus into my heart when I was twelve. my life for him has been up and down. I feel I have a professional back slider. I have had a hard time gaining what I allowed sin to silence in me. Oh Jesus I need you! Please keep me on the path that leads to you. Hold on to me.
We all sinner before him, hand in all of your sin to him. So God save you from sin. And he become your saviour, dont try over come sin with your own strength. He is our saviour!!
I understand completely. I have learned how God specializes in weak people since I have gotten three different cancers. Aside from being born again, it's the best thing that has ever happened to me. Truly a gift from God. I have a death/life sentence each day reminding me to use every day wisely. Reminding me to be thankful for every morsel of goodness. Reminding me to think and act like a soldier in this battleground of LIFE. To be in the Word every day. And to do as Paul said, to press toward the mark for the prize of the High Calling in Jesus Christ. I run in such a way as to WIN! I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit for the power to not just face SIN in your life but to utterly crush it and push it out of your life.
Regarding what he was saying regarding weaknesses: it's quite true. Earlier in my life I felt guilty because people were going to door - and I was staying home. I'm still asthmatic, actually - my health still makes leaving the house a difficulty. So I tried witnessing to folks online, over an online game. I still hop on that game now and again just to talk to folks - and I've seen God at work. You can serve Him. There is no temptation that takes us but such as is common to man: but you, however, are unique, loved by God, and still called by Him to serve Him in some way: whether it be in a 'simple' manner or not. Think about plumbers, for example. No, really. Is it a glorious job? I don't think any of us have that word pop into our head when thinking about plumbing, without a special reason. Yet, plumbing leads to far greater sanitation - which means plumbers likely save many more lives than doctors. Even if it be something simple, seek to do it to the glory of God. I've a long way to go, but Jesus is faithful.
God speaks through this wonderful servant of His. Every sermon transforms me. I thank you Jesus for your humble servant. Thank u for transforming me through these sermons!
Lord help me not waste my life.. Lord please lead me to the right path.. i am facing some career options in my life.. Lord help me choose the right path and help me choose the path of life the path that will glorify your name and strengthen other christians. Lord thank you please hear this prayer and answer. in faithful Jesus name i pray Amen,
3 wonderfully constructed life changing realizations presented here. Realization 2 really resonated with me, as I feel that although I understood that Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, was crucified to absolve us of our sins, I guess I never fully realized how God planned this from before the universe began not only as a way to bring us closer to Him but also to demonstrate the fullness of his divine grace. A really beautiful and extremely clarifying sermon, thank you John Piper.
Thanks Pastor for showing the true meaning of life based on the scripture. I`m willing to sacrifice myself to this purpose. Everyday I`m going to listen to this sermon to remind myself of life is truly about. God bless you Pastor Piper.
In agreement with this message I pray my life and time not to be wasted in accordance with ecclesiastes 5:18-20, binding every wasting of my life and time to the pit of hell and being loosened from my life, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
How refreshing to hear a pastor acknowledge that he must one day give an account for his ministry. Far too many pastors these days treat their ministry as a career, a job or mere employment. Something to be endured on the way to retirement.
Dear Lord, I need to hug Your Words, I need to hug The Holy Bible, I need to hug You cos I need You. Only You God can comfort me, there is no other God that knows me like You do. I know there is no other God besides You Lord. Most of all You know me because You created me. You died for my Sins so I can be with You forever even though I don't deserve You. I thank you Lord. You are my God. My purpose of my life is knowing You are God. I came into life by You God. I have God, You are my purpose. Knowing You is my purpose. Thank You God for allowing me to know You as God.
Advice from John Piper for introverts would be amazing, especially introverts in the cross cultural mission field who really love the people but are too drained to express it... Please please write a book on that!
I was telling my parents how I've been listening to John Piper and my parents actually knew him when they went to bible college in Minnesota I was so surprised! They went to his church and everything!
I've had a lot of trouble finding that pleasure in God. It's troubling to me. It's not clear to me how someone finds that happiness and satisfaction that Pastor Piper acknowledges here. I guess it may be to try to spend more time with God.
I can relate with you. But look, God called me through a depression recently. It was not the first time, but it was one the one time I thought to myself: "I have tried many ways to beat this sadness, anxiety and frustration, and nothing has worked for me. Other things I haven't tried, but many people have and doest work properly, neither. So, do I have a hope?" It was like God answering to me, that he put me the impulse to look for a Bible an aunt gave me, and read it. I can tell you He spoke to me through that Bible, in a very subtle way but intense at the same time. Then, Everytime I would feel hopeless, I would find something that told me more about God and Jesus. Now I thing I get the message: "Everytime you feel like this, come and learn from me, from my promises, and the rest will be coming as you do it". I can tell you that's what I am doing, and it's being much better than before, when I would take this frustration into rage, into the feeling of inferiority, etc. Now, I thank God for this struggles that I have, because they have make me be closer to God and God has had compasión of my soul 🙏🏼, just as I know that He has of yours. And, the fact that you're here commenting this, is an important step. Blessed be God.
I think it's a gift from God. There are different levels of portion for the passion/eagerness/satisfaction in God. Not all people are gifted like apostle Paul, Steven (the martyr), and the twelve disciples of Jesus. I myself are struggling to be like that, but not yet come to that level (even a lot far from it)
Thank you Pastor for this message. Heavenly Father, thank You that in Christ Jesus we have all that we need for Life and godliness. Christ is our Head and our Covering; He Alone is All In All. We pray Father that You would help us to keep the eyes of our heart looking away from the things of this world however they manifest; keep us away from that which would lead us away from Your Truth - even man-made doctrines and interpretations, frivolous, carnal, and fleshly teachings of men and their views. Heavenly Father, give us more of Your Holy Spirit so that we who have Inherited Your Kingdom may stay One in You, at Your Throne; where as the sons of GOD, we who Believe and have Faith in Christ, are equal and the same in Your eyes; firmly looking to Christ Jesus always so that precious time is not wasted on what is not Truth, that we may not become Spiritually short-sighted and forget all that Christ did for us on the Cross..
Jesus christ I love you save me and all of us who stand on your side. we are your soldiers I am here to serve my one and only true master Jesus Christ. jesus my brother, my father my god my creator. I love you. I will give everything I have for you.
I have suffered but not rightly. It seems I have wasted much.... I sense God drawing me deeper into joy in suffering as HE becomes increasingly my all in all...God help me and us...
Praise God for using pastor John to teach people like myself how good God is and amazing because I’m like pastor John my brain is slow not like a historians.
There is a difference between arrogance and confidence Arrogance is thinking ur more skilled than u actually are; while confidence is knowing and accepting how skillful you actually are People generally like confidence, but hate arrogance God is not arrogant, He is confident But because humans are almost ALWAYS arrogant (since we think ourselves to be bigger and better than we actually are) we mistake God's confidence for arrogance I don't think we even know what true confidence looks like, otherwise we would recognise God's confidence and find it appealing rather than disgusting And since pride is essentially competitive, the people who are put off by God's confidence in His own worth and ability are often those who are most arrogantly mistaken with regards to their own worth and ability and thus they feel quite threatened by God
John Piper's 3 massively important things that he knows. * 1. God is to be treasured by his people above all things. That’s why he created us. * * 2. Jesus died so that you could enjoy God and give glory to him. * * 3. What will give glory to God? Good works for Christ and rejoice in sufferings and when you’re persecuted. * * 1. God is to be treasured by his people above all things. That’s why he created us. * 1. I will not define my purpose for life, he will. He is the all knowing all powerful God. God is God, I am not. God does everything to put his glory on display 1. Everyone wants to be happy. God made you to want satisfaction in him. 1. There is an all satisfying God that wants us to be satisfied in him. God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him When Christ is so precious to you that life with him is more precious to you than anything in this life, then God will be magnified in you. When you loose all things in life you say “gain”. * 2. Jesus died so that you could enjoy God and give glory to him. * 1. See the glory in his grace! God’s plan was always to give us grace. (Eph 1:6) 2. Jesus didn’t just remove sin through Christ but he did it for his glory so that people will look to the cross and give glory to God. * 3. What will give glory to God? Good works for Christ and rejoicing in sufferings and when you’re persecuted. * 1. Non believers do good works. What makes our good works a light to others is when they see that we rejoice in our sufferings because we are happy in Jesus. We need sacrificial love to be a light. (Matt 5:14-16)
thank you again and again, praise our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, who are in Heaven! My we all can enjoy God more than we could possibly enjoy anything else :)
As a black male our brothers and sisters that are not black speak in ways that are foreign to us because we didn't have those opportunities as they did. So, John Piper's sermon was for that audience not for everyone maybe we could take some of those things in his sermon "Don't Waste your Life" and apply them but not every thing. I went to the military fresh out of HS because my mother couldn't afford to help me with college and even though I had scholarships to go to college then need to make money and help myself and my family was greater than the need to go to college. I did go to college later in life but our priorities as black people are totally different than most white people and even more so as Christians.
I didn’t have the same opportunities either anbs1682. I am a Mexican American, and grew up with 11 brothers & sisters. We were very dirt poor. I wish I had heard John Piper at an earlier age. This is a great message. I have no excuses on how my life turned out, because the Bible has always been here! Please drop the crutch. That mentality has destroyed unity among us for many years, and it’s gotten worse through “Politically Correct” baloney!
Lol something like that we love and like people we just can't stand alot of BS or be around the ones we love or like for long periods without becoming agitated
Though I Ilove people sometimes I enjoy my space away from all people makes me happy to have my own space Jeremiah 13:47 Isaiah 43: John 17:1 Romans 8: 3 Romans 5: 18 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Romans 9:22 Philippians 1:20 I Wanna be happy though I choose to be happy sometimes I get moody too I get moody till I figure things out then I'm fine I too forget can't retain things sometimes what I hear and sometimes I cant obsorb what I read sometimes I write things down so I can remember things it's nothing but nerves maybe anxiety too I pray in Jesus name Amen 💞
So true oprah has made fun of god on multiple occasions. And it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich person to enter the kingdom. She could help so so many more people.
If You Believe in the LORD GODFATHER in Christ the CREATOR, You Waste No Lifes Because You Experience It Since the Time You Know What is Lifes in This World.And Keep on Experiencing It Today and Everyday Continually Everlastingly.For as the SOUL of the LORD GODFATHER in Christ Lives today and everyday continually Everlastingly,So Also Our Souls in Christ Lives today and everyday continually Everlastingly.Yes, enjoy Experiencing Your Lifes in Christ Today and Everyday Continually Everlastingly.Just Be Positive in Your Spirits in Christ For It is Eternal.
This is an honest question. How do I know that I am not wasting my life? If took the risk of going to a third world country? If I empty my pocket? How does one know for sure that they have not wasted their life. Looks like personally I have wasted my life trying to figure out my exact purpose (the general of course I am aware) Looks like John seems to know that he has not wasted it. Indeed he knows that he is fortunate. What about people like me who are yet to figure out what are in this earth for....
I did a message on this topic last week! The title was inspired by this message 😃 I’d love your thoughts, if you want to see it. It’s on Lion of Fire Ministries
I get it. Reformed theologians say that God's plan from the beginning was to elect a few to bask in His eternal glory while the majority of His created people suffer in separation from Him in Hell. But the idea that God feels any sort of "anger" or "wrath" toward the humans that he pre-ordained for damnation before the beginning of time? Reformed theology bites its own neck. The blatant illogic astounds me.
Jared Clark Jared, The key to understanding the truth lies in the fact that, as God, all your created beings are going to hate you because of their own self centrism (and when everything is peeled back to the core, no one can subordinate themselves -down to their own desires- to be consumed by another volition) and people may not want to face it or admit it - even to themselves- but that is its metaphysical ultimacy. So it is utter nonsense to think that someone who is reformed can boast about it. It is the ultimate existentialist philosophy because of Trumps all others and provides the ultimate purpose.
GOD is God.. and you are not..(neither am I) but His Ways are not our ways.. even as you had nothing to do with you first (natural) birth.. so goes the second birth.. all you can do is cry out for mercy until His Glory Blows across your stone heart.. I'll be sure to tell Him you need His 'born from aboveness" when you're ready
Messianic Judaism is the only hope you'll have of truly *Not Wasting Your Life.* Leave these Wolves alone and get serious with your Risen Messiah, Yeshua: and yes you can still keep calling Him Jesus.
Wonder man, God is not looking for good people that is strong, noble ect... he's looking for foolish, weak, I tell you wonder man God is God try him give him a chance you won't repent He's Sufficient
To bad for me i had be the loser bullied broke kid until i was 19 then ended up under mind control and stressed my life away and missed the best years of my life and only had i girlfriend my whole life and was always tired with a blank mind maybe i should have not even been born. I guess god cant stop emf mind control.
: Because the Word of God clearly teaches that a person is saved by FAITH ALONE in Christ. This is evidenced by Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5 and hundreds of other Scriptures. Romans 4:5 states... "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." The Bible couldn't possibly be any clearer on this matter. Salvation is through faith in Christ's righteousness alone (Romans 4:5-6). This has nothing to do with Christian living. James 2:18 speaks of the FRUIT of a man's faith, which should be evident in every believer's life; BUT, that is completely separate from the ROOT of a man's faith, which is by faith alone in Christ. Lordship Salvationists confuse the two, tragically to their own damnation.
Jef Livs The Bible says both, but I'm sure he would agree with you. Some verses say the believer is saved by faith, others say saved by grace through faith. If you want to get technical it's Christ who saves you. The five Solas capsulate it all. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, by Christ alone, for the glory of God alone, based upon Scripture alone.
Dude if you say dosent matter what we do if we have faith we are saved Ill say ana anafima. Your saved by faith but your sins will undermine your salvation if you don't repent from them
Why do you believe that? You wrote this three years ago I hope you come back to this and answer if you can. I hope you are still alive and God made you see the great love He has for you and how he sent His own son to die for you so that he can have fellowship with you for eternity. Isaiah, what a fitting name, means G-d is salvation. I pray that in the last three years you have tasted as seen that the Lord is good and that born to be wasted lie is gone from your thoughts.
"Introverts love people. They just don't like people." ACCURATE!
LOL. I was going to comment same thing!!
Yup that’s the way it goes! My acquaintances would say I’m an extrovert but my friends know I’m an introvert. That’s the way a confident person should be.
The concept of introvert/extrovert is Jungian junk.
Purely Presbyterian what are you?
Daniel Lane I’m a presbyterian.
Only one life,
Twill soon be past.
Only what's done
For Christ will last.
Jennifer George Amen!
🙏amen
So very true!!!!
This is life changing. It's as if John Piper captured every spiritual thought that ever lingered and burned in my God given mind...thoughts I was never able to match words to, and he decoded them right here in this sermon, he explained feelings I was never able to understand myself. There was always MORE...SOMETHING was always missing, questions were never answered. I found this incredible in so many ways. I can relate to this in more ways than I can count, especially the mood swings and introvert tendencies, and battling them biblically. I am so blessed by Piper's preaching, and I wish he knew the impact he's had on this human life, which impacts human lives around me. It is John Piper that helped me locate my selfishness, and his preaching changed the trajectory of my walk with God; also fueled my fire with his "If My Words Abide In You" sermon on just that, abiding, and scripture memory, which I have memorized that entire work of scripture memory, and it is amazing to have those words hidden in my heart. "If THIS, (the Word) is HERE, (in your mind) then we (you and God) can talk ANYWHERE!" John Piper, thank you for your dedication to being a Shepard, and your unselfish and humble honesty, your love for Romans, your stories about your family...Noel, Talitha, and the boys, it's all so beautiful! I thank God for you, and your family, and thank you for pleading with God's children, because this child ... listened.
+J DuBrey Amen!!
J DuBrey Enjoyed your writing. So... three years later, where are u spiritual?
Hey! If you enjoyed this sermon, he wrote a whole book on this topic titled “Don’t Waste Your Life.” I’ve been meaning to get around to reading it. Go check it out!
That's the work of Holy Spirit. That's the difference between real and fake teaching...
I spent a min investigating spirituality there were parts I liked parts I didn't I returned to my original beliefs which states to examine many things and discern for yourself what is good true and correct,
27:45 “That God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him!”
Incredible Pastor! Love love it! ♥️
This event took place near my college campus and I was blessed by it, and a friend from church was brought to Christ throught this. It was awesome :)
Amazing
Hey tell the holy spirit in you that I said "keep up the good work." Pax Christi
I asked Jesus into my heart when I was twelve. my life for him has been up and down. I feel I have a professional back slider.
I have had a hard time gaining what I allowed sin to silence in me. Oh Jesus I need you!
Please keep me on the path that leads to you. Hold on to me.
Paul Triplett We’ve all been, brother. Stay encouraged.
Thankfully He is faithful.
We all sinner before him, hand in all of your sin to him. So God save you from sin. And he become your saviour, dont try over come sin with your own strength. He is our saviour!!
I understand completely. I have learned how God specializes in weak people since I have gotten three different cancers. Aside from being born again, it's the best thing that has ever happened to me. Truly a gift from God. I have a death/life sentence each day reminding me to use every day wisely. Reminding me to be thankful for every morsel of goodness. Reminding me to think and act like a soldier in this battleground of LIFE. To be in the Word every day. And to do as Paul said, to press toward the mark for the prize of the High Calling in Jesus Christ. I run in such a way as to WIN! I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit for the power to not just face SIN in your life but to utterly crush it and push it out of your life.
Psalm 51:17
Regarding what he was saying regarding weaknesses: it's quite true.
Earlier in my life I felt guilty because people were going to door - and I was staying home.
I'm still asthmatic, actually - my health still makes leaving the house a difficulty.
So I tried witnessing to folks online, over an online game.
I still hop on that game now and again just to talk to folks - and I've seen God at work.
You can serve Him. There is no temptation that takes us but such as is common to man: but you, however, are unique, loved by God, and still called by Him to serve Him in some way: whether it be in a 'simple' manner or not.
Think about plumbers, for example. No, really.
Is it a glorious job? I don't think any of us have that word pop into our head when thinking about plumbing, without a special reason.
Yet, plumbing leads to far greater sanitation - which means plumbers likely save many more lives than doctors.
Even if it be something simple, seek to do it to the glory of God.
I've a long way to go, but Jesus is faithful.
God speaks through this wonderful servant of His. Every sermon transforms me. I thank you Jesus for your humble servant. Thank u for transforming me through these sermons!
This message is so intriguing and power,. Listening from Ghana as this message transforming my life
Lord help me not waste my life.. Lord please lead me to the right path.. i am facing some career options in my life.. Lord help me choose the right path and help me choose the path of life the path that will glorify your name and strengthen other christians. Lord thank you please hear this prayer and answer. in faithful Jesus name i pray Amen,
Right on, God bless
I could not agree more with the introvert part. This message has blessed me greatly. Thank you Pastor John! ♥
Thank you Jesus for this beautiful sermon!
3 wonderfully constructed life changing realizations presented here. Realization 2 really resonated with me, as I feel that although I understood that Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, was crucified to absolve us of our sins, I guess I never fully realized how God planned this from before the universe began not only as a way to bring us closer to Him but also to demonstrate the fullness of his divine grace. A really beautiful and extremely clarifying sermon, thank you John Piper.
Thanks Pastor for showing the true meaning of life based on the scripture. I`m willing to sacrifice myself to this purpose. Everyday I`m going to listen to this sermon to remind myself of life is truly about. God bless you Pastor Piper.
Thank you Pastor. May God give you more years for us. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a wonderful true teacher of the Word! Amen ♥
In agreement with this message I pray my life and time not to be wasted in accordance with ecclesiastes 5:18-20, binding every wasting of my life and time to the pit of hell and being loosened from my life, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
Love this man ! To God be the Glory !
Stunning. Go for it all you young people. Do not quibble. Thank you again, Preacher.
How refreshing to hear a pastor acknowledge that he must one day give an account for his ministry. Far too many pastors these days treat their ministry as a career, a job or mere employment. Something to be endured on the way to retirement.
Dear Lord, I need to hug Your Words,
I need to hug The Holy Bible,
I need to hug You cos I need You. Only You God can comfort me, there is no other God that knows me like You do. I know there is no other God besides You Lord. Most of all You know me because You created me. You died for my Sins so I can be with You forever even though I don't deserve You. I thank you Lord. You are my God.
My purpose of my life is knowing You are God. I came into life by You God. I have God, You are my purpose. Knowing You is my purpose. Thank You God for allowing me to know You as God.
Advice from John Piper for introverts would be amazing, especially introverts in the cross cultural mission field who really love the people but are too drained to express it... Please please write a book on that!
I was telling my parents how I've been listening to John Piper and my parents actually knew him when they went to bible college in Minnesota I was so surprised! They went to his church and everything!
Praise the LORD GOD for HIS goodness n mercy even to me a sinner still in CHRIST JESUS. amen
Refreshing, beautiful, heart-wrenching truth.
God desiring glory is just. This because his very nature is worthy of glory.
I needed this. Thanks Pastor John! Glory goes God, but you have impacted my walk tremendously. #christianhedonism
I've had a lot of trouble finding that pleasure in God. It's troubling to me. It's not clear to me how someone finds that happiness and satisfaction that Pastor Piper acknowledges here. I guess it may be to try to spend more time with God.
I can relate with you. But look, God called me through a depression recently. It was not the first time, but it was one the one time I thought to myself: "I have tried many ways to beat this sadness, anxiety and frustration, and nothing has worked for me. Other things I haven't tried, but many people have and doest work properly, neither. So, do I have a hope?" It was like God answering to me, that he put me the impulse to look for a Bible an aunt gave me, and read it. I can tell you He spoke to me through that Bible, in a very subtle way but intense at the same time. Then, Everytime I would feel hopeless, I would find something that told me more about God and Jesus. Now I thing I get the message: "Everytime you feel like this, come and learn from me, from my promises, and the rest will be coming as you do it". I can tell you that's what I am doing, and it's being much better than before, when I would take this frustration into rage, into the feeling of inferiority, etc. Now, I thank God for this struggles that I have, because they have make me be closer to God and God has had compasión of my soul 🙏🏼, just as I know that He has of yours. And, the fact that you're here commenting this, is an important step. Blessed be God.
I think it's a gift from God. There are different levels of portion for the passion/eagerness/satisfaction in God. Not all people are gifted like apostle Paul, Steven (the martyr), and the twelve disciples of Jesus. I myself are struggling to be like that, but not yet come to that level (even a lot far from it)
God's ultimate purpose is to reveal Himself to His redeemed people. Listen well to understand this by the Spirit.
Thank you Pastor for this message. Heavenly Father, thank You that in Christ Jesus we have all that we need for Life and godliness. Christ is our Head and our Covering; He Alone is All In All. We pray Father that You would help us to keep the eyes of our heart looking away from the things of this world however they manifest; keep us away from that which would lead us away from Your Truth - even man-made doctrines and interpretations, frivolous, carnal, and fleshly teachings of men and their views. Heavenly Father, give us more of Your Holy Spirit so that we who have Inherited Your Kingdom may stay One in You, at Your Throne; where as the sons of GOD, we who Believe and have Faith in Christ, are equal and the same in Your eyes; firmly looking to Christ Jesus always so that precious time is not wasted on what is not Truth, that we may not become Spiritually short-sighted and forget all that Christ did for us on the Cross..
Oh jezzus no prais
Jesus christ I love you save me and all of us who stand on your side. we are your soldiers I am here to serve my one and only true master Jesus Christ.
jesus my brother, my father my god my creator. I love you. I will give everything I have for you.
Thank you so much John..you are a blessing..thank you for this beautiful message..God bless you
Thank God for this message!
I have suffered but not rightly. It seems I have wasted much.... I sense God drawing me deeper into joy in suffering as HE becomes increasingly my all in all...God help me and us...
12:52 that was deep. I pray that people hear that part and take it in as I took it in. Thank you so much for that.
Amen Praise The Lord! Powerful message!!! ✞💜🕊
you are my new PASTOR,,,love ye message. thank you, thank you thank u.
Praise God for using pastor John to teach people like myself how good God is and amazing because I’m like pastor John my brain is slow not like a historians.
THANK YOU! Finally a man of God that understands that not all "sheep" enjoy "flocking"! 15:08 - 15:52😁🙏
Only tiped T in the search bar of youtube and on the top list this came up.
How much joy!
Thank you.
Life is teaching us about life and life is wasting everything everyday.
It was God's plan from the beginning to bring to light his grace through jesus!
There is a difference between arrogance and confidence
Arrogance is thinking ur more skilled than u actually are; while confidence is knowing and accepting how skillful you actually are
People generally like confidence, but hate arrogance
God is not arrogant, He is confident
But because humans are almost ALWAYS arrogant (since we think ourselves to be bigger and better than we actually are) we mistake God's confidence for arrogance
I don't think we even know what true confidence looks like, otherwise we would recognise God's confidence and find it appealing rather than disgusting
And since pride is essentially competitive, the people who are put off by God's confidence in His own worth and ability are often those who are most arrogantly mistaken with regards to their own worth and ability and thus they feel quite threatened by God
John Piper's 3 massively important things that he knows.
* 1. God is to be treasured by his people above all things. That’s why he created us. *
* 2. Jesus died so that you could enjoy God and give glory to him. *
* 3. What will give glory to God? Good works for Christ and rejoice in sufferings and when you’re persecuted. *
* 1. God is to be treasured by his people above all things. That’s why he created us. *
1. I will not define my purpose for life, he will. He is the all knowing all powerful God. God is God, I am not. God does everything to put his glory on display
1. Everyone wants to be happy. God made you to want satisfaction in him.
1. There is an all satisfying God that wants us to be satisfied in him. God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him When Christ is so precious to you that life with him is more precious to you than anything in this life, then God will be magnified in you. When you loose all things in life you say “gain”.
* 2. Jesus died so that you could enjoy God and give glory to him. *
1. See the glory in his grace! God’s plan was always to give us grace. (Eph 1:6)
2. Jesus didn’t just remove sin through Christ but he did it for his glory so that people will look to the cross and give glory to God.
* 3. What will give glory to God? Good works for Christ and rejoicing in sufferings and when you’re persecuted. *
1. Non believers do good works. What makes our good works a light to others is when they see that we rejoice in our sufferings because we are happy in Jesus. We need sacrificial love to be a light. (Matt 5:14-16)
AMEN PRAISE GOD FOR PASTOR JOHN PIPER. GOD BLESS YOU
This is really good. Not easy, but so good. Thank you
thank you again and again, praise our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, who are in Heaven! My we all can enjoy God more than we could possibly enjoy anything else :)
How beautiful! The most beautiful artwork we have ever known. Thank you
To the praise of his glorious Grace
As a black male our brothers and sisters that are not black speak in ways that are foreign to us because we didn't have those opportunities as they did. So, John Piper's sermon was for that audience not for everyone maybe we could take some of those things in his sermon "Don't Waste your Life" and apply them but not every thing. I went to the military fresh out of HS because my mother couldn't afford to help me with college and even though I had scholarships to go to college then need to make money and help myself and my family was greater than the need to go to college. I did go to college later in life but our priorities as black people are totally different than most white people and even more so as Christians.
Dustin Mansfield Sounds like your opinion.
I didn’t have the same opportunities either anbs1682. I am a Mexican American, and grew up with 11 brothers & sisters. We were very dirt poor. I wish I had heard John Piper at an earlier age. This is a great message. I have no excuses on how my life turned out, because the Bible has always been here! Please drop the crutch. That mentality has destroyed unity among us for many years, and it’s gotten worse through “Politically Correct” baloney!
God Bless you John!
Lol something like that we love and like people we just can't stand alot of BS or be around the ones we love or like for long periods without becoming agitated
listening from Africa
Though I Ilove people sometimes I enjoy my space away from all people makes me happy to have my own space
Jeremiah 13:47
Isaiah 43:
John 17:1
Romans 8: 3
Romans 5: 18
1 Thessalonians 1:9
Romans 9:22
Philippians 1:20
I Wanna be happy
though I choose to be happy sometimes I get moody too I get moody till I figure things out then I'm fine
I too forget can't retain things sometimes what I hear and sometimes I cant obsorb what I read sometimes I write things down so I can remember things
it's nothing but nerves maybe anxiety
too
I pray in Jesus
name
Amen 💞
86 people liked this so much they liked it upside-down!!!!
So funny 😉🤣😂🤣🤣😊😁😀 really love it (the comment)😍😍🥰
Fantastic preaching!
all of jesus grace...thank you brother john...
i wish you long life,from ethiopia
Never thought much of Brad Pitt or Oprah, anyway.
What matters is that one gets God is sovereign.
It is sad that these people missed it.
I agree this put a smile to my face it is not only me
He is so gifted
So true oprah has made fun of god on multiple occasions. And it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich person to enter the kingdom. She could help so so many more people.
Piper spends 19 minutes talking about himself and framing up a great message. Skip to 19:00 for the meat and potatoes.
k i n g B A B Y thanks lol
Beautiful sermon Sir...
I am an introvert as well 😃
That's true. I am an introvert too. ❤😀
Take away my pride Lord
Thank you John.
Amazing sermon
John Piper I never liked you but I love the way you pray to our Lord. I thought you were
a bubblegum preacher. Forgive me brother.
Wordn man, don't say that, the comment you just made is not accepted, God has a big purpose for you, here this is for you
Amazing John Piper.
hallelujah brother, amen.
If You Believe in the LORD GODFATHER in Christ the CREATOR, You Waste No Lifes Because You Experience It Since the Time You Know What is Lifes in This World.And Keep on Experiencing It Today and Everyday Continually Everlastingly.For as the SOUL of the LORD GODFATHER in Christ Lives today and everyday continually Everlastingly,So Also Our Souls in Christ Lives today and everyday continually Everlastingly.Yes, enjoy Experiencing Your Lifes in Christ Today and Everyday Continually Everlastingly.Just Be Positive in Your Spirits in Christ For It is Eternal.
This is an honest question. How do I know that I am not wasting my life? If took the risk of going to a third world country? If I empty my pocket? How does one know for sure that they have not wasted their life. Looks like personally I have wasted my life trying to figure out my exact purpose (the general of course I am aware) Looks like John seems to know that he has not wasted it. Indeed he knows that he is fortunate. What about people like me who are yet to figure out what are in this earth for....
I did a message on this topic last week! The title was inspired by this message 😃
I’d love your thoughts, if you want to see it. It’s on Lion of Fire Ministries
Thank you!!
It's kinda good hear what John Pipers struggled or struggles with
The World is a Thorn
"This is what you try to sell me?! Subjective Nothingness?"
Thank you
I get it. Reformed theologians say that God's plan from the beginning was to elect a few to bask in His eternal glory while the majority of His created people suffer in separation from Him in Hell. But the idea that God feels any sort of "anger" or "wrath" toward the humans that he pre-ordained for damnation before the beginning of time? Reformed theology bites its own neck. The blatant illogic astounds me.
Jared Clark Your argument is foremost with the Bible.
Jared Clark
Jared,
The key to understanding the truth lies in the fact that, as God, all your created beings are going to hate you because of their own self centrism (and when everything is peeled back to the core, no one can subordinate themselves -down to their own desires- to be consumed by another volition) and people may not want to face it or admit it - even to themselves- but that is its metaphysical ultimacy.
So it is utter nonsense to think that someone who is reformed can boast about it. It is the ultimate existentialist philosophy because of Trumps all others and provides the ultimate purpose.
GOD is God.. and you are not..(neither am I) but His Ways are not our ways.. even as you had nothing to do with you first (natural) birth.. so goes the second birth.. all you can do is cry out for mercy until His Glory Blows across your stone heart.. I'll be sure to tell Him you need His 'born from aboveness" when you're ready
POWERFUL!
Dr. Piper is just like me.
Blessed!
Amen
Amen!
Did he actually write that book? cause I want to read it
Me too!!
Yes he did. Here is the link www.desiringgod.org/books/dont-waste-your-life
i got so confused when He talked about grace
24:03
Isaiah 43
Eng subtitles needed for indians
Messianic Judaism is the only hope you'll have of truly *Not Wasting Your Life.* Leave these Wolves alone and get serious with your Risen Messiah, Yeshua: and yes you can still keep calling Him Jesus.
Did he ever write that book?
Very impressive piper
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Ah! A fellow dyslexic!
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영어공부를 정말 열심히 해서 이해하고 싶네요
Try subtitles maybe it will help
Wonder man, God is not looking for good people that is strong, noble ect... he's looking for foolish, weak, I tell you wonder man God is God try him give him a chance you won't repent He's Sufficient
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To bad for me i had be the loser bullied broke kid until i was 19 then ended up under mind control and stressed my life away and missed the best years of my life and only had i girlfriend my whole life and was always tired with a blank mind maybe i should have not even been born. I guess god cant stop emf mind control.
TITrav Fanning
The Lord is more powerful than mind control
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Because the Word of God clearly teaches that a person is saved by FAITH ALONE in Christ. This is evidenced by Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5 and hundreds of other Scriptures. Romans 4:5 states... "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." The Bible couldn't possibly be any clearer on this matter. Salvation is through faith in Christ's righteousness alone (Romans 4:5-6). This has nothing to do with Christian living. James 2:18 speaks of the FRUIT of a man's faith, which should be evident in every believer's life; BUT, that is completely separate from the ROOT of a man's faith, which is by faith alone in Christ. Lordship Salvationists confuse the two, tragically to their own damnation.
the word of God says we are saved by grace THROUGH faith. it is by grace through faith my friend it is not by faith.
Jef Livs The Bible says both, but I'm sure he would agree with you.
Some verses say the believer is saved by faith, others say saved by grace through faith. If you want to get technical it's Christ who saves you. The five Solas capsulate it all.
We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, by Christ alone, for the glory of God alone, based upon Scripture alone.
Dude if you say dosent matter what we do if we have faith we are saved Ill say ana anafima. Your saved by faith but your sins will undermine your salvation if you don't repent from them
I was born to be wasted.... unfortunately....
Why do you believe that? You wrote this three years ago I hope you come back to this and answer if you can. I hope you are still alive and God made you see the great love He has for you and how he sent His own son to die for you so that he can have fellowship with you for eternity. Isaiah, what a fitting name, means G-d is salvation. I pray that in the last three years you have tasted as seen that the Lord is good and that born to be wasted lie is gone from your thoughts.
Be delivered in Jesus’ name
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Robert Bowes, God bless you. Isaiah, you were born to worship the Savior! He will never leave you, nor forsake you! ♥️
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