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How to ruin your life in your twenties:
1. Do whatever you want.
2. Live beyond your means.
3. Feed an addiction.
4. Run with fools.
5. Believe your life is about you.
6. Live for immediate gratification.
7. Avoid accountability.
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Eight ways to glorify God at work:
1. Depend on God.
2. Maintain integrity.
3. Get good at what you do.
4. Influence others for Christ.
5. Know your coworkers.
6. Love your coworkers.
7. Don’t make a paycheck your primary aim.
8. Thank God for your job.
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Why read your Bible tomorrow morning?
1. You cannot love God and not listen to him.
2. Your faith needs promises to survive.
3. We become like what we behold.
4. You will find the joy you want in God’s words.
5. You have good works to walk in, and Scripture will equip you.
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Five prayers for those who wait:
1. Strengthen me to wait patiently.
2. Awaken me to the glory of today.
3. Keep me from foolish shortcuts.
4. Make me want the future you have for me.
5. Remind me of what I’m really waiting for: the return of Christ.
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No spouse, no friend, no job, and no amount of money can ever fill the expanse inside of us made for God.
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“This article is probably as close as you will get to an answer on how I will vote in the upcoming presidential election.” —John Piper
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You might not understand God’s timing, but if you are in Christ, you can trust that your Father is orchestrating every millisecond for your good. God always works for those who wait for him.
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Christian, God cares more about your job, marriage, loneliness, singleness, and parenting than you can imagine. He is not just an observer. He is your great Helper.
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Why read your Bible tomorrow morning?
1. You cannot love God, and not listen to him.
2. Your faith needs promises to survive.
3. We become like what we behold.
4. You will find the joy you want in God’s words.
5. There are good works to be done, and Scripture will equip you.
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Six marks of genuine humility:
1. Humility gives God the credit.
2. Humility recognizes that everything we have is a gift.
3. Humility is glad that God governs the world.
4. Humility cherishes the gospel.
5. Humility serves others.
6. Humility sees servanthood as true greatness.
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Five prayers for those who wait:
1. Strengthen me to wait patiently.
2. Awaken me to today.
3. Keep me from foolish shortcuts.
4. Make me want the future you have for me.
5. Remind me of what I’m really waiting for: the return of Christ.
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Francis Chan: “There is no substitute for being alone with God. If you don’t have time, you need to quit something to make room. Skip a meal. Cancel a meeting. End a regular commitment. There is literally nothing more important you could do today.”
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John Piper: “Be amazed that you have a Bible. Get up in the morning, hold this book, and weep for joy. Open it and expect that the same Spirit who inspired the Scriptures will now illumine them for you.”
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Christian, when the Holy Spirit reveals your sin to you, his aim is not to condemn you, but to restore you.
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Six marks of genuine humility:
1. Humility gives God the credit.
2. Humility recognizes that everything we have is a gift.
3. Humility is glad that God governs the world.
4. Humility cherishes the gospel.
5. Humility serves others.
6. Humility sees servanthood as true greatness.
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John Piper: “Don’t just read the Bible. The devil knows the Bible by heart. He used it against Jesus. Rather, linger in God’s word, love the truth, and plead with him to open the eyes of your heart.”
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Keep listening for God’s voice, even when you feel dead to his word. Keep crying out to him, even when he feels deaf to you. Keep gathering with his people, even when they don’t understand what you’re going through. Soon enough, God will wipe away every tear.
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“I will help you.”
“I will strengthen you.”
“I will uphold you.”
“I will give you what you need to say.”
“I love you.”
Christian, let God’s promises strengthen you today and every day.
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Lord, keep me from wasting my life on something other than you. Don’t ever let me settle for less.
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John Piper: “A Christian woman does not put her hope in any man. The deepest root of true womanhood is hope in God.”
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Don’t be surprised when nothing in this world fully satisfies your longings for happiness, your desires for peace, or your hopes for the future. God made you for a different world.
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Faith admits the need for help.
Pride doesn’t.
Faith confesses anxiety.
Pride doesn’t.
Faith trusts God’s promises.
Pride doesn’t.
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Three prayers for daily Bible reading:
1. Give me a deeper desire to read your word.
2. Increase my skill to understand your word.
3. Show me more of your glory in your word.
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John Piper: “Our anxiety often shows us that we are too close to the world and too far from God.”
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Christian, one day you will love God with all your heart — no wandering desires to deny, no lingering limitations to overcome, no recurring temptations to refuse, no weight of weaknesses to carry anymore. Until then, ask God to help you love him more.
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Lord, when I am tempted to run elsewhere for peace, comfort, and lasting pleasure, remind me all I have in you.
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If you woke up as a Christian this morning, it’s not because you have the strength to keep believing, but because God himself is holding you fast.
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If sin took down Samson, the strongest man, Solomon, the wisest man, and David, the man after God’s heart, then it can outsmart, overpower, and overcome you too.
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Francis Chan: “There is no substitute for being alone with God. If you don’t have time, you need to quit something to make room. Skip a meal. Cancel a meeting. End a regular commitment. There is literally nothing more important you could do today.”
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Christian, your salvation is held together by an unbreakable cord of three strands:
The Father planned it.
The Son purchased it.
The Spirit preserves it.
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Chandler: “We don’t come to Jesus because he makes life better. We come to Jesus because he’s better than life.”
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Christianity means change is possible. Deep, fundamental change. It is possible to become tenderhearted. It is possible to stop being dominated by bitterness and anger. It is possible to become a loving person, no matter what your background has been.
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Christian, when you find it hard to love the people God has put in your life, remember that Jesus did not die for you because you were lovely.
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Lord, keep me from wasting my life on something other than you. Don’t ever let me settle for less.
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On our wedding day, we’re not standing at the altar to say, “I really do love you,” but to say, “I really will love you” — whatever it takes, however hard it gets, whatever happens, however much I want to leave.
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No heart is too hard for God to soften. No mind is too deceived for God to illuminate. No will is too enslaved for God to liberate.
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When your tears tempt you to give up, saying, “Where is your God?” preach back to your pain, “My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and portion forever.”
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Piper: “Let the first words out of your mouth while still on your pillow be a cry to God: ‘I need you again today.’”
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Scott Hubbard: “Keep reading your Bible, even when you feel dead to God’s word. Keep crying out to God, even when he feels deaf to you. Keep gathering with God’s people, even when you don’t understand what you’re going through.”
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Don’t be surprised if you pray for nearness to God and he sends you a trial. Nearness always requires dependence.
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Elisabeth Elliot: “The secret of joy is Christ in me, not me in different circumstances.”
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Christian, every time you reject temptation and choose obedience, no matter how much it might have cost you, you have experienced the blessing of God.
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No soul is too far gone for God to bring back. No heart is too hard for God to soften. No son or daughter is too lost for God to rescue. Keep praying for God to do what only he can.
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When your heart is far away in worship:
1. Confess your stale heart.
2. Mourn your lack of affection.
3. Don’t be content with how it is.
4. Pray for God to change your heart.
5. Sing, pray, and listen.
6. Afterward, remove any obstacle that led you here.
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Instead of just asking, “Is it a sin?” ask, “Will it bring me closer to Christ?”
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Don’t be surprised if you pray for nearness to God and he sends you a trial. Nearness always requires dependence.
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“I will help you.”
“I will strengthen you.”
“I will uphold you.”
“I will give you what you need to say.”
“I love you.”
Let God’s promises strengthen you today and every day.
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John Piper: “Marriage is not mainly for romance and it’s not mainly for sex — as good as those are. Marriage is mainly for displaying to the world the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his church.”
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You are not your job description. You are not your mothering abilities. You are not your most recent sin struggle. If you are in Christ, you are a child of the living God.
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Christian, God does not need you to be strong. He wants to be your strength.
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Five reasons God gives us suffering:
1. It exposes our sin (Romans 8:18–23).
2. It brings us to repent (Luke 13:1–5).
3. It makes us depend on him (2 Corinthians 1:8–9).
4. It conforms us to his Son (Hebrews 12:6–11).
5. It prepares us to enjoy him (2 Corinthians 4:16–18).
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When life gets hard, you will be tempted to retreat and trust yourself. God wants you to kneel and trust in him.
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Christian, trust God’s timing and purposes. One day, the meaning of all your detours and delays will become clear.
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The only kind of spouse who will make you truly happy in marriage will be the one who loves Jesus more than you.
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C.S. Lewis: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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God will give you enough grace for today. He will hold you up. He will meet all your needs. And when tomorrow comes, he will do it all again.
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One day you will love God with all your heart — no wandering desires to deny, no lingering limitations to overcome, no recurring temptations to refuse, no weight of weaknesses to carry anymore. Until then, ask God to help you love him more.
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If sin took down Samson, the strongest man, Solomon, the wisest man, and David, the man after God’s heart, then it can outsmart, overpower, and overcome you too.
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Six reasons to memorize the Bible:
1. Conformity to Christ
2. Triumph over sin
3. Triumph over Satan
4. Comfort and counsel for loved ones
5. Evangelism
6. Fellowship with God
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John Piper: “Life is hard. God is good. Glory is coming. Therefore, stand firm in his grace.”
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How not to waste your rest:
1. Ask God to protect you from wasted leisure.
2. Give your best energies to feeding your soul on the sweetness of Christ.
3. Don’t do anything that would diminish your capacities to revel in the riches of the Bible.
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Chandler: “We don’t come to Jesus because he makes life better. We come to Jesus because he’s better than life.”
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Christian, when God writes your story in a way you didn’t want, remember that there’s more to your story than you can see or understand now.
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Salvation:
The Father planned it.
The Son purchased it.
The Spirit preserves it.
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To live is not to marry. To live is not to raise kids. To live is not to find “the one.” To live is Jesus Christ.
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When the Holy Spirit reveals your sin to you, his aim is not to condemn you, but to restore you.
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No soul is too far gone for God to bring back. No heart is too hard for God to soften. No son or daughter is too lost for God to rescue. Keep praying for God to do what only he can.
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Jesus doesn’t say, “Just be the true you.” He says, “You must be born again.”
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Following Jesus always means leaving something. We can’t continue to be all we were, and simply add him in to our routine.
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God is faithful. If he called you, he will keep you all the way to the end. No exceptions.
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We can get up early, go to bed late, and run hard all day without really doing anything worthwhile. Lord, keep us from wasting our days.
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“Repent” means more than “Stop sinning, and start behaving.” It means “Stop loving sin, and start loving God.”
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“Satan devotes 168 hours a week trying to deceive you. Do you think you can maintain a renewed mind with a ten-minute glance at God’s book once a day?”
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@JohnPiper
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Regret says, “I’ve blown it. My future is unredeemable.” But Jesus says, “If you’ll trust me, I will weave every failure into a tapestry for your good and my glory.”
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If you’re afraid to go all in with Jesus because he will take away something you love, know that he will. And that he’ll give you so much more in return.
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Every person we trust will fail us eventually — except Jesus. Only he can bear the full weight of our hope, faith, and joy.
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If we could understand how patient God is with our weaknesses, we would not fail to show patience to others.
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The greatest duty God gives you isn’t to work for him, but to delight in him. Your most important job isn’t to earn his favor, but to enjoy his love.
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Whatever it takes, Lord, keep me desperate for you, because I tend to wander when I stop feeling my need for you.
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Piper: “You don’t become a Christian by going to church, getting baptized, and keeping the rules. You become a Christian by despairing of your own righteousness, and throwing yourself like a helpless person on Christ for his righteousness and his forgiveness.”
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Obedience to God will not cause you to miss happiness. Obedience is the surest path to your greatest joy.
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God can run the universe just fine while you sleep. You can get some rest.
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Satan wants you to stop praying, stop feeding, and stop serving when suffering comes. God wants to give you his strength to persevere. When you’re tempted to give up, keep clinging to Jesus.
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Four things to pray about what you say:
1. Teach me to tremble over my unholy words.
2. Guard my mouth from speaking death.
3. Release my mouth to speak life.
4. Teach my tongue wisdom and humility.
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True.
Honorable.
Just.
Pure.
Lovely.
Commendable.
Excellent.
Praiseworthy.
Think about these things.
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Look for friends who will pray bigger things for you than you could ever pray for yourself.
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“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.”
—Jerry Bridges
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Salvation:
The Father planned it.
The Son purchased it.
The Spirit preserves it.
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“Follow your heart” assumes the heart is a good leader. But apart from Jesus, our hearts are just as lost as the rest of us.
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When darkness descends, remember that God’s faithfulness to you in Christ is more real than the thoughts in your head and the feelings in your chest.
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“Don’t just say, ‘I read my Bible.’ The devil knows the Bible by heart. He used it on Jesus. It’s about lingering there, loving it, and pleading with the Lord to open the eyes of your heart.”
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@JohnPiper
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Christian, your time is not your own. You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your schedule.
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Piper: “Let the first words out of your mouth while still on your pillow be a cry to God: ‘I need you again today.’”
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Piper: “Beware of reading for quantity to impress anyone. Read for your soul. Find the books that strengthen your faith and make you want to live all-out for God.”
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Three reminders for worried Christians:
1. God upholds the universe by the word of his power (Hebrews 1:3).
2. He will not let anything happen that will not work for our good (Romans 8:28).
3. We will gain nothing by our worry (Matthew 6:27).
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Soon enough, every local church will disappoint. The best solution is usually not to leave, but to learn how to love when the honeymoon’s over.
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Attending church, giving generously, taking communion, and getting baptized doesn’t make us Christian. We need new hearts that adore Jesus.
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Piper: “Sometimes, the prayer you prayed 999 times is answered in attempt 1,000. Don’t give up.”
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