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The Dangerous Duty of
Delight
The Glorified God and the Satisfied
Soul
Each of us has a restlessness, an inconsolable longing within.
Some try to satisfy it with scenic vacations, creative
accomplishments, huge cinematic productions, sexual exploits,
sports extravaganzas, ascetic rigors, managerial excellence, and
more. Yet the longing remains. Why?
John Piper turns your heart toward the one true Object of human
desire—God. He shows how fulfilling your duty to delight in
Him can change your attitude toward worship, toward mariage,
toward material goods, toward your very mission and purpose on
earth! Join him on a journey from desparate desire to infinite
delight!
Chapter titles include: Treating Delight As Duty Is
Controversial, Glorify God by Enjoying Him Forever, Affections
Are Not Optional, Pursuing Pleasure Undermines Pride and
Self-Pity, Pursue Your Joy in the Joy of the Beloved.
If you were blessed by the prayer of Jabez, this book will show
you how to take the next step.
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Desiring God
Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify
God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm shattering work,
John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight
doesn't truly exist: Delight is our duty. Join him as he stuns
you again and again with life-impacting truths you saw in the
Bible, but never dared to believe.
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A Hunger for God
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
Do you have a hunger fo Him? As John Piper puts it:
"If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of
the glory of God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are
satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of
the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is
no room for the great." If we are full of what the world
offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our
soul's appetite for God. Between the dangers of self-denial and
self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting.
For when God is the supreme hunger in your heart, He will be
supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him,
He will be most glorified in you.
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