Enduring Joy: Glorifying God Through Suffering and Love
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"God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him and here's what that means it means that if if I could by the word through the spirit be used of God this morning to so deepen your satisfaction in Christ above all things so that no suffering could rob you of that Joy you would be able in that kind of life to make him look great." [00:02:35]
"How can I overcome John Piper's selfishness so that I live my life at any cost to myself for the sake of love so as to make Jesus look great that's that's the constellation of questions I want I want to be done with self-exaltation and selfs serving I want to be a a person for others called love." [00:05:17]
"Life is a marathon we're running right let us lay aside every weight and sin verse one let us lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely and let us run run with endurance don't give out on this race of life of faith and love keep running let nothing stop you because you're surrounded by those Witnesses who finished they finished you can finish." [00:08:11]
"Run take hold of your life run your marathon it's a marathon of of love it's a marathon of Faith like we saw in chapter 11 and the question is how do you do that how do you stay on course for 72 years plus and not give in to all the Temptations to leave the track and carry and cheat and do all kinds of things but to rather give your life utterly and become a faith filled loving person." [00:12:03]
"Looking to Jesus that's how you do it looking to Jesus so I'm going to end this message in a few minutes by asking and pleading with you get to know him so that when you when you sing those songs that's not just words he's enough I'm sitting there thinking did does anybody here mean that I mean those are off the chart Crazy lyrics gloriously crazy true." [00:12:49]
"How did he finish his race so he had a marathon right his only lasted 33 years and the last leg was horrific so he's running a marathon with Nails in his hands and nails in his feet and a spear in his side and a crown of thorns on his head and spit dripping off his beard from the sidelines where they're mocking him all the way to the end and spitting at him and he finished it." [00:13:42]
"How can I get rid of my selfishness become a man for others in love at any cost to myself you see this you see the picture I want I want to be done with selfishness I want to be a person who's willing to spend his life benefiting others not IM immediately myself and I would like to stick to that Marathon style of Life maximally blessing maximally honoring at any cost." [00:14:31]
"Serious Joy meaning a joy that penetrates through the most horrific finishing of a marathon with with nails and thorns and Spear and mocking serious Joy penetrating through and never never wavering off the marathon how how can I get there now suppose someone this is so crucial I've I've been trying to motivate myself and other people with that Joy set before us for the sake of love for the last 50 years." [00:17:24]
"Selfishness is the use of people the exploitation of people to achieve your own ends without regard to whether it benefits them I don't give a hoot about you I'm after my Happ this I'm going to step on you if I have to that's selfishness love doesn't forsake the pursuit of happiness in God he doesn't forsake like okay I have to regard God as unsatisfying." [00:20:08]
"Love is when you pursue that Joy at any cost to yourself even the cost of your life so as to bring as many people with you into that joy as you can nobody regards that as selfish nobody regards it as self isness if you are pursuing a joy which you are willing to suffer to include them in." [00:21:07]
"Recall the former days when you were enlightened that means saved light broke into your heart you endured a hard struggle with sufferings life didn't go better for them when they got saved it went worse sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach okay some of them actually got clobbered head on and affliction sometimes being partners with those so treated so you saw your your Christian friend or family member being being mistreated and you chose to identify with them." [00:25:04]
"Choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin I love that word fleeting because it so says you're on to something Piper you're on to something because it's not pleasure that's bad is fleeting pleasure ones that only last 80 years there's a joy set before you it's not selfish and it's not wrong to want to be with Jesus free from sinning free from cancer free from depression." [00:30:40]
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"How can I overcome John Piper's selfishness so that I live my life at any cost to myself for the sake of love so as to make Jesus look great that's that's the constellation of questions I want I want to be done with self-exaltation and selfs serving I want to be a a person for others called love." [00:05:17]
"Life is a marathon we're running right let us lay aside every weight and sin verse one let us lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely and let us run run with endurance don't give out on this race of life of faith and love keep running let nothing stop you because you're surrounded by those Witnesses who finished they finished you can finish." [00:08:11]
"Run take hold of your life run your marathon it's a marathon of of love it's a marathon of Faith like we saw in chapter 11 and the question is how do you do that how do you stay on course for 72 years plus and not give in to all the Temptations to leave the track and carry and cheat and do all kinds of things but to rather give your life utterly and become a faith filled loving person." [00:12:03]
"Looking to Jesus that's how you do it looking to Jesus so I'm going to end this message in a few minutes by asking and pleading with you get to know him so that when you when you sing those songs that's not just words he's enough I'm sitting there thinking did does anybody here mean that I mean those are off the chart Crazy lyrics gloriously crazy true." [00:12:49]
"How did he finish his race so he had a marathon right his only lasted 33 years and the last leg was horrific so he's running a marathon with Nails in his hands and nails in his feet and a spear in his side and a crown of thorns on his head and spit dripping off his beard from the sidelines where they're mocking him all the way to the end and spitting at him and he finished it." [00:13:42]
"How can I get rid of my selfishness become a man for others in love at any cost to myself you see this you see the picture I want I want to be done with selfishness I want to be a person who's willing to spend his life benefiting others not IM immediately myself and I would like to stick to that Marathon style of Life maximally blessing maximally honoring at any cost." [00:14:31]
"Serious Joy meaning a joy that penetrates through the most horrific finishing of a marathon with with nails and thorns and Spear and mocking serious Joy penetrating through and never never wavering off the marathon how how can I get there now suppose someone this is so crucial I've I've been trying to motivate myself and other people with that Joy set before us for the sake of love for the last 50 years." [00:17:24]
"Selfishness is the use of people the exploitation of people to achieve your own ends without regard to whether it benefits them I don't give a hoot about you I'm after my Happ this I'm going to step on you if I have to that's selfishness love doesn't forsake the pursuit of happiness in God he doesn't forsake like okay I have to regard God as unsatisfying." [00:20:08]
"Love is when you pursue that Joy at any cost to yourself even the cost of your life so as to bring as many people with you into that joy as you can nobody regards that as selfish nobody regards it as self isness if you are pursuing a joy which you are willing to suffer to include them in." [00:21:07]
"Recall the former days when you were enlightened that means saved light broke into your heart you endured a hard struggle with sufferings life didn't go better for them when they got saved it went worse sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach okay some of them actually got clobbered head on and affliction sometimes being partners with those so treated so you saw your your Christian friend or family member being being mistreated and you chose to identify with them." [00:25:04]
"Choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin I love that word fleeting because it so says you're on to something Piper you're on to something because it's not pleasure that's bad is fleeting pleasure ones that only last 80 years there's a joy set before you it's not selfish and it's not wrong to want to be with Jesus free from sinning free from cancer free from depression." [00:30:40]
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