John Piper, in a sermon, “Prayer and the Victory of God” helps us understand Isaiah 37, part of our Bible reading plan today. Now to fix this truth vividly in your minds—that the victory of God is coming and that it is coming by means of our prayers—look with me at Isaiah 37 and one … More The Stunning Effect of Prayer Illustrated
Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (Read Hebrews 7:11-28 in our reading plan) John Piper, in a sermon on Hebrews 7, “Jesus: From Melchizedek to Eternal Savior” Verses 1-24 may be complex and difficult … More Saved to the uttermost!
In our Bible reading plan we come to Proverbs 24:1-22 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul … More Rescuing Unborn Children: Required and Right
When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” —Luke 22:53 (verses 47-53 in our reading plan) J.C. Ryle comments on Luke 22:53– …the time during which evil is permitted to triumph is fixed and limited … More God’s absolute and complete sovereignty
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.—Isaiah 30:18 (Reading plan is Isaiah 29-30) John Piper’s introduction and conclusion of a sermon, “Battling the Unbelief of Impatience,” Impatience … More Piper: Impatience is a form of unbelief.
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:13-20 is in our read-through-the-Bible plan today.) Here are thoughts … More You are not left to yourself to hold on the storms of life.
Today we come to Hebrews 6:1-2 in our read-through-the-Bible plan. Here is encouragement from John Piper, in a sermon, “The Full Assurance of Hope” There is a fight to be fought in the Christian life. There is a kind of effort and earnestness. Laziness and sluggishness are not the way to live. But the direct … More Don’t get the focus wrong.
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.—Isaiah 25:1, in our Bible reading plan today John Piper comments: God is a planning God. He gives forethought to what he does. He is wise. And if … More Piper: God never “gets lucky”
John Piper, gives us thoughts to consider in a sermon on Hebrews 5, in our read-through-the-Bible plan today What this means is that if you want to grow up and feast on the fullness of God’s revelation, you don’t do it by jumping from milk to meat. You do it by the way you drink … More How to Drink Milk
John Piper helps us to consider Hebrews 4:12-13, part of our Bible reading plan today: Now the point of today’s text (Hebrews 4:12–13) is to help us do that by telling us about this Word. Be diligent, verse 11 says, because (verse 12 says) the Word of God is . . . And then it … More Living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword
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