God bless your friends today I have 12 days without smoking cigarettes, thank you God for the victory

4:01 a.m. when this appeared and greatly welcomed.never got to meet dr.packer but would love to attend John Piper meeting.God is so large in helpong us by the Spirit in presenting us a chaste bride.bless you Jesus. Piper has us wanting God,wanti g his word.evisedent and sanctifying.and unbridled joy in God

I know once i had made a troublesome decision and since I've been struck with timmitus. Ive prayed the Lord remove it but he has not. He has granted me the ability to endure when it gets to be too much though. It causes me to lean on him, to know i can in all ailment and suffering, and a reminder never to violate my conscience. To always ask if i am unsure.

Powerful message and very applicable 🙏

Satan's aim was to frustrate, and to destroy Paul's faith in God: but God was in this, building Paul's confidence in, and dependence upon the supernatural, dynamic power (sufficient grace) of the Holy Spirit to ward off the attacks from the Adversary. This keeps Paul in humility, reminding him that he will not, he cannot overcome on his own strength, but by looking to the power of God's Spirit alone.

Praise God for this! God is sovereign so never be afraid. I hope I can always live that truth.

may we turn to our Lord in all things!

Thank you for the reminder and encouragement 🙏🎉😊

❤AMEN❤

Thank you 🙏✝️

Amen 🙏

Watch and Pray

If The Cross of Christ removed power from Satan, even if Satan can only touch us if we SIN ( YET it is impossible to not sin in some way ), how is it that there are still earth quakes, floods and diseases that kill human beings? Logically, that means that Christ's death on the cross to pay for our sins, has not actually saved us from Satan's hands, and therefore, God must still be using Satan to punish...or at least bring some kind of oppression to us.

I understand Dr. Piper, yet what about children and babies? It's likely not sinning like adults do... Thus, how to we apply this view to the relatively ignorant or innocent young children or babies?

Mark 8:1-10(Jesus😊1st❤ feeds❤ the four thousand❤) "8 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he (Jesus😊1st❤) called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 " I have compassion to the crowd, because they have been with me now and three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away." 4 And his disciples answered him, " How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place? " 5 And he asked them, " How many loaves do you have? " They said, " Seven." 6 And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having thanks, he broken them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7 And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. 8 And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9 And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. 10 Immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha."( Mark 8:1-10 ESV Study Bible)

Amen! ‭Romans 8:28 LSB‬ [28] And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. Praise Yahweh the one true God. Revealed Triune as Father, Spirit, and Jesus the Son, each member fully God of which there is only one. 3 distinct Persons coexistant, coequal, and coeternal sharing 1 Divine Essence. Jesus lives and is God, Christ, King. Repent of your sin and believe in Him and be saved to eternal life!

Preacchhhhh

No perfection no protection... If you have any sin you are open to be a target. I suppose any future accidents or illnesses will be viewed as a shortcoming and a lesson. Its all common to man, right. Dismissed, not important. How do you reconcile the fact he knit you how and where he did?

I have completed my theological thoughts on the matter, if god is sovereign over every action I do then in the end it's not my fault to be as god made me, therefore eternal torture like burning to death perpetually in hell makes no sense, CS lewis version of hell from "the great divorce" does though, or a purgatory to heaven pipeline for all souls, that or proper autonomy from god in free will if eternal hell has to exist, I won't argue the primacy of one concept over the other, in fact I'm purposefully not doing so because I'm not taking a stance on it, I'm leaving it as a mystery but I can't say "hey my handpuppet satan tricked you and you were made to go to hell for eternal torture" is a loving thing to do, hell is a punishment not a reward, god might be fully in his rights to destroy his creations as he created them, but it wouldn't be loving to do so and therefore since god can't do nonsense the dichotomy and mysteries of logic of god's sovereignty and experience of autonomous free will must co-exist without me attempting to merge the two as it butchers both

Mark 8:11-13( The Pharisee demand a sign) " 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him(Jesus😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ, Jesus😊1st❤), " Seeking from him( Jesus😊1st❤ John 14:6😊❤) a sign from heaven to test him. 12 And he signed deeply in his spirit and said, " Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation." 13 And he(Jesus😊1st❤) left them, got into the boat again(😊❤), and went to the other side. "( Mark 8:11-13 ESV Study Bible. Dear Abba Father in heaven you said in the Bible Genesis 12:1-3 (😊❤) and Jesus(😊1st❤) to me Matthew 28:19-20(😊❤) in Jesus'name, i pray(John 14:6Jesus😊1st❤). Amen.

I'm sure I'm missing out on a great message, but very bad mic recording. Disappointing.

Piper, do you ever worry that your over-the-top invective against Donald Trump could be be dog-whistle to violence? If being anti-Trump is more “precious” than life and freedom? You tell me. I hope for your sake that Trump remains safe despite continued threats. The guilt you would have would be horrible. I’ve tried in vain to look for a parallel statement from the right and I come up empty handed. Can you help me? Has any conservative ever stated that being against a particular candidate is more important than freedom and even life itself?

Piper offers up a dystopian future. Why? He believes that good law is negated if it comes from a flawed lawmaker. Joe Rigney stated the other day that we should “pass righteous laws that teach what is good and discourage what is evil”. And how is this to be done when Piper states unequivocally that laws protesting life and freedom are not as “precious” as being against a man who did more to promote righteous law than any other politician in history?