Messages by Desiring God Living in God’s Sovereign, Sustaining Grace
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Feb 21, 2026 A sermon exploring how God ordains suffering yet supplies sustaining care and presence. Personal stories and vivid rescue illustrations show grace working amid trials. Biblical promises about new hearts, perseverance, and God’s intense delight in blessing believers are highlighted. Listeners are encouraged to trust God’s eager, sustaining love through hardship.
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Sustaining Grace Defined
- Sustaining grace doesn't prevent sorrow or remove distress, it orders suffering and sustains you in the darkness.
- John Piper defines sustaining grace as God's presence and help amid ordained troubles so you can endure.
Tracheotomy Saved A Life
- A doctor stopped a dying girl by performing an emergency tracheotomy using a device from his pocket and saved her life.
- John Piper calls the scars on her neck "memorials of sovereign, sustaining grace."
Farmers, Radiators, And A Big Catfish
- Noel and their children were stranded and a farmer hosted them, fixed the radiator, and sent them on their way for free.
- The farmer's hospitality and a 19-inch catfish for Barnabas became a family memory of God's provision.
