Light + Truth Hope That Pleases God
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Mar 19, 2026 
John Piper, Reformed pastor and bestselling author, offers a short sermon on Psalm 147:11. He explores how gospel commands can be good news. He uses a rock-climbing story and vivid images to show human helplessness and the call to trust. He explains how hope produces prayer and obedience and defines faith, trust, and future-oriented hope.
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Gospel Commands Are Good News
- The gospel issues a command to trust and hope in God, which becomes good news when you trust the God who speaks.
- John Piper compares this to being on a steep rock face where the command to let go and rely on God is the rescue, not an added burden.
Rock Climb That Revealed Our Precariousness
- Piper recounts a rock-climbing moment where angling sideways made the climb suddenly precarious and exposed his helplessness.
- That memory vividly illustrates human precariousness and why the gospel's command to let go and trust is rescuing.
Pray As The First Fruit Of Hope
- Do bring your needs to God in prayer because prayer is a primary fruit of hoping in him.
- Piper lists specific prayer actions: cry out, desire, ask, drink from the living water rather than go to broken cisterns.
