Light + Truth Praying at God’s Fountain of Joy
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Feb 5, 2026 
John Piper, Reformed pastor and author known for expository preaching and founding Desiring God, delivers a sermon drawing on Isaiah 64. He explores God delighting in our thirst, the mountain-spring image of God as self-supplying, pitfalls of wrong motives, prayer as preparation for mission, and how suffering can reveal soul-satisfying joy.
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God As A Self-Replenishing Spring
- John Piper frames God as a mountain spring, not a watering trough, to show God is self-supplying and serves us by giving, not needing our help.
- This image guards against trying to honor God by offering him our resources instead of humbly receiving and drinking from him.
Drink First, Then Serve Others
- Do honor God by finding the fountain and drinking deeply from him rather than trying to add to or serve the fountain.
- After you're satisfied, use the strength God gives to tell others about the fountain and serve them from that supply.
Use Prayer For Strength, Not Comforts
- Pray as a walkie-talkie for war: use prayer to gain strength for spiritual battle, not as an intercom to order comforts.
- Reject treating prayer like a request list to a divine butler and instead seek empowerment to obey and witness.
