

Messages by Desiring God (Video)
Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Mar 10, 2024 • 59min
The Most Important People in the World: Why Christians Prioritize the Church
David Mathis | The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize the church?

Mar 3, 2024 • 56min
Leaders in the Church: Speaking and Living God’s Word
John Piper | Does church leadership seem endlessly complicated? Take heart. Christian leaders guide God’s people from where they are to where God wants them to go, using God’s methods.

Feb 29, 2024 • 19min
How Jesus Knew the Word: His Secret to Scripture Memory
David Mathis | How did Jesus know Scripture so well? The same way we can today: through patient, prayerful meditation on the word of God.

Feb 25, 2024 • 47min
Only One Life: Christ’s Invincible Gospel and Global Mission
John Piper | God is sovereign, and he has purposed his gospel to spread to the ends of the earth. Those who give themselves to that purpose are invincible, even through suffering.

Feb 17, 2024 • 18min
How Jesus Met with God: The Pace and Patterns of a Perfect Life
David Mathis | Jesus had a full and fruitful ministry, but unlike us, he never seemed hurried or frantic. What can we learn by observing his holy habits during his earthly life?

Jan 21, 2024 • 34min
His Voice in Yours: How Christ Wins the World
John Piper | God will have worshipers from every nation on earth. He will win them, and do so through us. We have only to tell them.

Jan 14, 2024 • 44min
How to Please a Happy God: Six Glimpses of the Christian Life
David Mathis | What does it look like to walk in a way that is pleasing to God — to live so that God delights in the aroma of our lives?

Jan 7, 2024 • 38min
Gain What You Cannot Lose: The Joy of World Mission with Jesus
John Piper | When Christ calls us to the mission field with him, he calls us to deny shallow pleasures, die to ourselves, and enjoy greater and greater delight in him.

Dec 10, 2023 • 39min
Christmas Was and Christmas Is: The Whole Story of Advent
David Mathis | How do you need God’s help this Advent? What need seems most pressing? Press into the message of Christmas, and you’ll find hope and help in time of need.

Dec 3, 2023 • 39min
Jesus Came to Save: Ten Great Realities of Christmas
John Piper | The birth of John the Baptist was great, but the birth of Jesus Christ was infinitely greater. John prepared for salvation, but Jesus purchased it.


