A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of LifeA Godward Life is the first of three devotional volumes by John Piper, each feature 120 vignettes that focus on the radical difference it makes when we choose to live with God at the center of all that we do. Scripture-soaked and touching on the issues which most affect our lives today, A Godward Life is a passionate, moving, and articulate call for all believers to live their lives in conscious and glad submission to the sovereignty and glory of God. |
Contents
PREFACE | 13 |
GOD WAS UP ALL NIGHT | 28 |
IS ZEAL FOR GOOD PRAISED OR PERSECUTED? | 42 |
ONE WAY TO WIELD THE WEAPON OF THE WORD | 56 |
GRACE FOR A WELLTIMED HELP | 71 |
MONDAY MORNING MEDITATION ON THIRST | 84 |
ON ADVERTISING SEXY MOVIES | 96 |
PUTTING THE GODS IN THEIR PLACE | 102 |
PRACTICAL STEPS TO KILL SIN | 187 |
TREMBLING WITH JOY OVER MY ESCAPE | 195 |
DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT GRUMBLING | 202 |
ON COURSE IN THE EVERSIMILAR STORMS OF CHANGE | 210 |
FOUR WAYS GOD LEADS HIS PEOPLE | 217 |
BETTER IS A LITTLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS | 223 |
AN AMAZING UNUSED? MEANS OF CHANGE | 228 |
HOW DOES GOD GRADE AT THE JUDGMENT? | 241 |
THE PAINFUL LESSON OF LEARNING | 109 |
PRAYING FOR WHAT CANNOT FAIL | 115 |
THINK DEEPLY AND CLEARLY | 122 |
SEEKING PEOPLE ON THE STRETCH FOR | 128 |
RESOLUTIONS ON GROWING OLD WITH | 134 |
CONTRACTS COVENANTS AND SELFDEIFICATION | 137 |
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE | 150 |
NO PRAYER NO POWER | 164 |
FROM MISPLACED SHAME TO MISSION FLAME | 179 |
THE LIMITS OF LOVE | 181 |
MATTHEWS AMAZING WARNINGS | 255 |
WHEN THOUSANDS DIE IN BANGLADESH | 268 |
DOING WELL AND DOING BETTER | 276 |
THE POWER OF A FATHERS DISCIPLINE | 284 |
A MOTHERS DAY WITHOUT NOËL | 290 |
REARING CHILDREN FOR THE WORLDS END | 297 |
BE INSPIRED BY ARISTEIDES | 303 |
THE POWER OF GOD AND PROCHOICE REASONING | 305 |
DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES | 320 |
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