A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life

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Crown Publishing Group, Nov 11, 2009 - Religion - 336 pages
A 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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John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis since 1980, is the author of The Dangerous Duty of Delight, Desiring God, Future Grace, A Godward Life, and The Pleasures of God. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Munich and taught biblical studies for six years at Bethel College, St. Paul, before becoming a pastor. He and his wife, Noel, have four sons and one daughter.

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