bob kauflin:

In his outstanding book When I Don't Desire God, John Piper writes:

Far too many Christians are passive in their fight for joy. They tell me about their condition of joylessness, and I ask about the kinds of strategies they have pursued to defeat this enemy, and they give the impression that they are a helpless victim: 'Joylessness is just there. What can I do?' Well, God does not mean for us to be passive. He means for us to fight the fight of faith- the fight for joy. And the central strategy is to preach the gospel to yourself. (p. 81)

Later on, he adds:

Here in the cross is where every enemy of joy is overcome: divine wrath, as he becomes a curse for us; real guilt, as he becomes forgiveness for us; lawbreaking, as he becomes righteousness for us; estrangement from God, as he becomes reconciliation for us; slavery to Satan, as he becomes redemption for us; bondage to sin, as he becomes liberation for us; pangs of conscience, as we becomes cleansing for us; death, as the becomes the resurrection for us; hell, as he becomes eternal life for us. (p. 91)



and i'm alive and i'll sing
and i'm alive and i'm free

dear woman:

Someday, Preacher,you will see a place that makes you realize that we sort through the tatters and the rags in search of beauty and hope, because Faith is what is left AFTER the destruction.
Marya Morevna • 2/13/04; 10:37:42 AM #
she writes, after this post.