Messages by Desiring God
Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 25, 2011 • 1h 5min
Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!
Missions exists because the knowledge of God, the praise of God, the enjoyment of God, and the fear of God don’t exist among the nations.
Sep 23, 2011 • 26min
Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality
True contentment that is able to weather all kinds of hardship comes from knowing Christ as our surpassing treasure.
Sep 17, 2011 • 45min
Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life
God does not mainly love us in this life by sparing us from suffering. He mainly loves us by giving us more of himself and his glory.
Sep 15, 2011 • 27min
The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does
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Sep 11, 2011 • 22min
Victor Watters Converses with Death: A Meditation on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
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Sep 10, 2011 • 38min
This Illness Is for the Glory of God
Jesus loved Lazarus so much that he allowed him to die. But he also raised Lazarus to life and promises to do the same for all who trust in him.
Sep 3, 2011 • 1h 8min
God’s Passion for Others’ Joy
Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others; therefore, in order to love people we must pursue our deepest joy in God.
Sep 3, 2011 • 1h 9min
God’s Passion for Our Joy
The way we glorify God is to pursue and live out of superior satisfaction in him at all costs.
Sep 2, 2011 • 1h 2min
God's Passion for His Glory
God pursues his own praise, which is the greatest act of love not because he won’t be God until he gets it, but because we won’t be happy until we give it.
Aug 31, 2011 • 1h 1min
Show Christ
Showing Christ is a work of love, which will only take place as the overflow of our joy in all that God is for us in Jesus reaching out to meet the needs of others.
