I do not think that in telling people,

go for the fountain.

Don't stop until you've reached the fountain.

Drink from the fountain.

I don't think I'm making them self-centered.

I think I'm making them fountain-centered. I think I'm making them fountain-centered.

God becomes the center because he's the only one who's satisfied.

You know what the central thing in your life is right now?

Whatever makes you happiest.

That is central.

Why should we seek our satisfaction in God alone?

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper explains how seeking satisfaction in God

magnifies His glory, not our own.

The sermon was originally given at Trinity Baptist Church in Wheaton, Illinois on September 19, 1988.

You know, the text that if you were to ask me is a text that sums up best my philosophy of ministry, it would be

1 Peter 4.11, which goes like this.

Let Him who serves serve in the strength which God supplies that in everything God might get the glory through Jesus Christ.

Now picture that. Let Him who serves serve in the strength that God supplies.

That means you're not the giver in this contract. You're the getter. So that in everything

God might get the glory through Jesus Christ.

The one who gives the power gets the glory.

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