How Do I Put Away My Desire for Praise?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A desire to do good can easily become a desire to look good. So how do we put away our hunger to be praised by other people?

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0:00.0	God is there in the biggest where our freedom is in Him.
0:11.2	God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.
0:15.7	That's what you just heard in German from our friend Alex.
0:19.5	Alex is bringing desire in God's resources to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
0:24.0	It's an amazing reach.
0:26.0	And you'll hear what he's working on here in just a moment.
0:29.3	But first on to this day after Christmas, Pastor John, we have a question from Hope, a listener
0:35.5	who wants to know how we should get praised rightly.
0:39.0	It's a great question.
0:40.6	Here it is, Pastor John, hello, my question focuses on my struggle with needing to feel
0:45.0	important by those in my church body.
0:47.7	The Bible teaches that we should seek approval from God, not from man, miscalations 110.
0:54.3	It also teaches that we should encourage one another in spirit for Sessologians 5.11.
0:59.4	And praise those who fear the Lord, that's probably 31.30.
1:03.4	I feel a strong desire within myself to hear words of affirmation from my ministry to
1:08.2	feel loved, valued, regarded and needed.
1:12.9	But these desires don't feel holy.
1:15.0	It feels like a need to be seen rather than humbly giving Jesus a spotlight.
1:19.6	How do I begin to put to death my need for recognition and cultivate a spirit of humble
1:25.9	servitude?
1:27.4	Can we distinguish between need for man's approval and desiring brotherly encouragement?
1:34.1	Pastor John, what would you say to Hope?
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