Ten Effects of Seeing and Savoring the Providence of God

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When we see and savor the all-embracing, all-pervasive providence of God, we cannot help but show the worth of his providence in all of life.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the podcast. This week we focus on God's Providence. Yes, God is in control. He's
0:09.2	orchestrating all things. Your life, my life, this world, everything, and he's doing it even when
0:15.6	it doesn't feel like it. Like in 2020, he is. He's at work and making this case as Pastor John's
0:21.2	next book release, simply title Providence, a 750 page book releasing in less than two months on
0:26.0	January 12th. Monday, you may remember I asked Pastor John about the book on Wednesday last time
0:31.2	we heard the introduction to the book. And today we hear the conclusion to the book with the
0:35.7	demands on its time. It's really doubtful that he'll read any more of it, but we're grateful that
0:39.6	he spent the time to record the intro and conclusion for us. We mentioned the book this week because
0:44.4	you can now pre-order the title from our friends at Westminster Books for just 1999. We're
0:49.6	thankful for their partnership and encourage you to order through them as you consider supporting
0:53.4	faithful, independent Christian booksellers. Go to WTSbooks.com to pre-order. That's WTSbooks.com.
1:01.6	Last time we heard the 32-minute introduction today, the conclusion, 55 minutes long. Combined,
1:07.3	it's an hour and a half of audiobook readings to serve as our podcast content for this week
1:11.2	and all of next week as well. I hope you take time to listen to all of it as we take a brief break
1:15.9	or Thanksgiving. We return with new episodes on Monday, November 30th and with new features to unveil
1:22.0	in the podcast in December. Can't wait to share those with you soon enough. Until then,
1:26.7	here now is John Piper reading the conclusion to his forthcoming book Providence, coming out on
1:32.4	January 12th. Conclusion. Seeing and savoring the Providence of God.
1:42.8	The Providence of God, his purposeful sovereignty is all embracing all pervasive and invincible.
1:52.1	Therefore, God will be completely successful in the achievement of his ultimate goal for the universe.
2:00.2	God's Providence is guided by the council of his will. This council is eternal all-knowing
2:09.6	and infinitely wise. Its plans and goals therefore are perfect and cannot be improved. They never
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