The Quiet Work of the Spirit

Light + Truth

Desiring God

Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Why does chasing feelings leave us empty? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Luke 1:26–37 how the Spirit fills us by fixing our eyes on Christ.

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0:00.0	Devote yourselves to seeing and feeling the grandeur of Christ, and you will be so in tune with the spirit that he will empower you to that end.
0:19.0	Do you want to know how to put yourself in the stream of the Spirit
0:24.6	so that you can feel born along by Him, the answer is,
0:27.6	look at Christ and meditate on His glory,
0:32.6	because the Spirit exists to magnify Christ.
0:41.4	There's a question most Christians ask at some point.
0:46.3	How do I experience more of the Spirit's work in my life?
0:49.8	And Piper's answer is surprisingly simple.
0:52.2	I'm your host, Dan Kroover.
0:55.1	In this episode of Light and Truth,
0:57.3	John Piper turns to Luke 1,
0:58.8	verses 26 of 37,
1:01.9	to show why the Spirit loves to empower people by revealing the glory of Jesus to them.
1:06.0	This message was originally delivered
1:08.0	at Bethlehem Baptist Church
1:09.5	on March 11, 1984.
1:15.6	One recent book calls the Holy Spirit the shy member of the Trinity.
1:23.6	His ministry is to not put himself forward, but to put forward Jesus Christ and God the Father.
1:34.2	So being filled with the Spirit then would mean being filled with love for Christ and the love of God in Christ.
1:44.9	When Jesus promised in John 1614 the coming of the Spirit, he said,
1:50.3	He will glorify me.
1:54.1	He does not glorify himself.
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