There was a moment when doctors told John Piper that they detected cancer in his body.

Thankfully it was a treatable cancer, but in that moment in the hospital when a doctor

first voiced concern, and Pastor John was left alone in a room there in that moment

without a Bible at hand.

Here were the first truths that flooded to his mind as John Piper explained in a 2006

sermon.

Second Corinthians 1, 8, almost one of the first ones.

I don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning the affliction that we endured

in Asia, minor.

We felt that we had been given the sentence of death.

That was to make us rely not upon ourselves, but upon God who raises the dead.

Now, there are a thousand good purposes in what God is doing in me right now, a thousand

plus.

I don't know 99% of them, but I know one of them, helping me not rely upon myself and

helping me rely upon the God who raises the dead.

That's the purpose.

I don't need the other 999.

That's just enough.

He's good.

He's wise.

The therapy is tailor-made for my need right now by God.

That's number one.

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