What’s the Deepest Desire of My Heart?

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

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The greatest ache of the human heart is not to have wealth, comfort, or power, but to see and savor the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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0:00.0	What's the deepest longing of the human heart?
0:07.8	What's your deepest desire?
0:10.0	What's the thing you want most?
0:13.1	There's an answer to that question, and it's the focus of today's episode.
0:17.3	During the month of December leading up to Christmas, I want to do something we've never
0:20.2	done before.
0:21.2	I've convinced Pastor John to read a few chapters from his excellent book, Seeing and Savoring
0:26.7	Jesus Christ.
0:27.7	I love that little book, and this is my nudge to see if Pastor John will read the whole
0:32.6	thing as his first audiobook.
0:35.0	To that end, he recorded one chapter for us.
0:37.5	For you, the APJ audience, you're hearing it for the very first time.
0:40.8	So here now is Pastor John reading chapter one from his wonderful book, Seeing and Savoring
0:45.3	Jesus Christ.
0:46.3	A chapter that answers the question, What is the deepest longing of my heart?
0:53.4	The heavens declare the glory of God, Psalm 191.
0:59.2	God, who said, Light shall shine out of darkness, has shown in our hearts to give the light
1:06.4	of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 4, 6.
1:14.8	Chapter 1.
1:16.4	Seeing and Savoring the glory of God, the ultimate aim of Jesus Christ.
1:22.2	The created universe is all about glory.
1:25.8	The deepest longing of the human heart and the deepest meaning of heaven and earth are
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