Messages by Desiring God

Joy in Jesus is an invitation and a privilege. Is it also a duty? John Piper lays out six reasons joy in God is essential to the Christian life.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2025

When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of joy in Christ.

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2025

David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God through it all?

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2025

How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2025

David Mathis | God invites us to quench our thirst by hearing his voice, having his ear, and belonging to his body. So, come stand under the waterfall of his grace.

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2025

John Piper | Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2025

David Mathis | Does seeking joy in God ruin our love for others? Jesus meant what he said: Remembering God’s radical reward frees us to serve those in need.

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2025

David Mathis | As the Son of God, Jesus pursued his joy and God’s glory in an unrepeatable way — but as man, he stands forth as an example for our own pursuit of joy.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2025

David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond measure. So, come, eat, drink, and rejoice.

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2025

What are the doctrines of grace? Before we wade into the depths of these doctrines, we need to know something of the greatness of God.

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2025

David Mathis | Those who cherish God’s majesty become a certain kind of people: a commending, called, candid, conquering, and soon-to-be crowned church.

Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2025

Marshall Segal | How do mature Christians pray when trouble comes? David teaches us from Psalm 86: “Meet my need.” “Glorify your name.” “Teach me your way.” “Gladden my heart.”

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

In Jesus Christ, we find a Treasure more precious than everything we have in life and everything we lose in death.

Transcribed - Published: 13 September 2025

John Piper | How does the chief end of man — to glorify God by enjoying him forever — shape our approach to classical Christian education?

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2025

Marshall Segal | No sin is too great, no place is too far, and no wall is too high to keep us from receiving the living water of Jesus — if only we’ll come to him.

Transcribed - Published: 30 August 2025

Tony Reinke | No star or ocean, insect or tree, bird or cloud has a voice to speak God’s praise. But when we rejoice in God, we take creation’s worship and put it into words.

Transcribed - Published: 23 August 2025

As Jesus bleeds in Gethsemane and then submits to arrest, we see that the mission of God triumphs through prayerful suffering, not the self-defending sword.

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2025

When Jesus returns in glory, he will stand ashamed of those who were ashamed of him here. But what will it really mean for Jesus to be ashamed?

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

David Mathis | How might regular exercise serve not just our bodies but our souls, and so make us more ready to honor God by doing good to others?

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2025

David Mathis | Our “habits of grace” prime us for witnessing, giving, and serving — and God uses even these outward expressions to give us even more grace.

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2025

Marshall Segal | When our Bible meditation feels more like a job than a joy, these five short prayers can take us beyond discipline into delight.

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Why did God set his saving love on his people before the foundation of the world? So that we might praise the glory of his sovereign grace.

Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2025

David Mathis | Did Jesus endure the cross for his joy or despite it? The answer takes us to the heart of Jesus’s unusually human joy, and ours.

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2025

It’s one thing to know God is sovereign; it’s another to know just how far his sovereignty extends and the purposes for which he wields it.

Transcribed - Published: 28 June 2025

David Mathis | At the end of his Gospel, John gives us a grand finale of the mercy, wisdom, greatness, and never-ending glory of Jesus Christ.

Transcribed - Published: 21 June 2025

The story of Jesus and Thomas assures us that Jesus really rose bodily, that his patience surpasses our indwelling sin, and that we need not see to believe.

Transcribed - Published: 14 June 2025

David Mathis | Where do we turn when the ground beneath our feet seems to buckle and shift? Psalm 46 offers a vision of God to keep us through any crisis.

Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2025

How can we be set free from selfishness so that, at any earthly cost to ourselves, we will love other people in a way that makes Christ look great?

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2025

Tony Reinke | In the age of artificial intelligence, do we still need preachers? Answering that question well takes us to the heart of God-glorifying preaching.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2025

A camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, nor can we turn our own hearts from loving money to loving Jesus. But what is impossible with man is possible with God.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

There is a way to see truth without seeing it — to hear without hearing. For all who listen to sermons, the words of Jesus stand: Take care how you hear.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Though fraught with challenges and temptations to lose heart, preaching the word of God is a glorious privilege. John Piper gives ten reasons why.

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2025

God has chosen to bind the fullness of his supernatural effectiveness to the human ministry of the word. So, how might we preach in ways that release his power?

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

David Mathis | Pastor, all your hearers are hungry for the living God, even if they don’t know it or can’t name it. And only big-God preaching will enduringly satisfy them.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

When preachers herald the glory of God from the heart, the pride of man dies, all of life becomes meaningful, and we rejoice like never before.

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

A church endures in faithfulness only as its leaders and members rejoice in the glory of God, savor the word of God, and treasure the Son of God.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

David Mathis | Fellowship is not a nice addition to personal Christianity but a vital means of grace. Through fellowship, we help each other hold fast till heaven.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

We were made to see and savor, with everlasting satisfaction, the soul-staggering glory of Christ. Only then will our lusts lose their power.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

When we see the glory of God in his word, we know for sure and we rejoice forever. Glory persuades and pleases, gives certainty and satisfaction.

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2025

Chipper churches leave no lasting impression on the world. The greatest gift we have to give is indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of suffering and sorrow.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

Brothers, if we are going to do good — lasting good — to our churches, then we must preach and lead and counsel and serve in the strength that God supplies.

Transcribed - Published: 25 January 2025

David Mathis | In this fallen world, expect suffering and sorrows. But also know that, in Christ, they are limited, designed, and rewarded by a kind and gracious God.

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025

David Mathis | As pastors, our first priority each day is not to serve God, help his people, or engage in other ministry, but to get our soul happy in God.

Transcribed - Published: 11 January 2025

David Mathis | Do you want God to look good in your life? Then heed his invitation to find your deepest hunger, deepest thirst, and deepest longings satisfied in him.

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2025

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Transcribed - Published: 28 December 2024

In a world of many authorities, we magnify the supreme lordship of Christ by the way we submit to the fading structures of this age.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

Paul’s Christian life was one of countless dangers, continual sorrows, and constant joy. How is that kind of life possible?

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

David Mathis | God not only speaks to us — he bends his ear to hear us talk. Through the work of Christ and the help of the Spirit, we have the ear of God.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

Marshall Segal | When our souls grow dull to spiritual reality, the character of God is our confidence. He has restored us before; he will revive us again.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

By God’s design, truth serves emotion. Thinking serves feeling. The lyrics of our best songs serve the Godward longings of our hearts.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2024