"Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others. The overflow is experienced consciously as the pursuit of our joy in the joy of another. We double out delight in God as we expand it in the lives of others." "It is not that we are all trying to please ourselves, but that we are all far too easily pleased. We do not believe Jesus when He says there is more blessedness, more joy, more lasting pleasure in a life devoted to helping others than there is in a life devoted to our material comfort. And therefore, the very longing for contentment that ought to drive us to simplicity of life and laboratory of love contents itself instead with the broken cisterns of prosperity and comfort." John piper
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:51:20 +0000
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