Daily Devotional by John Piper- September 30, 2024

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The Most Liberating Discovery Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. (Philippians 3:1) No one had ever taught me that God is glorified by our joy in him. That joy in God is the very thing that makes praise an honor to God, and not hypocrisy. But Jonathan Edwards said it so clearly and powerfully: God glorifies Himself toward the creatures also in two ways: 1. By appearing to . . . their understanding. 2. In communicating Himself to their hearts, and in their rejoicing and delighting in, and enjoying, the manifestations which He makes of Himself. . . . God is glorified not only by His glory's being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it. . . . He that testifies his idea of God's glory [doesn't] glorify God so much as he that testifies also his approbation of it and his delight in it. This was a stunning discovery for me. I must pursue joy in God if I am to glorify him as the surpassingly valuable Reality in the universe. Joy is not a mere option alongside worship. It is an essential component of worship. We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites. This fact — that praise means consummate pleasure and that the highest end of man is to drink deeply of this pleasure — was perhaps the most liberating discovery I ever made.

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Verse of the Day - September 30, 2024

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Philippians 1:9-10 Expanded Bible This is my prayer for you: that your love will ·grow [increase; abound] more and more; that you will have knowledge and ·understanding [insight; discernment] with your love; that you will ·see the difference between good and bad and will choose the good [L discern/test and prove what is best]; that you will be pure and ·without wrong [blameless] ·for the coming [in the day; v. 6] of Christ; Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Philippians 1 The Expanded Bible, eBook Buy Now King James Version And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Philippians 1 The King James Study Bible Buy Now La Biblia de las Américas Y esto pido en oración: que vuestro amor abunde aún más y más en conocimiento verdadero y en todo discernimiento, a fin de que escojáis lo mejor, para que seáis puros e irreprensibles para el día de Cristo; Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Philippians 1 LBLA Biblia de Estudios, Piel Imit. Marrón Buy Now La Biblia de las Américas Y esto pido en oración: que vuestro amor abunde aún más y más en conocimiento verdadero y en todo discernimiento, a fin de que escojáis lo mejor, para que seáis puros e irreprensibles para el día de Cristo; Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Philippians 1 LBLA Biblia de Estudios, Piel Imit. 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