So I decided to move off Mark Driscoll today and see if I could find some other sermons online. I googled John Piper, I’ve heard he’s a pretty good preacher. I found this:
As I watched it, I began to thank God that I didn’t teach that or believe that. But then God brought to my mind my prayers lately, and how much I’ve been begging of him for myself, my family, my needs, me me me. I don’t believe that I have earned blessing from God because of my faith in him, but I sure do act like it to a degree. I repent of that right now: of not begging God for others’ sake more than myself. For not thinking of others more than myself. Of thinking even subconciously that God is here to make my life easier.
I need him. And as the Mercy Me song says, “If that’s what it takes to praise you, then Jesus, bring the rain.”
Tags: John Piper, Mercy Me, prayer, prosperity gospel, repentance
Thanks for sharing that one. Brilliant!
John Piper is a great preacher and he has such a gift in drawing out the truths of scripture.