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Desiring God

A short and substantive daily devotional to feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year.

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Yesterday · 3 min
Wipe Your Fears Away
When anxiety blurs our vision of God’s glory, it does not mean that we are faithless. It means our faith is being attacked.
Monday · 3 min
Marveling at the End of History
One day, we will see God’s glory, and marvel at it in such a way that he will be glorified in us for all the world to see.
Sunday · 3 min
We Honor What We Enjoy
It is possible to pursue God without glorifying God. If we want our quest to honor God, we must pursue him for the joy of fellowship with him.
Saturday · 3 min
Is God’s Love Conditional?
There are precious experiences of the love of God that require that we fight pride, seek humility, and cherish the nearness of God.
Friday · 3 min
Love One Another Gladly
Loving acts are genuine to the degree that they are not done begrudgingly.
Thursday · 3 min
Do You Neglect Your Salvation?
Being a Christian is a very serious business, though not a sour business. We are simply blood-earnest about being happy in our great salvation.
November 4 · 2 min
The Real Problem with Anxiety
What you thought was a mere struggle with an anxious disposition might really be a far deeper struggle with trusting God.
November 3 · 2 min
The Meaning of Suffering
It is truer in suffering than anywhere else that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
November 2 · 3 min
Rejoicing in Pain
Whether we focus on the riches of the reward or the refining effects of suffering, God’s purpose is that our joy in suffering be sustained.
November 1 · 2 min
Christ’s Sufferings in Us
We exhibit the sufferings of Christ when we ourselves suffer for those we are trying to win.
October 31 · 3 min
The Seminary of Suffering
God designs suffering not only as a way to wean Christians off of self and onto grace, but also as a way to spotlight that grace and make it shine.
October 30 · 3 min
The Danger of Drifting
Be satisfied in Jesus so that you do not get lured downstream by deceitful desires.
October 29 · 4 min
Sin, Satan, Sickness, or Sabotage
Suffering proves our allegiance to Christ’s goodness and reveals his worth as an all-sufficient prize.
October 28 · 2 min
Radical Recompense
Jesus himself makes up for every sacrifice he will ever call us to make. It is worth it to lose it all in order to gain Christ.
October 27 · 3 min
Possible with God
God has a people in every people group. He will call them through the gospel with Creator power. And they will believe!
October 26 · 2 min
Medicine for the Missionary
“All things are possible with God!” — in front the words give hope, and behind they give humility. They are the antidote to both despair and pride.
October 25 · 3 min
The Great Missionary Hope
God’s call is irresistible in the sense that it can overcome all resistance. It is infallibly effective according to God’s purpose.
October 24 · 3 min
Christ Is Like Sunlight
We see the sun by means of seeing the rays of the sun. So also we see God the Father by seeing Jesus.
October 23 · 3 min
God’s Final, Decisive Word
The Word that God spoke by his Son is the decisive Word. It will not be followed in this age by any greater word or replacement word.
October 22 · 4 min
Hedonism for Husbands and Wives
When Christ redeems marriage, he does not dismantle loving headship and willing submission. He restores it.

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