John Piper Quotes

Every life is precious to God. God created every one of us. He gave us a soul, and that soul will live as long as God lives.

If, as many people believe, there is a God, and that God made us in his own image, then of course we are distinct from nature, just as He is.

All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.

Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.

I believe in God, but I wasn't living my life for God.

I'm always trying to figure out what God is and why matter exists and whether it contains spirit or not.

My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.

I think there are more religious overtones in music because these artists want to be connected to greatness. What is greater or higher than God himself?

One of my passions is helping people understand the Word. I think the most important thing we should be thinking about is who created us and how we were created to live. So I thought that I want to spend a lot of my time actually studying God's Word.

Time is not of man; it is of God.

God's work was what I felt was the greater work.

Everywhere I look, I see something holy.

Putting love first means knowing that the universe supports you in creating the good, the holy, and the beautiful. It means knowing that you're on the earth for a purpose, and that the purpose itself will create opportunities for its accomplishment.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.

Whiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details.

Nature is the mirror of divinity.

Every time you look in the mirror remember that God created you and that everything He creates is beautiful and good!

Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God.

In the faces of men and women, I see God.