Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper


After 9 days of 1 chapter each, I would say, this book by far… the most enjoyable book I have read this year (hehe).
But with all seriousness. Don’t Waste Your Life is something that I would suggest all Christians to read. This book will certainly act as a compass to where we should look and what we should look at.
It addresses the most common sickness known to men, and Christians alike, is complacency. We tend to see the cross of Christ, learn about salvation and sit back relax and be satisfied that we won’t suffer from guilt of sin and the fires of hell. This book should challenge you to look more beyond that.
So if you want to challenge yourself to look beyond that mediocrity and know what we should be gunning for, go ahead and pick this book up. Read it, understand it and hopefully enjoy it. Hopefully you’ll get to understand that it’s not us that we should be making much of, but Him who is worthy of all praise. Let’s all strive to understand and be satisfied by that fact so that in the end, we’ll look back and say yes, we didn’t waste our life.
God loves us by liberating us from the bondage of self so that we can enjoy knowing and admiring him forever. — John Piper

Don't Waste Your Life is something that I would suggest all Christians should read. It will certainly act as a compass that points to where we should look and what we should look at.

It addresses the most common sickness known to the common man as well as Christians, complacency. We tend to see the cross of Christ, learn about salvation and sit back, relax, and be satisfied that we won't suffer from guilt of sin and the fires of hell. This book should challenge you to look beyond that.

So if you want to challenge yourself to look beyond mediocrity and know what we should be gunning for, go pick this book up. Read it, understand it, and enjoy it! Hopefully you'll get to understand that it's not us that we should be making much of, but Him who is worthy of all praise. Let's all strive to understand and be satisfied by that fact. So that in the end, we'll look back and say "yes, we didn't waste our life".

God loves us by liberating us from the bondage of self so that we can enjoy knowing and admiring him forever. - John Piper

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