Turning 29 today :) Met the love of my life last year. Hoping to graduate this year and get a job and ask her hand in marriage :) If you're reading this, do pray for us.
Seeing this now. I'll be praying for you and your soon wife. I'm almost 26 and i find myself into the same way you. Found meaning again and a great woman. Pray for us, too.
Here's the six: 1.) Find a radical Christ-centered wife (unless you're called to singleness.) 2.) Find a Bible believing church, be accountable to that community as they help you find your gifts 3.) Become as Bible-saturated as you can 4.) Resolve to read your Bible every day of your life 5.) Become a Christian hedonist 6.) Memorize Psalm 25 and pray it as your own
Loved the piece that explained: when you read the bible, don’t get your pleasure from checking off the bible box and feeling good about yourself, but rather get your pleasure from an encounter with God.
This video is published on my 22nd birthday, so the message feels like a present from God for its perfect timing! I've been listening to John Piper's sermons and podcasts for a while and always come away with a new perspective or a deeper meaning of the topic. He speaks the truth! If God wills me to reach 72 years, I hope to indeed have followed the stated advice and lived a life delightful to God. ||| Use my life and all of my talents for you, God! |||
Happy birthday! The same here. Last thursday was my birthday and yesterday I found this podcast here. What a wonderful gift for my 22 and you of course.
I turn 22 in 6 days. Thank you, Jesus, for finding me and calling me at such a young age. In college, two years ago, God rescued me from the pit and changed my life. He told me distinctly to stop drinking, smoking, and engaging in sex as I had been. But- He said it in a way that called me. He made me want to change, happy to change because his grace was shown completely. His mercy was revealed in every fiber of my being. I'll never forget those lonely days in my dorm room crying myself to sleep every night with Jesus. I desperately prayed to be delivered from depression, anxiety, aspergers. But it's funny now because I look back, and those were the moments I was closest to God. Every second of my day was with God, every breath was in consideration to God, every morning was God, and every thought was to God. I pray I return to that intimate dependence I had on Jesus.
It’s the best thing that ever happened to me, salvation in general but especially so young! I’m a freshman in college this year and God saved me 3 years ago. It’s been my greatest honor to even be used by the Highest of Kings, and that we get to know Him is INSANE. It’s amazing to be a sold out for Jesus woman at such a young age, wouldn’t want to be anyone else🥰
A few days ago, I was crying out to God about his purpose for my life and my desire to fulfill what he has for me. It is so hard for me to give up my life and trust the Lord with all my heart. I was also asking God for scripture to read, and psalm 25 just came to me. It was almost my exact prayer to the Lord. And here again it shows up in this video. Please pray for my life and that my faith and desire would grow, that they would be so strong worldly desires would be so small in comparison so I would not be persuaded. Thank you Lord and Glory be to your Name. Do with me what YOU will.
Knock and the door will be opened, seek and you will find. For this is eternal life, to know him. Those who love him I will pour out my spirit onto The Holy Spirit will guid you into all truth
“I would seek more joy in God than anything else in the world, for the sake of personal holiness, perseverance through pain, and promotion of the glory of the God. I would get clarity and certainty around this sentence: God is most glorified in you when you’re most satisfied in Him..”
As a young Christian, and someone who just recently turned 20, I am glad that God gave me friends who would care enough to recommend skilled teachers to me that God might show me the things that I need to see.
I'm soon going to be 30 years old and If I could relive my 20s, I would say these are the things I would do differently: 1. Pray more (Leonard Ravenhill said, "no man is greater than his prayer life"). I'd devote at least three or four hours a day. 2. I'd master fasting as a life style as soon as possible. Not only would I seek to do it weekly, but also stretch spiritual muscles to reach 21 days, no food and only water. 3. Get educated formally as soon as possible. 4. Take care of my body as a very high priority (work out, eat right, etc). 5. Master personal finances as soon as possible. 6. Find a mentor for the things I want to grow in, and not try to learn everything myself. 7. Discover a way to make passive income and stick to it. 8. Prioritize my reading differently. Instead of reading widely, I would have searched the greatest books for each subject and topic of my interest, and stick to only reading the best of books. I've wasted time sorting through the chaff to find the wheat. 9. Have a better structure to the way I read the Bible and devote more time in the old testament.
You should devote more time to new testament cause today's world is based on new covenant, Jesus said old covenant has passed away when he died and rose again. The Gospel is most important
@@Krish98912God is the same now, before and forever, and the Old testament is inspired by Heaven. In terms of what we need to do and how to be saved and the new covenant, yes completely agree, but the Old testament is not to be disregarded for anyone reading this thread, it's just the religious rules are no longer relevant. We should read the Old testament to connect with God's heart, it is all still Heaven inspired. Also, the book of Enoch is Heaven inspired and relevant.
@@Krish98912 The Gospel is the most important, of course, but a lot of believers are incredibly ignorant of the Old Testament and use "it's old and not relevant" as an excuse not to read it. A lot of it being historical accounts, poetry, genealogies, and laws, makes the format boring or hard to read for many people, so they get discouraged and want to avoid it. But the WHOLE Bible is to be used for knowing and understanding God, not just the New. And much of the New Testament is highly enriched by knowing the context from the Old, and it also makes constant reference to passages and concepts from the Old. I think you should not discourage those believers who want to dedicate more time to understanding the whole Bible, including the Old Testament.
Just read the first 3 genesis chapters. Really understanding chapter 3 (the fall) has been brilliant. Working on integrating that understanding with my heart is going to be the challenge.
21 year old in Kenya, Africa on a serious mission to search for God and live in His truth don't listen to the outside world esp In the kind of world we're living in He is not a respector of man
I am reading this on New Year’s Day 2020. I am 62 years old. What a wonderful powerful message for people at any age, from teenagers to people in their 80’s.
It is currently 2/16/23 at 10:37pm. I am 22 years old, and on fire for Jesus. God did not have this video show up for no reason, and I am dedicating myself to these 6 things. Praise the Lord
I’m 29 and I was kind of avoiding this video because I thought it would be mentioning anything having to do with finances an area I feel I’ve failed in. Thank you Lord for helping me see what truly matters!
You still have the possibilities. I am not far from 40 and sometimes struggle with mistakes I made in my past life when I wasn't Christian. You can be patient and believe in God.
27, already working on the first three. May God bless all of us as we endeavor to live our lives fully satisfied by Him in this sinful, wicked world. #SoliDeoGloria #EcclesiaReformata #SemperReformanda
I don't want to start all over at 48.I wouldn't change anything for the suffering I went through because I would have never been drawn to the Father without it.💯
Same here, I'm going to be 27 this year... And have not found the right person. I've been messing around with Long distance relationships for much of my twenties.
I am 36 and unmarried. There is a chance at any age. Be patient and try searching the Kingdom of God. Look for a nice Bible course and find new friends.
Just found this video due to God's grace and praise the Lord for all that have been blessed through the video. I've been sick for over 4 years, epilepsy, cardiomyopathy, osteoporosis and neuralgia. Some doctors thought of sle and by God's grace I've been able to go back to university 2 years ago. I still have chronic pain and ration medications due to financial struggle but I thank God for His faithfulness and am sure of bigger testimonies. For now, my biggest testimony is to be alive through all the suicidal thoughts, Thank you Jesus❤
When I was in my young twenties when I would pray I would envision myself on a boat in dark water but there was this full moon with me wherever I went and the only way I got anywhere was the wind in the sails of my boat I won't ever forget the vision I was I given Jesus is in my sail and God is my moon and I'm the vessel I asked Jesus then to use me for his will and my life's changed so much ever since!
Thank you, Noel, for supporting your husband's call. His faithfulness to God's word has changed countless lives! You could have quashed it from the get-go. Thank you, thank you for being a Godly wife, even in those early years.
The best 20 minutes of my day. John Piper has been my favorite for his contagious love for God's Word and for the gifted communicator that he is. He communicates not just with this choicest words but through his amazing body language! "God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him." - Thank you, Piper, for bestowing the world this statement.
when I was 22 I was somehow convinced that I had the time and power to undo any mistake that I could possibly make. When I turned 30 I realised that many of my mistakes were rather irreversible and now in my mid 40's I have learned to live with most of the consequences of my past mistakes by the grace of God. If you are in your twenties, please listen to what the old John Piper is telling you here and listen well. Life is not a toy. Don't mess up your life
So true! But if you are not a believer in the twenties, you don't know so many things. Don't push yourself too hard. Be patient. I know how that is. I also must learn living with the consequences of my past life where I was not Christian. Greetings
This message is really good. However, the listener needs to remember that this is an ideal. Everyone's journey is different. We aren't John Piper. We don't meed to go on missions trips or seminary school. But no matter how we pursue Christ, this truth remains: God loves us.
The biggest takeaway from this video that I also experienced last year at 24. When you can simply find contentment in Christ alone and not need anything else, when all those eggs are in the one basket, there is no greater peace 😁. Trust is the key word. If the Lord wants me to have a Godly woman to push me closer to the Lord He will provide one in the right timing
Well this is God’s providence. 22 and a fee minutes before the 2020 New Year! God Bless you brothers and sisters in your walk with our beloved Lord. ❤️🔥🎉
This makes me understand how I should be living. God should be at the centre of my life. Because I was created by Him for His Glory. And that’s my endeavour, to seek after and live the life He purposed for me.
This is perfect right now. I turn 22 in 8 days and am a new member to the church, baptised last summer. I need positive influences like this every day to help me achieve the life my soul truly desires, more than just what the natural man in me wants. I'm at a stage where my life could very easily go either one of two ways. I know the right way is the gospel and am fighting daily battles against Satan and his temptation in order to stay on the righteous path. I love you Jesus, and I love my Heavenly Father.
Date a girl for 2 years. We were talking about marriage when I was 21, but she had one stipulation: I couldn't enter the ministry in any form. I left her. I'm now almost 40 and single. I've dated a few others over the years. But when I asked them if they would go anywhere for Christ, they all said or insinuated, no.
God uses us all at different points of our lives, throughout the whole of our lives. His timing is our timing. Stay close and that is all He wants. The rest He will guide us to.
I'm 23, strongly desire a wife and I'm faced with what seems to be a pivotal point in my life where I may go into missions, but I fear going alone. Please pray for me..
The Lord will go with you, you’re never alone! Have you ever read the story of Jim Elliot? He went alone, but eventually got married on the mission field. His story would encourage you.
I am 22 right now. Thank you Brother Piper and your team here for ministering into the lives of believers in my age category. Thank you for sharing wisdom that God has given to you through revelation in His Word. Thank you!
It is great to hear that at 22, even though we are far from one another, pastor John. Thank you for your help and example. God bless you. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
This is absolutely amazing. It's not what I expected. Usually we would get some long speech of how to gain wealth and invest finances. This was very different and very refreshing. Thank you to the desiring God team.
I’m 60 I just moved in with my elderly parents to take care of them Take is my background I’m praying that the Lord leads me to a Church that will help me grow and eventually guide me too my next mission in Christ.I’m ready willing and God willing able to go wherever he wants me
Thank you Reverend Piper! ... Be a Christian Hedonist. Dig in through the Bible until you get a clear message, a clear emotional experience. These are just what I needed to hear today.
Blessed be the awesome name of the Father for leading me to this insightfull video, I'm more excited for this eye-opening video🕊️ May the Father above save your soul for His kingdom, pastor👑
Hallelujah! How glorified our God is in your life, John Piper! Praises and glory to our God for your life! Hallelujah! Thank you! Thank You Lord Jesus! Hallelujah!
I'm 19, so hearing this before I turn 20 next year in the coming months I think will give me great advice! G-D bless Pastor John, I thank G-D for you John Piper! 😊
I,m not a Calvinist to the extent John Piper is. Really not. However, I must confess that I'm not a Christian to the extent John is either...and THAT is what listening to him inspires me to become. Thank you. Barry Gregory
Although at the surface this all sounds good, it is fundamentally flawed. We are not all called to go to Africa or to seminary and society would completely fall apart if we took his advice. The world needs farmers, doctors, waiters, school teachers, radio announcers, garbagemen, etc. just as much. We have all been given gifts and talents that nobody else has quite the same. If we dedicate our lives to the Lord and learn as much of his word as we can and follow it we do well, but at the end of the day we are going to fail a lot and that is why we will always need Jesus. Not all of this advice is bad, but God is not around for our pleasure, but rather his.
I hear in 27th years next year i’m 28th. Please pray for me, God find me with someone from God and serving Him together. I’m from indonesia and live in japan now. Please Give me someone from You Lord. Amen🙏
I’m 27 and still single. Now how is that?? But with everything, and I mean everything, I will apply these 6 things and experience God like never before. Soon I won’t be single as well. In Jesus Name!🙏🏻
"Leave my wife, not my bible" 😅😅😅 Imagine you just heard that soundbite lol. Thank you, Pastor. My wife is more nourished, enriched, loved when I'm pursuing Christ, rather than her specifically. Lord, help me to love her as You love Your church.
If I may, I would like to offer this: One thing is needed. (Luke 10:42) One thing I have desired. (Psalm 27:4) One thing I do. (Philippians 3:13-14) Philippians 3:8-9: I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ.
this isn't easy, but God's grace is sufficient. I'm 23, so I'm a year late, but no doubt, I guess as long as I am alive, there is a chance to do all of this in accordance with the will/way of God.
24 year old. Dating a girl from a church in a diffrent city both Christian for longer than a few years shes a year younger. She wants to come with me if God would send me. We are saving so after she is done with school we can marry. Pray that we will reach the world for Jezus
Man I’m reading all of your comments and I can only think how come I don’t feel as strongly as you all do? I read, pray and have accepted Christ as lord but I don’t have this level of enthusiasm.
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Turning 29 today :) Met the love of my life last year. Hoping to graduate this year and get a job and ask her hand in marriage :) If you're reading this, do pray for us.
Prayed for you both bro. See you in the Kingdom
When I read your comment, I felt in my spirit to pray for you and your soon to be wife. God will bless you!
praying brother, so exciting! God bless!
Seeing this now. I'll be praying for you and your soon wife. I'm almost 26 and i find myself into the same way you. Found meaning again and a great woman. Pray for us, too.
Any updates? :)
Here's the six:
1.) Find a radical Christ-centered wife (unless you're called to singleness.)
2.) Find a Bible believing church, be accountable to that community as they help you find your gifts
3.) Become as Bible-saturated as you can
4.) Resolve to read your Bible every day of your life
5.) Become a Christian hedonist
6.) Memorize Psalm 25 and pray it as your own
Hey, thanks"
Many thanks. 🙏😊👍
Thank you!
Thanks.
thanks
Loved the piece that explained: when you read the bible, don’t get your pleasure from checking off the bible box and feeling good about yourself, but rather get your pleasure from an encounter with God.
Amen to that sister.
Amen ❤️✝️✝️✝️🙏🏼 This comment made me soooo happy!!
Been going back and forth with this
Like he spoke to me
I know it’s easier said than done. But if you struggle with this I might be able to help. For anyone reading this
“God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him.”
Preach it .
Maria Bell u single ?
amen
If the LORD leads you, please pray for the salvation of my dad and mom, 87 and 89 years old. Thank you for your prayers for Tito and Sukie!!!
Just prayed!!! ❤
Just prayed
Prayed!
If they are still alive, I prayed for them
,
May their salvation come swiftly. in Jesus name
This video is published on my 22nd birthday, so the message feels like a present from God for its perfect timing! I've been listening to John Piper's sermons and podcasts for a while and always come away with a new perspective or a deeper meaning of the topic. He speaks the truth! If God wills me to reach 72 years, I hope to indeed have followed the stated advice and lived a life delightful to God. ||| Use my life and all of my talents for you, God! |||
Happy Birthday Amaris! I am 22 as well and we have truly been blessed by the words of John today.
Happy Birthday 💝
Belated happy birthday. What a perfect gift.
Happy birthday and God bless your next steps!
Happy birthday! The same here. Last thursday was my birthday and yesterday I found this podcast here. What a wonderful gift for my 22 and you of course.
22 and happily married to a Holy Spirit filled woman who loves Jesus!! Thank you Mr. Pippy
Jesus Saves Bro My man congrats that is so dope!
Awesome my man 👏🙏🏼 God bless you I need to get right just turned 21
I turn 22 in 6 days. Thank you, Jesus, for finding me and calling me at such a young age. In college, two years ago, God rescued me from the pit and changed my life. He told me distinctly to stop drinking, smoking, and engaging in sex as I had been. But- He said it in a way that called me. He made me want to change, happy to change because his grace was shown completely. His mercy was revealed in every fiber of my being. I'll never forget those lonely days in my dorm room crying myself to sleep every night with Jesus. I desperately prayed to be delivered from depression, anxiety, aspergers. But it's funny now because I look back, and those were the moments I was closest to God. Every second of my day was with God, every breath was in consideration to God, every morning was God, and every thought was to God. I pray I return to that intimate dependence I had on Jesus.
It’s the best thing that ever happened to me, salvation in general but especially so young! I’m a freshman in college this year and God saved me 3 years ago. It’s been my greatest honor to even be used by the Highest of Kings, and that we get to know Him is INSANE. It’s amazing to be a sold out for Jesus woman at such a young age, wouldn’t want to be anyone else🥰
I am encouraged
Thank you for sharing!
22 years old right now! Shoutout!!
Grace Morgan samee!
Samee
Sarah Grace - i am 55. John is right!
Thhjk
Sarah Grace you have a blessed name!
A few days ago, I was crying out to God about his purpose for my life and my desire to fulfill what he has for me. It is so hard for me to give up my life and trust the Lord with all my heart. I was also asking God for scripture to read, and psalm 25 just came to me. It was almost my exact prayer to the Lord. And here again it shows up in this video. Please pray for my life and that my faith and desire would grow, that they would be so strong worldly desires would be so small in comparison so I would not be persuaded. Thank you Lord and Glory be to your Name. Do with me what YOU will.
He Pat, i hope you are growing strong. God has a plan for you, just trust in Him and only Him don't even trust in yourself.
Amen!
Knock and the door will be opened, seek and you will find.
For this is eternal life, to know him.
Those who love him I will pour out my spirit onto
The Holy Spirit will guid you into all truth
“I would seek more joy in God than anything else in the world, for the sake of personal holiness, perseverance through pain, and promotion of the glory of the God. I would get clarity and certainty around this sentence: God is most glorified in you when you’re most satisfied in Him..”
As a young Christian, and someone who just recently turned 20, I am glad that God gave me friends who would care enough to recommend skilled teachers to me that God might show me the things that I need to see.
I'm soon going to be 30 years old and If I could relive my 20s, I would say these are the things I would do differently:
1. Pray more (Leonard Ravenhill said, "no man is greater than his prayer life").
I'd devote at least three or four hours a day.
2. I'd master fasting as a life style as soon as possible.
Not only would I seek to do it weekly, but also stretch spiritual muscles to reach 21 days, no food and only water.
3. Get educated formally as soon as possible.
4. Take care of my body as a very high priority (work out, eat right, etc).
5. Master personal finances as soon as possible.
6. Find a mentor for the things I want to grow in, and not try to learn everything myself.
7. Discover a way to make passive income and stick to it.
8. Prioritize my reading differently.
Instead of reading widely, I would have searched the greatest books for each subject and topic of my interest, and stick to only reading the best of books. I've wasted time sorting through the chaff to find the wheat.
9. Have a better structure to the way I read the Bible and devote more time in the old testament.
Thank you for this. I have applied and will apply some of these advice. ❤
@@iamURHO Hey, no problem at all. Nice. I'm glad that you found these helpful!
You should devote more time to new testament cause today's world is based on new covenant, Jesus said old covenant has passed away when he died and rose again. The Gospel is most important
@@Krish98912God is the same now, before and forever, and the Old testament is inspired by Heaven. In terms of what we need to do and how to be saved and the new covenant, yes completely agree, but the Old testament is not to be disregarded for anyone reading this thread, it's just the religious rules are no longer relevant. We should read the Old testament to connect with God's heart, it is all still Heaven inspired. Also, the book of Enoch is Heaven inspired and relevant.
@@Krish98912 The Gospel is the most important, of course, but a lot of believers are incredibly ignorant of the Old Testament and use "it's old and not relevant" as an excuse not to read it. A lot of it being historical accounts, poetry, genealogies, and laws, makes the format boring or hard to read for many people, so they get discouraged and want to avoid it. But the WHOLE Bible is to be used for knowing and understanding God, not just the New. And much of the New Testament is highly enriched by knowing the context from the Old, and it also makes constant reference to passages and concepts from the Old. I think you should not discourage those believers who want to dedicate more time to understanding the whole Bible, including the Old Testament.
Watching this in 2023. I'm 21 and this has really blessed me
“Being happy in God more than you are happy in anything else is the key to holiness and fruitfulness to the glory of God.”
Wow. I'm going to prioritise my Bible reading.
Just read the first 3 genesis chapters. Really understanding chapter 3 (the fall) has been brilliant. Working on integrating that understanding with my heart is going to be the challenge.
Nice me 2 hey
21 year old in Kenya, Africa on a serious mission to search for God and live in His truth don't listen to the outside world esp In the kind of world we're living in He is not a respector of man
I am reading this on New Year’s Day 2020. I am 62 years old. What a wonderful powerful message for people at any age, from teenagers to people in their 80’s.
Amen Perry!!!!
I am almost 43 and I find it just as relevant
I'm 22 and turning 23 this october. This message speaks volume to me. Thank you so much for sharing!
God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him
I am 35,not married,but this episode seem so timely 😊Thank you,Pastor!
I love Psalm 25. Read it this morning. It gives me confidence that God will lead me.
I’ve got 2 weeks left in my 20s haha BUT this type of wisdom is solid!!!! Will definitely take heed.
It is currently 2/16/23 at 10:37pm. I am 22 years old, and on fire for Jesus. God did not have this video show up for no reason, and I am dedicating myself to these 6 things. Praise the Lord
I’m 29 and I was kind of avoiding this video because I thought it would be mentioning anything having to do with finances an area I feel I’ve failed in. Thank you Lord for helping me see what truly matters!
I turned 20 last month. This is inspiring, convicting, and HARD to hear!!!! Pray for me, Christian family across the world.
You still have the possibilities. I am not far from 40 and sometimes struggle with mistakes I made in my past life when I wasn't Christian. You can be patient and believe in God.
27, already working on the first three. May God bless all of us as we endeavor to live our lives fully satisfied by Him in this sinful, wicked world.
#SoliDeoGloria
#EcclesiaReformata
#SemperReformanda
I don't want to start all over at 48.I wouldn't change anything for the suffering I went through because I would have never been drawn to the Father without it.💯
Turning twenty-two tomorrow. What a powerful message, praise the Lord!
Turning 22 in two months lol happy bday for tomorrow 🙂
Thank you for this! I am 20 years old and this is very helpful since I worry about my future.
I'm truly touched. I will turn 31 this year. I and pray God to help me get this and more points down.
The first 10 seconds of the video gave me chills, I'm currently 22 right now. I feel like God wants me to hear this message
27 and still unmarried... hope I follow those true and helpful advices.
Hersh Shorsh definitely have kids, it’s obedient.
You will find the God's person for you and it will be amazing!! All in good timing
Same here, I'm going to be 27 this year... And have not found the right person. I've been messing around with Long distance relationships for much of my twenties.
I am 36 and unmarried. There is a chance at any age. Be patient and try searching the Kingdom of God. Look for a nice Bible course and find new friends.
no worries, marriage isn't the path chosen for all of us (myself included), Christ never married and Paul explains good reasons in 1 Cor 7
Just found this video due to God's grace and praise the Lord for all that have been blessed through the video. I've been sick for over 4 years, epilepsy, cardiomyopathy, osteoporosis and neuralgia. Some doctors thought of sle and by God's grace I've been able to go back to university 2 years ago. I still have chronic pain and ration medications due to financial struggle but I thank God for His faithfulness and am sure of bigger testimonies. For now, my biggest testimony is to be alive through all the suicidal thoughts, Thank you Jesus❤
God bless you!!!
When I was in my young twenties when I would pray I would envision myself on a boat in dark water but there was this full moon with me wherever I went and the only way I got anywhere was the wind in the sails of my boat I won't ever forget the vision I was I given Jesus is in my sail and God is my moon and I'm the vessel I asked Jesus then to use me for his will and my life's changed so much ever since!
Beautiful and blessed!
Amen
Glory to God
Thank you, Noel, for supporting your husband's call. His faithfulness to God's word has changed countless lives! You could have quashed it from the get-go. Thank you, thank you for being a Godly wife, even in those early years.
The best 20 minutes of my day. John Piper has been my favorite for his contagious love for God's Word and for the gifted communicator that he is. He communicates not just with this choicest words but through his amazing body language! "God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him." - Thank you, Piper, for bestowing the world this statement.
when I was 22 I was somehow convinced that I had the time and power to undo any mistake that I could possibly make. When I turned 30 I realised that many of my mistakes were rather irreversible and now in my mid 40's I have learned to live with most of the consequences of my past mistakes by the grace of God. If you are in your twenties, please listen to what the old John Piper is telling you here and listen well. Life is not a toy. Don't mess up your life
So true! But if you are not a believer in the twenties, you don't know so many things. Don't push yourself too hard. Be patient. I know how that is. I also must learn living with the consequences of my past life where I was not Christian. Greetings
@@AP86777 true. Stay blessed
@@just_bee9482 You too! Are you from the USA?
@@AP86777 no. I live in Australia 🇦🇺
@@just_bee9482 Austria and Australia, funny :-)
This message is really good. However, the listener needs to remember that this is an ideal. Everyone's journey is different. We aren't John Piper. We don't meed to go on missions trips or seminary school. But no matter how we pursue Christ, this truth remains: God loves us.
Deonna M. Edgar Amen!
Amen.
Our treasure is the same still. Seek Him at all costs!!!
@@JfaJosephR9 thanks 🙏🏾
The biggest takeaway from this video that I also experienced last year at 24. When you can simply find contentment in Christ alone and not need anything else, when all those eggs are in the one basket, there is no greater peace 😁.
Trust is the key word. If the Lord wants me to have a Godly woman to push me closer to the Lord He will provide one in the right timing
I am 22 and this video was in my suggestions. God works mysteriously
you'd be 24 this year, i need updates
Well this is God’s providence. 22 and a fee minutes before the 2020 New Year! God Bless you brothers and sisters in your walk with our beloved Lord. ❤️🔥🎉
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
This makes me understand how I should be living. God should be at the centre of my life. Because I was created by Him for His Glory. And that’s my endeavour, to seek after and live the life He purposed for me.
This is perfect right now. I turn 22 in 8 days and am a new member to the church, baptised last summer. I need positive influences like this every day to help me achieve the life my soul truly desires, more than just what the natural man in me wants. I'm at a stage where my life could very easily go either one of two ways. I know the right way is the gospel and am fighting daily battles against Satan and his temptation in order to stay on the righteous path. I love you Jesus, and I love my Heavenly Father.
Date a girl for 2 years. We were talking about marriage when I was 21, but she had one stipulation: I couldn't enter the ministry in any form. I left her. I'm now almost 40 and single. I've dated a few others over the years. But when I asked them if they would go anywhere for Christ, they all said or insinuated, no.
Well going to Africa is not the only way to serve the Lord, not everyone is called to that - who would serve in local Churches otherwise
I'm 17 and I needed to hear this today, thank you.
If I could like this a thousand times, I would. Thank you, Pastor John.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
God uses us all at different points of our lives, throughout the whole of our lives. His timing is our timing. Stay close and that is all He wants. The rest He will guide us to.
thefeelcompany TRUE.
Wow this is a timely word. I’m 22 years old. Thankful that I heard this 🙌🔥
I'm 23, strongly desire a wife and I'm faced with what seems to be a pivotal point in my life where I may go into missions, but I fear going alone. Please pray for me..
The Lord will go with you, you’re never alone! Have you ever read the story of Jim Elliot? He went alone, but eventually got married on the mission field. His story would encourage you.
I pray with you brother! The Lord be your strength and we declare that every form of fear is taken away in Jesus'Name!
There are so many single women on the field. Go! 😉
It was such a beautiful lecture. A muslim but still hearing.
I am 22 right now. Thank you Brother Piper and your team here for ministering into the lives of believers in my age category. Thank you for sharing wisdom that God has given to you through revelation in His Word. Thank you!
Bible is his top focus daily. Read the Bible every day. God helps me to do so daily
I love John Piper's preaching, his passion about the things he loves. I'm not even a Christian but a fan of his.
Come to Jesus Christ, you Will be saved 🙏
Come to Christ He is the most essential subject of his preaching!
I just got 20 and it was on my timeline. Praise God !
Thanks pastor John. I am from Nigeria and I am already 26. I will apply these six things Thank you.
Also from Nigeria
@@Akintayo-ew1hiMe too! May God help us all.
Thanks John! That was inspiring, encouraging and a good reminder to refocus. 👍
may our young people take this to heart and may we help them to do it Lord
Your ministry was pivotal in very crucial decision making. Thank you so much sir
It is great to hear that at 22, even though we are far from one another, pastor John. Thank you for your help and example. God bless you.
Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
Really appreciate this video !! I am 19 and blessed to listen this ...
This is absolutely amazing. It's not what I expected. Usually we would get some long speech of how to gain wealth and invest finances. This was very different and very refreshing. Thank you to the desiring God team.
Just turned 23 two days ago, but by God's grace, I still have time to apply these things to my life. Praise the Lord!
I’m 60 I just moved in with my elderly parents to take care of them Take is my background I’m praying that the Lord leads me to a Church that will help me grow and eventually guide me too my next mission in Christ.I’m ready willing and God willing able to go wherever he wants me
Thank you Reverend Piper! ... Be a Christian Hedonist. Dig in through the Bible until you get a clear message, a clear emotional experience. These are just what I needed to hear today.
Oh and yes, skip breakfast for Bible!
@@swellinghope Spiritual food that you might live eternally.
22 here. Thank you for this message. God bless!
I'm turning 24 this year, I hear the Lord saying it not too late.
Blessed be the awesome name of the Father for leading me to this insightfull video, I'm more excited for this eye-opening video🕊️
May the Father above save your soul for His kingdom, pastor👑
Hallelujah! How glorified our God is in your life, John Piper! Praises and glory to our God for your life! Hallelujah! Thank you! Thank You Lord Jesus! Hallelujah!
Precious six lessons.
My dreams for my future through God grace, mercy and love.
Amen 🙏🏻
Still 22 and Hearing this now. Its a blessing
21 and made my decision to serve God. So excited and can't wait to Kickstart the adventure especially getting married and going places.
I'm 19, so hearing this before I turn 20 next year in the coming months I think will give me great advice! G-D bless Pastor John, I thank G-D for you John Piper! 😊
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This was perfect for me and the time that I am living. Thank you.
I,m not a Calvinist to the extent John Piper is. Really not. However, I must confess that I'm not a Christian to the extent John is either...and THAT is what listening to him inspires me to become. Thank you. Barry Gregory
I thank God for this audio!
I will be 24 in a few weeks and this is an answered prayer
27 years Old. Really needed to here all of this.
😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏 this is so packed, my Lord 🙌🙌
Found this video as I'm just about to hit 22, God's word is so powerful!
Although at the surface this all sounds good, it is fundamentally flawed. We are not all called to go to Africa or to seminary and society would completely fall apart if we took his advice. The world needs farmers, doctors, waiters, school teachers, radio announcers, garbagemen, etc. just as much. We have all been given gifts and talents that nobody else has quite the same. If we dedicate our lives to the Lord and learn as much of his word as we can and follow it we do well, but at the end of the day we are going to fail a lot and that is why we will always need Jesus. Not all of this advice is bad, but God is not around for our pleasure, but rather his.
The Lifes of Our Souls in Christ Lives today and everyday continually Everlastingly, the Past remains Just Memories both positive and negative.
I hear in 27th years next year i’m 28th. Please pray for me, God find me with someone from God and serving Him together. I’m from indonesia and live in japan now. Please Give me someone from You Lord. Amen🙏
I’m 27 and still single. Now how is that?? But with everything, and I mean everything, I will apply these 6 things and experience God like never before. Soon I won’t be single as well. In Jesus Name!🙏🏻
"Leave my wife, not my bible" 😅😅😅
Imagine you just heard that soundbite lol. Thank you, Pastor. My wife is more nourished, enriched, loved when I'm pursuing Christ, rather than her specifically.
Lord, help me to love her as You love Your church.
If I may, I would like to offer this:
One thing is needed. (Luke 10:42)
One thing I have desired. (Psalm 27:4)
One thing I do. (Philippians 3:13-14)
Philippians 3:8-9: I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ.
Funny I’m seeing this, and I’m 22 getting married in February excited to see what God has for us, pray for us brothers and sisters🙌
I’m turning 22 this Christmas Eve. 🙏🏽💃🏽
this isn't easy, but God's grace is sufficient. I'm 23, so I'm a year late, but no doubt, I guess as long as I am alive, there is a chance to do all of this in accordance with the will/way of God.
24 year old.
Dating a girl from a church in a diffrent city both Christian for longer than a few years shes a year younger. She wants to come with me if God would send me. We are saving so after she is done with school we can marry. Pray that we will reach the world for Jezus
John Piper- “God is more glorified in you when you’re most satisfied in Him”
😍 wow! 👏👏 I Thanks God 4 ur life, what a word!⚡
It's 2021, I'm 22 this year and this is not a coincidence ⭐
Man I’m reading all of your comments and I can only think how come I don’t feel as strongly as you all do? I read, pray and have accepted Christ as lord but I don’t have this level of enthusiasm.
If I could start all over again…..and be 20 again, I would…… really thank God for the many opportunities and enjoy youth again. 🙏😇
Amazing. I will be 22 in 5 days. Timely.
Wonderful video, as I’m supposed to turn 22 in less than 3 months.
Thank You, Lord, for showing me this !
Same here!
20 years old. God help this generation
25 now thanks for these wise lessons!
Thank you 🙏 Glory be to God!
Aim at deriving total satisfaction from God,not from anything else