Notes

Verses

{For I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them. Isaiah 43:7 NLT}{Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 NLT}{He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it. Exodus 32:20 NLT}{Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. 1 Peter 3:18 NLT}{Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 NLT}

Quotes

John Piper : He created you so that you might spend eternity glorifying Him by enjoying Him forever. (The Dangerous Duty of Delight); : Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. (Westminster Catechism); John Piper : I was made to know and enjoy God. The full enjoyment of God is my ultimate home, but I am still far off and one on the way. (When I Don’t Desire God); St. Augustine : I was astonished that although I now loved you… I did not persist in enjoyment of my God. Your beauty drew me to you, but soon I was dragged away from you by my own weight and in dismay I plunged again into the things of this world. (Confessions); Tim Keller : The true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention. What do you enjoy daydreaming about? What occupies your mind when you have nothing else to think about? Do you develop potential scenarios about career advancement? Or material goods such as a dream home? Or a relationship with a particular person? What do you habitually think about to get joy and comfort in the privacy of your heart? (Counterfeit Gods); Augustine : How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose. You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place… O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Savior. (Confessions); C. S. Lewis : But these are all inadequate, because the infinite abyss can only be filled by an infinite and immutable object, that is to say, only by God Himself. (Reflections on the Psalms);