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81 " It is not a bad thing to desire our own good. In fact, the great problem of human beings is that they are far too easily pleased. They don’t seek pleasure with nearly the resolve and passion that they should. And so they settle for mud pies of appetite instead of infinite delight. "
― John Piper , Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
82 " Our mistake lies not in the intensity of our desire for happiness, but in the weakness of it. "
83 " God is not worshiped where He is not treasured and enjoyed. Praise is not an alternative to joy, but the expression of joy. Not to enjoy God is to dishonor Him. To say to Him that something else satisfies you more is the opposite of worship. It is sacrilege. "
84 " All sin comes from not putting supreme value on the glory of God—this is the very essence of sin. "
85 " The first thing we learn is that worship has to do with real life. It is not a mythical interlude in a week of reality. Worship has to do with adultery and hunger and racial conflict. "
86 " People lift their hand to rebel against the Most High only to find that their rebellion is unwitting service in the wonderful designs of God. "
87 " self-interest is not the same as selfishness. "
88 " The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.”5 "