Grace De Leon

“Knowledge about Him will not do. Work for Him will not do. We must have personal, vital fellowship with Him; otherwise, Christianity becomes a joyless burden.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― John Piper, Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“Less extreme is the simple costliness in time and convenience and money and effort to replace excessive and addictive leisure with acts of servant love.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“This sounds very strange. Most of us think serving God is a totally positive thing; we have not considered that serving God may be an insult to him.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist