Life as a Vapor
Author: Piper, John
ISBN: 9780525653400
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Sep 2004
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
b>31 meditations from the founder of Desiring God that will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and renew your faith./b>br>br>"You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4-14). br>br>Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. You've got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Piper's preaching ministry. You will feel as though you have stumbled into a garden as you enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him.br>br>b>Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It. /b> br>You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay-either as friends on His terms, or enemies on yours-which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. br>br>In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. You'll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor. br>br>b>Story Behind the Book/b>br>Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears- "Redeem the time" (Ephesians 5-16 ); "It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy" (1 Corinthians 4-2); "His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me" (1 Corinthians 15-10 ). br>br>Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, "In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain" (Philippians 2-16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my "labor is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15-58 ).
ISBN: 9780525653400
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Sep 2004
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
b>31 meditations from the founder of Desiring God that will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and renew your faith./b>br>br>"You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4-14). br>br>Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. You've got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Piper's preaching ministry. You will feel as though you have stumbled into a garden as you enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him.br>br>b>Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It. /b> br>You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay-either as friends on His terms, or enemies on yours-which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. br>br>In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. You'll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor. br>br>b>Story Behind the Book/b>br>Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears- "Redeem the time" (Ephesians 5-16 ); "It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy" (1 Corinthians 4-2); "His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me" (1 Corinthians 15-10 ). br>br>Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, "In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain" (Philippians 2-16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my "labor is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15-58 ).
