When I Don't Desire God (DVD)

When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (DVD)
John Piper

Price: $29.99 (DVD)

Availability: Not yet published. Coming Jun 30, 2008

Combined with the When I Don’t Desire God Study Guide, these six 30-minute DVD sessions taught by John Piper serve as a guided group study tool to help teachers and leaders inspire their members to delight in God and fight for the gift of joy, even when that desire is lacking.

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Description

Six 30-minute DVD sessions with John Piper instruct groups in obtaining proper affections for God so that they will fight to find their delight in Christ.

There are plenty of people who insist that the command to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind doesn’t really obligate us to enjoy God above all things. “Joy and delight are emotions,” they say, “and this kind of love must simply be a decision of the will, not a feeling.”

Yet as John Piper teaches in this DVD and its companion When I Don’t Desire God Study Guide, emotions are commanded everywhere in Scripture. They’re not just instructions to think a certain way but to feel a certain way. So loving God above all else is not merely about our actions but about our hearts.

Though we don’t have complete control of our emotions, eternity hangs on the presence of proper affections for God. Therefore, the fight for joy is not optional. It is essential.

Designed to be used in a guided group study, each 30-minute DVD teaching of Piper’s will serve as a tool to help Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, retreat speakers, and parents to bolster their members in the all-important fight for joy.

About the Author

ECPA Gold Medallion winner John Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and the head of Desiring God. He has written numerous books on topics that include personal holiness, missions and historical figures.