Articles by Desiring God

Greg Morse | When you find yourself in one of life’s caves, shut off from the sun, forsaken by friends, confused and full of sorrow, know that God makes his kings in caves.

David Mathis | For as helpful as fictional heroes can be, Christian parents have no lack of real-life heroes to hold before our kids. Jonathan Edwards is one of them.

Greg Morse | If the damned could speak, they would warn us that delay is deadly. The gospel offer is urgent; tomorrow may prove too late.

Greg Morse | Ministers desire to be fruitful, but the means matter. What can Joshua’s battles at Ai teach leaders about their use of AI?

David Mathis | Our anger easily gets corrupted by our sin. But as the life of Jesus shows, human anger can also be holy, a flare of righteous love for God and man.

Scott Hubbard | However long you’ve been praying for some deep, God-honoring desire, don’t lose heart. Keep asking, seeking, and knocking. Keep praying for a breakthrough.

Greg Morse | Our Lord tells all his followers, “You are the light of the world.” Yet are we too timid, too modest, or too lazy to shine as bright as we should?

Greg Morse | We may not walk through a physical wilderness, but pain still tempts us to ask, “Will God provide?” Yes, he will — just what we need, just when we need it.

Greg Morse | When it comes to shepherding a family, faster is not always better. Wise leaders know whom they lead and guide them at a pace they can manage.

Scott Hubbard | Jesus calls all of us to follow him, but he leads each of us down a peculiar path. Only by following Christ, not the crowd, can you become all he made you to be.

Greg Morse | At the final judgment, the pleasures of sinners will be forever forgotten, and the poverty of believers will be swallowed up by eternal life. Which will you choose?

Greg Morse | What kind of voices might God use today to awaken souls? Voices like George Whitefield’s: consecrated, capable, convicting, courageous, and quickening.

Clinton Manley | Easter Sunday was a very bad day for Death. Just three days after he swallowed the Lord of life, Jesus broke through Death’s teeth and doomed him to die.

Greg Morse | What do you see when you look at the cross? The eyes of the world see only defeat and death, but the eyes of heaven witness glory and triumph.

David Mathis | As the cross approaches, our desire to imitate Jesus stops in its tracks and stands in awe. Maundy Thursday is not for dreaming of our love but for marveling at his.

Scott Hubbard | The self-gratifying life the world considers blessed often tugs at our hearts. But Jesus snaps us back to reality with one chilling word: “Woe.”

David Mathis | Can you imagine what it will be like to meet the eyes of Jesus? One day you will, and his gaze will fill you either with terror or thrill.

Greg Morse | When God declares his love for you, do you find it hard to believe? Do you question it? Do you doubt? If so, take a long look at the doctrine of election.

Marshall Segal | We live in a world where impurity comes easily. But if we understand the staggering promise God makes to the pure in heart, we’ll pursue purity with all our might.

Greg Morse | A city on the path of destruction can yet be saved — if its Christians will pray, speak, and act with social concern and evangelistic urgency.

Greg Morse | Are you anxious about your life? Do the walls close in? When life is unkind, reply by savoring small blessings.

David Mathis | As the crisis in Iran unfolds, with its devastating sorrows and tremendous hopes, how might Christians watch and pray with the eyes of faith?

Greg Morse | Meekness is not a beta virtue for those too scared to stand up to wickedness. Psalm 37 clarifies how the meek think and believe in an evil world.

David Mathis | “Blessed are those who mourn.” What could Jesus mean when he calls the sad ones happy, and those who grieve glad?

Greg Morse | For those less socially inclined, there can be a temptation to preserve energy for private settings. But love demands that we steward our energy, not hoard it.

Clinton Manley | For many today, to be “blessed” is little more than a cliché. But ancient hearers knew that “blessing” from Jesus’s mouth meant one thing: unshakable joy.

Scott Hubbard | In the household of God, the fight against sin is never single combat. Help protect your brothers and sisters with the weapon of exhortation.

Greg Morse | When our holy ambitions come to naught, when our dreams die, when God denies a cherished desire, how should we respond? Was it all a waste?

David Mathis | If God’s hand works for you, even begrudgingly, no enemy stands a chance. But what if God Almighty seeks your good with all his heart and all his soul?

Greg Morse | If future earthly kings must rule their bodies, minds, and tongues carefully to one day rule well, how much more so Christians destined to rule with Christ?

Greg Morse | At Christmas, the peace we forfeited comes to us as a child born, a son given, a prince we don’t deserve.

David Mathis | An online, video-chat, remote-work world devalues the good gift of in-person visits. Christmas reminds us of the greatest in-person visit of all.

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Marshall Segal | In Jesus, you have not only an older brother but also an Everlasting Father. He will provide for you. He will protect you. He will bring you safely home.

Greg Morse | Have you labored faithfully for years without seeing much fruit? What do you do when you fear it’s all been for nothing?

David Mathis | We needed far more than a human warrior to rescue us from sin and death. We needed the divine Son himself to come and fight for us as Mighty God.

Scott Hubbard | The name Wonderful Counselor not only calls to mind Christ’s many wonders. It also puts our hearts at ease when we wonder what he’s doing.

Greg Morse | A house with little children is often a messy house, an untidy house, a house that falls short of a mother’s desires. But oh, what abundance such a house holds.

Clinton Manley | Every Advent, we remember that a child was born into our world to torch the darkness, to banish night, and to be for us the everlasting Light.

David Mathis | God is most honored in us when we are most desirous of him and the future he promises with him.

Greg Morse | Caleb wonders why he isn’t enjoying the Christian life. He had more happiness in the world. What does he do now?

Greg Morse | Under God, why did the ministry of Charles Spurgeon bring so many to saving faith? Partly because he did not shrink from preaching the bad news.

David Mathis | Retirement does not mean retreat. Without the demands of a career, aging saints are free to invest in others who desperately need their rooted presence.

Greg Morse | The unspoken grace in the parable of the prodigal son is that the Father receives a lost son with joy because he sent another Son to bring him home.

Scott Hubbard | All Christians want to look to Jesus, to see him and savor him. But how does this beautiful idea become a practical means of daily strength and joy?

David Mathis | The world talks about joy, and yearns for joy, and pursues joy. So, what makes Christian joy any different?

Greg Morse | Timid yet stubborn, weak yet wandering, sheep are not impressive creatures. And neither are we. Yet Christ is not ashamed to be our shepherd.

David Mathis | God is wonderfully, stunningly, sometimes laughably generous. You never will outgive him, but for your joy, he invites you to try.

Scott Hubbard | God gives each of his children gifts to steward for his glory. So, don’t let ungodliness, false humility, or impatience cause you to neglect yours.

Greg Morse | When friends forsake and companions grow scarce, we are left alone with God. In those lonely times, God forges the man.