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Don't Waste Your Life (Paperback)

by John Piper (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Crossway Books (16 May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1581344988
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593281052
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,806 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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John Piper declares that God created us to live with a single passion: joyfully to display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life. The wasted life - a life that counts for nothing - is one without this passion. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


About the Author

ohn Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and the head of Desiring God Ministries. He has written numerous books, including 'Desiring God' and 'Future grace' (both IVP). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Avoid the tragedy of a wasted life, 2 Dec 2003
By Mark Loughridge (Letterkenny, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This is a tremendous book; a great book to read at the start of another year. The vast expanse of the rest of our life (or the not so vast, God alone knows) stretches before us – the question hangs in the air: Will we waste it? What will we have to show at the end of our one and only precious God-given life?

Is Jesus useful only for escaping Hell, or is he the Treasure of our lives? Do we live lives that demonstrate something of the all-surpassing value of Jesus, or lives that show only too clearly that we have the same earthbound focus as our neighbours? Are we wasting our lives?

John Piper demonstrates with passionate forceful clarity that a life lived revelling in God’s glory and seeking to bring glory to him in every sphere of life is the only way to really live your life. He issues a call to serve and glorify Christ in the ministry, on the mission field, and in secular jobs. Amidst his passion there is balance and wisdom for all believers.

In the first two or three chapters, perhaps less easy to read than the rest of the book, Piper tells us of his discovery of the preciousness of Christ. And this is his great prayer for the readers of his book – that we will not only see it, but live it out. The succeeding chapters are powerfully challenging with titles like:
‘Risk is right – Better to lose your life than to waste it’
‘Living to prove He is more precious than life’
‘Making much of Christ 8 to 5’
‘The majesty of Christ in missions and mercy’

This isn't a book to read quickly, but a book that will take you time and will profoundly challenge you – your use of time, money and life itself. If you want to live life as God intends this is a book is for you. It should be compulsory reading for every Christian!

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