Notes from Piper (did not clean them up)

I had the opportunity to hear Piper at a pastor's breakfast on Tuesday, here are my unabridged notes:

Magnify Christ in how we love our people to increase their joy and ours. 2 Corinthians 1. Work for the joy of others: stay up late, get up early, pour over the word, over books for their joy in God. "Your joy is my joy, if you're hurting, I'm hurting." Faith is an awakening of Christ as radically supreme over all things, stunningly superior admiration in Christ. Faith is seeing Him as satisfier and not boring (John 6:35). Joy is not circumstantially rooted, it's Christ rooted. Questions to ask: how can I maximize my people's joy in Christ? How can I wean them off of tv, materialism, comfort, and idolizing the family.

Matthew 13:44 (opa coras) from joy he sold everything. Make Christ look like the treasure He is not the layer over the American dream. George Mueller's first task every morning was to "get his heart happy in God, then he'd roll 60 burdens on the Lord." Joy in Him and glory to Him are the same. Once you taste and see how good He is, He puts you on a track to find all satisfaction in Him.

Piper's devotional steps each day:
I: Incline my heart to Your testimonies (Psalm 119:36)
O: Open my eyes (Psalm 119:18)
U: Unite my heart to fear your name.
S: Satisfy me in the morning (Psalm 90:14)
S: Send me.