Happy Thanksgiving. I have much to be thankful for this year. We have a baby on the way, we are also birthing a new church, the Cowboys have a shot at the playoffs (and are currently tied with Denver), and the Longhorns could win the National Championship. God is good, we are thankful.
Seriously, I am thankful for so much right now. I am at a wonderful fun place in life. I have wanted to do a tribute to a certain man and ministry and Thanksgiving give me this opportunity.
The first Thanksgiving was modeled after the Old Testaments days of Thanksgiving. The point is giving thanks to God for His blessings. God has given me personally and my generation a special blessing in the person of Dr. John Piper and his ministry, Desiring God Ministries.
I received their holiday calender this week and quickly ordered some Christmas presents to myself. His ministry more than any other has changed my life. I still remember coming out of a hedonistic college fraternity lifestyle and reading "Desiring God". Before I knew it I was no longer starting new little businesses to make a quick buck but was starting Men's Bible Studies, I was not longer seeking happiness in wine and women but in God Himself, I was no longer a casual Christian who thought I was against Calvinism but embraced the soveriegnty and grace of God. Much of this is owed to the life and ministry of John Piper.
I have had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Piper twice is he is truly a man of humility and grace. Desiring God Ministries has also allowed me to pay what I can for their resources. Dr. Piper and Desiring God are truly Christ centered and grace filled.
Dr. Piper is the greatest preacher of our day and his message of Christian hedonism is what my generation needs. If you haven't yet, drink deeply from this ministry. You will walk away changed and finding that you desire God deeper than you ever thought. Piper upholds the richness of Christianity and our God.
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