Quotes about Commitment
Are you able—theologically, personally, and resource-wise—to be harmoniously, sweetly, and deeply in love with Jesus together in marriage?
— John Piper
He loved us to the uttermost. And let us be so moved by this love that it becomes our own.
— John Piper
God is committed to rewarding those acts of the human heart that signify human helplessness and hope in God.
— John Piper
if you devote yourself with all your heart to the holy joy of your spouse, you will also be living for your joy and making a marriage after the image of Christ and His church.
— John Piper
remember this: there is no standing still in the Christian life. Either we are advancing toward salvation, or we are drifting away to destruction. Drifting is mortal danger.
— John Piper
Resolved: To live with all my might while I do live." And
— John Piper
Living to magnify Christ is costly.
— John Piper
Faithfulness is only half the equation. God expects fruitfulness as well.
— John Piper
Nothing sobers a wandering philosophical imagination like the thought of having a wife and children to support.
— John Piper
The extent of our sacrifice coupled with the depth of our joy displays the worth we put on the reward of God.
— John Piper
A persistently fruitless hearer of the Word cannot be a disciple of Jesus.
— John Piper
In other words, the covenant involved in leaving mother and father and holding fast to a spouse and becoming one flesh is a portrayal of the covenant between Christ and his church. Marriage exists ultimately to display the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his church.
— John Piper