Pay the Piper

"It is not that we are all trying to please ourselves, but that we are all far too easily pleased. We do not believe Jesus when He says there is more blessedness, more joy, more lasting pleasure in a life devoted to helping others than there is in life devoted to our material comfort."-John Piper

"Don't lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal." Matthew 6:19

"Devoting a life to material comforts and thrills is like throwing money down a rat hole. But investing a life in the labor of love yields dividends of joy unsurpassed and unending."-John Piper

"Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. And thus provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail."-Luke 12:33

"Come to christ, in whose presence are fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. It is more blessed to love than to live in luxury." -John Piper