Solid Joys Daily Devotional
byDesiring God
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Solid Joys is a daily devotional written and read by John Piper. These short and substantive readings will feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year. Discover more from Piper at desiringGod.org.
Episodes(40 episodes)
The Freeness of Grace
What act could be more one-sidedly free and non-negotiated than one person raising another from the dead? This is the meaning of grace.
Published: Jan 15, 2026Duration: 3:51
The Window of the Heart
Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds.
Published: Jan 14, 2026Duration: 3:23
The Command That Creates
When the command of God comes with the creating, converting power of the Holy Spirit, it gives life. And we believe and rejoice and obey.
Published: Jan 13, 2026Duration: 4:18
The Experiential Key
Freedom from greed comes from the deeply satisfying faith in God’s future grace.
Published: Jan 12, 2026Duration: 3:25
Passionate for God and Truth
If God exists, then he is the measure of all things, and what he thinks about all things is the measure of what we should think.
Published: Jan 11, 2026Duration: 3:48
How Believers Will Be Judged
When God judges believers in the end, he will forgive us all our sins and grant us life everlasting.
Published: Jan 10, 2026Duration: 3:56
Only a Little While
God is not the God of some grace. He is the God of all grace — including the infinite, inexhaustible stores of future grace that we need to endure to the end.
Published: Jan 9, 2026Duration: 2:26
Gain What You Cannot Lose
Christ promises to work for us, and to be for us so much that, when our missionary life is over, we will not be able to say we’ve sacrificed anything.
Published: Jan 8, 2026Duration: 3:17
Grace Denied and Supplied
God gives both the sustaining grace we need in times of trouble, and the suffering which makes us depend on his grace.
Published: Jan 7, 2026Duration: 4:20
God’s Will Is That You Draw Near
This is God’s will for you and this is why Christ died: that you would draw near to God.
Published: Jan 6, 2026Duration: 2:47
Our Toothless Enemy
Satan is helpless to do the one thing he wants to do most: damn us. Christ bore our damnation.
Published: Jan 5, 2026Duration: 3:07
Hope for Imperfect Christians
Does your faith make you eager to forsake sin and make progress in holiness? That’s the kind of faith God requires.
Published: Jan 4, 2026Duration: 2:20
The Smallest Faith
The strength of your faith does not uproot trees. God does. The object of your faith is more important than the quantity of your faith.
Published: Jan 3, 2026Duration: 4:29
What Jesus Did to Death
If you are a Christian, death is no longer a punishment for sin. Your sin has been put away by the death of Christ. Christ took the punishment.
Published: Jan 2, 2026Duration: 2:48
Grace for the New Year
Be thankful for the past grace from the last year, and be confident in the future grace for the new year.
Published: Jan 1, 2026Duration: 2:35
Death Rehearsal
The lifetime of this year passes before our eyes, and we face the inevitable question: Did we live it well?
Published: Dec 31, 2025Duration: 5:18
Outfitted and Empowered
When God works in our hearts by the blood of Christ, we feel and think and act in ways more pleasing to him.
Published: Dec 30, 2025Duration: 3:47
A Horrible Destiny
Flee from the wrath of God, tremble with joy that you are saved, and rescue others along the way.
Published: Dec 29, 2025Duration: 4:54
Glory Is the Goal
Study the glory of God. Treasure it in all things and above all things. Then study your soul. Know why you treasure glories that are not God’s glory.
Published: Dec 28, 2025Duration: 3:57
What Is Your Aim?
God did not create humans in his image to be aimless, like lifeless leaves blown around in the backyard of life. He created us to be purposeful.
Published: Dec 27, 2025Duration: 2:55