Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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

The Kind of Cold That Kills

February 19, 2026 • 3 mins
When it’s forty degrees warmer in your freezer than it is outside, the message is clear: Don’t mess with God.
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When You Are Immortal

February 18, 2026 • 2 mins
Christ said Paul was going to Rome. And that was that. No ambush can stand against the promise of Christ.
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The Sweet Designs of God

February 17, 2026 • 3 mins
Oh, how sweet are the designs of God in the sovereign salvation of hardened, hopeless sinners!
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When Obedience Feels Impossible

February 16, 2026 • 2 mins
Do you desire God? Will you trust him? The word of God to you is: God is worthy and God is able.
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Every Calvary Step Was Love

February 15, 2026 • 3 mins
Every step Jesus took on the Calvary road meant, “I love you. I love you. I love you.”
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Christ as Means and End

February 14, 2026 • 4 mins
Jesus is the end for which the universe was made, and the means that makes that end possible to enjoy.
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The Perfect City

February 13, 2026 • 1 min
When you desire the city of God above everything else on the earth, he is not ashamed to be called your God. Your life pleases him.
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Lincoln’s Providence

February 12, 2026 • 3 mins
It is a most striking thing how personal and national suffering drew Abraham Lincoln into the reality of God, rather than pushing him away.
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The Best Form of Slavery

February 11, 2026 • 3 mins
Amazingly, Paul connects our liberation with Jesus as our Master, and he connects our new slavery with Jesus as our Messiah.
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Saving Faith Isn’t Easily Satisfied

February 10, 2026 • 2 mins
Living and dying by faith means having new desires and seeking new satisfactions.
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Better Than Money, Sex, and Power

February 9, 2026 • 3 mins
Take all the things that drive this world, and ponder how much better and more abiding God is.
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Are You Glad You Are Not God?

February 8, 2026 • 4 mins
Submitting to God enables us to have the supremely satisfying experience of not being God, but admiring the Godness of God.
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Eleventh-Hour Breakthroughs

February 7, 2026 • 3 mins
God surely has reasons for waiting to give you the breakthrough you have sought for decades. Keep asking in hope.
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Reviled Here, Rewarded There

February 6, 2026 • 4 mins
Because Jesus died in our place, he guaranteed that every good deed will prosper — sooner or later.
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The Main Purpose of Ministry

February 5, 2026 • 2 mins
The main task of all the ministries of the church is helping people see the greatness of what Christ has purchased for everyone who will value it above the world.
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Five Ways Affliction Helps

February 4, 2026 • 3 mins
Suffering has a great sin-killing effect. The more pure we are, the more clearly we see God.
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The Greatest Love

February 3, 2026 • 4 mins
We should emphasize that God loves and forgives for his own glory because the Bible does, and because it makes clear that God loves us with the greatest love.
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The Forgiveness Cycle

February 2, 2026 • 3 mins
God forgave us when we first believed in Christ. Then, from that broken, joyful, grateful, hopeful experience of being forgiven, we offer forgiveness to others.
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Included in the Covenant

February 1, 2026 • 3 mins
Christians are included in the Davidic covenant. What David received, we will also receive in Christ Jesus.
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Five Purposes for Suffering

January 31, 2026 • 4 mins
Don’t let your ignorance of the micro reasons for suffering cause you to overlook the massive help God tells us in his word of his macro purposes for us.
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