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This classic volume by John Piper (revised and expanded from his 1991 work) contains ten chapters, each focusing on a different but related aspect of God's pleasure in His own character or work. The chapters move logically from the initial focus on God's greatness and majesty in Himself to his grace and condescension toward us. Emphasizing the foundational truth that God is most glorified in us...

the measure of the excellency of his soul. The more I thought about it the more important Scougal’s insight seemed. If he is right, I thought, then one way to meditate on the excellency of God is to meditate on his pleasures. One way to see the glory of God is to see his joy. This was a thrilling thought to me because I knew from experience and from Scripture that the more I focus on the glory of God, the more I am changed into his likeness. We tend to become like what we admire and enjoy. And the
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