The biblical criterion for misplaced shame and for well-placed shame is radically God-centered.

What Is Well-Placed Shame?

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.

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This is the essence of what it means to love God: to be satisfied in him — not just his gifts, but God himself, as the glorious person that he is.

What It Means to Love God

Faith overcomes our inborn hostility to God and his will, and frees us to keep his commandments.

Pleased with His Precepts

God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and his all-sufficiency. Therefore, we can gladly cast all our anxieties on him.

Don’t Serve God

The only joy that reflects the worth of God and overflows in God-glorifying love is rooted in true knowledge of God.

Truer Knowledge Brings Greater Joy

Joy comes from the Holy Spirit, not our own efforts or imagination or family upbringing. Therefore, the call to joy is a call to earnest prayer.

What Is Well-Placed Shame?

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