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God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. this is what it means to be created in the image of god.
-John Piper
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God Created Us For This: To Live

John Piper
God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. this is what it means to be created in the image of god.
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