Don't waste your cancer. This is the message John Piper wanted to get across when he wrote his 18-page book with that very title. Maybe you or someone you know and care for is in a season of trial called cancer. How are you/they to use this trial for the glory of God and the good of others? Below are 11 ways that Piper says cancer can be wasted. I encourage you to read his explanation of these points in his book below (you can read it below or download it to read later). 1. We waste our cancer if we don’t hear in our own groanings the hope-filled labor pains of a fallen world.2. We waste our cancer if we do not believe it is designed for us by God.3. We waste our cancer if we believe it is a curse and not a gift.4. We waste our cancer if we seek comfort from our odds rather than from God.5. We waste our cancer if we refuse to think about death.6. We waste our cancer if we think that “beating” cancer means staying alive rather than cherishing Christ.7. We waste our cancer if we spend too much time reading about cancer and not enough time reading about God.8. We waste our cancer if we let it drive us into solitude instead of deepen our relationships with manifest affection.9. We waste our cancer if we grieve as those who have no hope.10. We waste our cancer if we treat sin as casually as before.11. We waste our cancer if we fail to use it as a means of witness to the truth and glory of Christ.
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