Each year, Johnny prepares an autobiography for the Pastors Conference. Actually, he’ll be the first to say it’s less a biography and more a search for what’s to be learned from the life of a particular godly man.

This year he was searching the life and writing of J. C. Ryle, most well known now for his book Holiness.

If you want to read these tweets from the presentation in chronological order, read from bottom up.

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Widowed pastor with children, that burden is part of your leadership calling, not just alongside your calling. @JohnPiper #dgpascon

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If you want to take these in more or less in the order they were spoken, read from the bottom up.

NoelPiper12:55pmYou will grow by following Jesus, with others. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon2 retweets

NoelPiper12:55pm If you carry all the burdens by yourself, you’re burning out & disobedient. You are not the Savior. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon5 retweets

NoelPiper12:54pm No wonder some of you are so discouraged. You’re carrying all the loads by yourself. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon4 retweets

NoelPiper12:54pmBoth surgeons & butchers use knives. You need friends with surgical precision that cut to heal in your life. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon9 retweets

NoelPiper11:36am You need people around you who make you say, I want to pursue Christ like that. @darrinpatrick#dgpascon24 retweets

NoelPiper11:34am What is my flesh causing me to focus on rather than Christ. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon3 retweets

NoelPiper11:33am Your flesh is what makes your hobby the only thing that gives you real pleasure, & your ministry boring. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon4 retweets

NoelPiper11:15am From Tim Keller: We are only as mature as the weakest fruit on the list. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon7 retweets

NoelPiper11:07am The fruit (plural) of the Spirit is (singular). . . not individual pieces, but integrated produce of the Spirit. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon3 retweets

NoelPiper11:03am Don’t judge your maturity by your personality, comparing yourself with someone else’s personality. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon4 retweets

NoelPiper11:00amTo be Spirit-filled, to have the fruit of the Spirit, is to act like Jesus. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon3 retweets

NoelPiper10:59am Quoting @JohnPiper: When do I doubt God? [Not in tragedy, but] when I see the slowness of my sanctification. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon3 retweets

NoelPiper10:56am Most masculine thing in the Bible: the idea that God wants to produce something through us–fruit of the Spirit. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon3 retweets

NoelPiper10:55am Freedom is not a work of the flesh, but of the Spirit. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon4 retweets

NoelPiper10:52am A Christian doesn’t obey FOR our acceptance; we work FROM our acceptance by Christ. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon7 retweets

NoelPiper10:50am via HootFalse gospel, opposite of freedom: basing justification on sanctification, ignoring our acceptance by Christ. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon2 retweets

NoelPiper10:44am via HootSuiteScariest thing about being a leader? The reality that when you lead, people actually follow you, imitate you. @darrinpatrick #dgpascon4 retweets

NoelPiper10:42am via HootSuite@JohnPiper quotes from one of @darrinpatrick’s books as he introduces him. #dgpascon  ow.ly/8MPFc

If you want to follow the comments in the order he made them, read from the bottom up.

And remember: Watch @desiringgodPastors Conference in 4 languages —  #English #Spanish #Chinese &#Russian::ht.ly/8Lv0j

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Work of the Holy Spirit: I have never had [in myself] everything I need to do what God’s calling me to do. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper10:07am Work of the Spirit– 5. WALK: the Spirit gives us power to do boldly what we need to do. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper10:06am Work of the Spirit– 4. Live: He fills our lives by living in us, and we model that life before our children. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper10:06amWork of the Spirit–3. Fruit: We don’t produce fruits of the Spirit. They are supernatural work of the Spirit. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper10:04amWork of the Spirit– 2. Led: If you’re led by the Spirit, you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper10:01amWork of the Spirit — 1. Walk: Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:58am The Holy Spirit is not an influence. He’s a person who has regenerated, baptized, sealed us. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:57amHow easy it is to ignore the work & power of the Holy Spirit in transformation. @CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:55amIn cemetery with my son: Remember, these people paid your “tuition,” as we are for the next generation. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:52amPop, as I’m walking out the door when a teenager: Do right. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:51amPop, after racist incident: That’s all right. We know who we are. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:50amPop: How people treat you should never define you. It’s not what people call you; it’s what you answer to. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:49amPop, about report card: How can somebody be so smart & so dumb at the same time? @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:48amRespect is the incubator for honor. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:45amPop’s 3 D’s with no negotiating: Dishonesty, Disobedience, Disrespect. @CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:43amPop’s lessons in manhood– 4. Out of integrity comes your inheritance. @CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:43am Pop’s lessons in manhood– 3. Out of discipline comes integrity. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:42amPop’s lessons in manhood– 2. Out of strength comes discipline. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:41amPop’s lessons in manhood– 1. Out of struggle comes strength. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:40amPop never sat down & had a talk with me about manhood. He just lived it. @CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:39amA real man embraces obligation & responsibility–not curse words or burden, but his purpose in life. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:38amTeen thinks manhood=doing what I feel like. Father needs to pull himthrough to knowing right & wrong. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:36amA father teaches what to say “no” to, so a child knows what to say “yes” to.@CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:35amA father teaches limits, the banks of the river that leads to the destination he wants his children to reach. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:33amBroad category of need,met primarily (but not only) by father: accountability, discipline, parameters, goals. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:29amBroad category of need, primarily (but not only) from mother: touch, affirmation, warmth. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:28amEvery 28 days a woman is reminded of who she is. A man knows he’s a man only when a key man tells him so. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:25amMy history not only intact Black family. I’m ticked when we set up a new kind of slavery to entitlement. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:24amI want to keep my eyes set on where I’m going: that city built by God. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:23amWe have lost a noble vision of eternity, of a city built not by hands, but by God.@CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:18am @CrawfordLoritts‘ father: Karen didn’t ask to marry you. You asked to marry her, and you better take care of her. #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:16amMy father (slave grandson) wasn’t God. WAS a man of impeccable integrity. I’ve always wanted to be like him @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:10amBe careful of your ego. God spoke to Balaam’s ass. Make your own application. @CrawfordLoritts#dgpascon

NoelPiper9:05amMother washed my mouth with soap for saying “Shut up” to my sister. I’d learn respect if she had anything to do with it.@JohnPiper #dgpascon

NoelPiper9:03am@CrawfordLoritts is Senior Pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Roswell, GA. #dgpascon  ow.ly/8ME1W

NoelPiper8:49amPhoto: Hundreds of pastors begin day together with prayer. #dgpascon   pic.twitter.com/mHCF0lgV

NoelPiper8:20am@CrawfordLoritts speaks at 8:30 session about lessons learned from his father. #dgpascon  ow.ly/8Myvb

The speaker tonight was Doug Wilson, author and pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho.

The more-or-less chronological order begins at the bottom and moves toward the top.

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Your grown kids & your little ones need you to revel in the cross. @JohnPiper#dgpascon
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I don’t know of a whole, well-functioning family in the whole Bible. @JohnPiper#dgpascon

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Many parents are teaching fractions instead of godliness–”I mean it! 1. . . 2. . .2 1/2.. . . 2 3/4.” @douglaswils #dgpascon

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NoelPiper6:11pm via HootSuiteDG Pastors Conference. Watch in English, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese.ow.ly/1FbSMG