Praying Our Fears

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Your first sound, our first sound, is a wail of fear. The baby comes out saying, “Why is it so cold? Who has a finger down my mouth? Who’s grabbing me? What’s going on?” That’s the way you come into the world. Fear, therefore, is maybe the most primal of all emotions. In Psalm 3, David has something to be afraid of. He has literal armies after him, trying to kill him. But right in the middle of the psalm, he says he will not fear and he will sleep in the midst of this. He’s found a way of praying his fear so he’s able to handle it. What do we learn from David about fear and how to handle it? The answer is 1) there are two levels down into fear, and 2) there are four steps out. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 5, 2000. Series: Psalms – The Songs of Jesus. Scripture: Psalm 3:1-8; Genesis 15:1, 8. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel in Life.
0:05.6	We'd like to help you prepare your heart for Christmas
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0:25.4	Now, here's today's teaching from Tim Keller.
0:34.7	If you turn in your bullet into the passage and which's the teaching is based, it's a Psalm,
0:40.0	because we're doing a short series on the Psalms.
0:44.6	And what we're doing is we're taking a different emotion every week.
0:48.8	And this week, just guess what it is.
0:51.7	Let's read it.
0:52.7	I'm going to read Psalm 3, all of it, verses 1 to 8.
0:55.4	And then we're going to also read a very important parallel passage, just two verses out of Genesis 15.
1:02.6	So I'm going to read Psalm 3, 1 to 8, Genesis 15, 1 and 8.
1:08.7	A Psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.
1:12.2	O Lord, how many are my foes?
1:14.9	How many rise up against me?
1:16.6	Many are saying of me, God will not deliver him.
1:19.6	But you are a shield around me, O Lord.
1:22.6	You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
1:25.8	To the Lord I cry aloud and he answers me from his holy hill.
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