Praying Our Tears

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What do you do with your tears? This is a psalm about weeping, about suffering, about grief. If you were to break the 150 psalms into categories, one of the categories will will be lamentations: psalms of tears, psalms of weeping and grieving. There are many other kinds of psalms, but I’ll tell you, every commentator says there are more lamentations than any other kind. This is the biggest piece of the Psalter. Tears. What do we learn here what to do with our tears? We’re told three things: 1) expect tears, 2) invest tears, and 3) pray your tears. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 27, 2000. Series: Psalms – The Songs of Jesus. Scripture: Psalm 39:12-13; 126:1-6. 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.
0:05.5	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.
0:32.9	Let's read Psalm 39, verses 12 to 13, and Psalm 12, 26, verses 1 to 6.
0:46.1	Hear my prayer, O Lord, listen to my cry for help. Be not deaf to my weeping, for I dwell
0:52.6	with you as an alien, a stranger as all my fathers were.
0:57.4	Look away from me that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more.
1:02.2	When the Lord brought back the captive to Zion, we were like men who dreamed.
1:07.4	Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.
1:12.6	Then it was said among the nations,
1:15.2	The Lord has done great things for them.
1:19.4	The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
1:24.3	Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negev.
1:27.3	Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping,
1:29.1	carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. This ends the
1:37.5	reading of God's word. Now, as you can see, this is a psalm or a couple of psalms about weeping,
1:43.4	about suffering, about grief.
1:46.3	We're looking for several weeks, not many.
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