The Wounded Spirit

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We all at certain times have a lot of trouble dealing with the deep, conflicting, confusing, powerful, sometimes warring dynamic impulses and feelings that just roll through our hearts. Sometimes we don’t feel we have any power over it. We don’t know how we got to feeling like that. We don’t know what to do about it. We need wisdom with regard to the complex realities of the inner being, the inner life, or what we would today call the psychological life. Proverbs shows us that we won’t be wise unless we understand 1) the priority of the inner life, 2) the complexity of the inner life, 3) the solitude of the inner life, and 4) the healing of the inner life. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 5, 2004. Series: Proverbs: True Wisdom for Living. Scripture: Proverbs 12:25; 13:12; 14:10, 13, 30; 15:4,13-14; 16:2; 18:14; 28:1. 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 and Life. There are lots of things the Bible is pretty clear about.
0:07.0	Don't steal, for instance, or don't commit adultery. But no single Bible verse will tell you exactly whom to marry, which job to take,
0:16.1	whether to move or stay put.
0:18.3	We need God's wisdom to make good decisions in every part of our lives.
0:22.6	Join us today as Tim Keller explores
0:24.7	how we can cultivate wisdom with God
0:26.7	at the center of all life's choices.
0:45.0	An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled as a tree of life. Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
0:50.7	Even in laughter, the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.
0:55.0	A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
1:00.0	The tongue that brings healing as a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
1:07.0	A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
1:12.0	The discerning heart seeks knowledge. but heart
1:13.7	seeks knowledge but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
1:17.7	All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed
1:27.5	spirit who can bear. The wicked man flees, though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
1:36.3	This is God's word.
1:37.1	Well, we're looking at the book of proverbs every week, and we continue to do that. We're looking at the book of proverbs every week, we continue to do that, we're looking at the subject of wisdom.
1:47.0	We've said that wisdom is competence with regard to the complex realities of life.
1:55.0	So for example, it means being not less than moral and good, but more.
2:02.0	So for example, if you want to help a poor family out of poverty that's
2:06.5	wonderful that's right that's good it's moral but if you're simple-minded
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