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  1. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    If our prayer life discerns God only as lofty, it will be cold and fearful-if it discerns God only as a spirit of love, it will be sentimental."
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  2. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    The world does not understand the Gospel of grace, in which holy living is the result of humble, grateful joy, not a way to earn heaven. The world therefore sees all righteous living as self-righteousness and bigotry. We should not be surprised at this {2 Timothy 3: 12}, but we should also undermine this false narrative by living lives of humility, forgiveness, and sacrificial service to others.
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  3. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    This psalm is famously quoted in Romans 3:11: "There is no one who seeks God." Left to ourselves, we would never want to find God, much less know him.
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  4. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    There is ultimately no such thing as unanswered prayer. If the answer at first is "no" or "not yet," it is because he gives us what we want in ways better than we asked."
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  5. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    Let the knowledge of your grace make me never less but only more intensely devoted to obeying you.
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  6. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    The history of the patriarchs is filled with such missteps and moral failures. How could these be our moral examples? The answer: Biblical faith, unlike other kinds, is not primarily about emulating moral examples. The Bible is a history of God offering his grace to people who do not deserve it nor seek it nor ever fully appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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  7. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    Lord, admitting my accomplishments are your gift is a bittersweet thing to do. It stings at first because it humbles. But then it is so very sweet and brings such peace. It is not up to me, and it never was. Let me work hard, with this liberating insight removing the pressure I sinfully put on myself. Amen.
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    Our pleasure and our duty, though opposite before, since we have seen his beauty, are joined to part no more."36
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  9. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    There is no more proper response to really seeing God as he is-transcendent beyond all imagination-than to be still and adore.
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  10. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    Lord, when I forget the Gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others. I hear all criticism as a condemnation of my very being. But you have said that "there is now no condemnation" for me {Romans 8:1}. You delight and sing over me {Zephaniah 3:14–17}; you see me as a beauty {Colossians 1:22}. Let me always remember that! Amen.
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  11. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    January 9 READ Psalm 7:1–5. 1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, 2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. 3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands- 4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe- 5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. SMEAR CAMPAIGN. How do we deal with gossip and slander and the loss of our reputation? David shows us straightaway. He doesn't say, "I will take refuge in God," but rather shows that he already has, that he is already safe. How can he feel that way before he knows whether the smear campaign will be thwarted? The answer: if we trust in God's wisdom and will, then we have peace regardless of the immediate outcome. It is only God's opinion of us that counts, and that will prevail. Prayer: Lord, some criticisms are terribly unfair. My deepest comfort is knowing that you see all things and will in the end set all things right. So I will not desperately defend myself or strike out at my accusers and insinuators. You know the truth, and that suffices for me. I leave this all in your hands. Amen.
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  12. Timothy J. Keller _ The Songs of Jesus: A Year of

    Righteous Lord, I have many who falsely accuse me. Defend me from them! But I also know my sin, and my heart rightly accuses me. I rest in Jesus's atoning death for me.
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