As I listen to this again, you are already home with the Lord. It would be so wonderful if someone, may be Kathy, will complete this series. We would be so grateful.
Looking forward to watching this, but as a believer for 10 years now and listening to hundreds of your sermons, I feel like you always point to Christ and the gospel in every sermon that you preach and that's one of the most important things that you do is always pointing to Christ and why your sermons truly do touch my heart... Thank you Tim for shinning the light on the gospel
I feel the exact same way. This is why Pastor Keller’s sermons always confront me but comfort me at the same time… it’s because every sermon points to Jesus and this is the way I also want to conclude my lectures.
Yes he has preached on this for years. But I’m interested to see the approach in the series and any new insights. He also indicated the format will be more succinct.
Agreed, and well said...I once heard from Pastor Charles Lawson, "if you're not preaching the gospel, in every single sermon you preach, you're not preaching Christ". I've only been serving The Lord for a little over 4 years now, but believe God has given me "eyes that see"... what I mean is, I've read the Bible, over and over, definitely learning and growing, but about a year ago, I was rereading from Genesis, all the way through, as an in depth study of the entire Scripture, and God showed me many new things, in verses I had already been familiar with. I came to realize that the ENTIRE BIBLE is prophetic, and points to Jesus. Jesus even said the Old Testament writings were about Him !!! I've recently learned about "typology" and "seeing Jesus in the Old Testament", and it's so edifying...so, very beautiful !! May God bless you and yours
Thank you Dr Keller! This is so exciting to look forward to. I agree with Cathy - I think through all your point 1,2, and 3s, but whenever you get to Jesus in your sermons, I often just have to stop and weep in amazement and gratitude to Him. Thank you that that you didn’t just retire and play golf or sail around the world! You are an inspiration. We appreciate you. May our God keep blessing you all.
Tim Keller reminded me in times of great sorrow during the loss of my loved ones to grieve profoundly with hope. The heavens rejoiced to receive him home, as no doubt he rejoiced to be received with, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant...:enter into the joy of thy Lord!" ❣🙏
You are so missed Pastor Keller. I am so thankful for social media so I can keep watching you. God used you for so much good on this earth. Selfishly, i wish you were still here. I loved this series
Kellers ministry has helped me understand Gods love for us through Jesus and the Holy Spirit in a way that could never be unseen. Forever grateful. Can’t wait for this new series
David also is an example of victory in Christrian life, of how to trust in the Lord Jesus as one is facing great challanges, temptation, and imposuble tasks.
GOD BLESS THIS MAN TIM KELLER AND HIS FAMILY! I have learned so much from him that I too can now do justice to Gospel Message in giving the good news to those I meet.
Amazing stuff. In my 20s I used think that Jesus saved me and I have to somehow do something great for God. (Like serving in Africa or something) After about 10years I realize, It’s not about me doing anything. It’s about Jesus saving me and everyone who put their trust in him and covering all of our sins, and upon realization my mind is renewed and my behaviour change to reflect him more and more. It’s usually the little things in life like being patient and honoring my abusive nagging parents, slow to anger with my whining child. Loving my neighbor even when they scoff me etc… These are hard things I wouldn’t have done if I didn’t know Jesus.
This delights me! I've benefitted greatly from Tim Keller's sermons, both via Gospel in Life podcasts and on TH-cam. I'm eager to gain insight and greater knowledge of the Gospel via this intriguing new series.
I've found, when I'm in church listening to my pastors' sermon (his name is also Tim) I always bring a pad and pen to write my thoughts or feelings ; something to calm the bag of cats in my brain! so I can concentrate. Almost every time, something I've already written down ends up in the sermon !! OR The pastor will be sermonizing, and I may be listening halfway, doodling ect. and something he just said will make my head snap up!! Just by what he has said that grabbed my soul and lifted me up !! The Spirit (and the pastor) are doing a good work in me.PRAISE THE LORD ALL TO PIECES !!!! loveya!
I have appreciated Tim Keller's ministry for some time and I was edified by what I've see of the Discovering the Gospel series. I am taking my time to watch and reflect on them. I pray that the series will continue.
Wonderful! Can't wait...! I pray for you, for Jesus to keep you healthy, to be filled with His wisdom and love, it is such a blessing to have you in my life always pointing to Jesus! "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."John1:3
Reading through the Bible this year. Listening to these recaps for insights I have missed has been incredible. Connects I have missed and you may for me…Thank you Pastor Tim! What a gift these have been!
I have really enjoyed the Spoken Gospel project that has had this same desire and have produced great material accomplishing this goal. Now to add Tim Keller's voice and thougths, I think 2023 is going to be a year of riches related to Studying God's Word and growing closer through Christ.
Very helpful to point out the two streams of the story and the principle, and the encouragement to find the confluence between the two. Excellent. Thank you Dr. Keller and Gospel in Life.
In case anyone finds this helpful or is interested in praying for our Christian ministries/leaders/shepherds/evangelists/apologists like Tim Keller and ‘Gospel in Life’: 16 prayer points you can pray for them: 1 You can pray that they will always have a good walk with God (that they will not forget their first love), that God will bless their daily private Bible reading and prayer life, and that they will have good sound doctrine. 2 You can pray that they will be full of the Holy Spirit and that God will bless their ministries so that many more people will come to faith in Jesus for God’s glory, and that they will feed God’s sheep and disciple them properly. 3 You can pray that they will be humble, that they will remember how many Christian leaders in the past have fallen, and that they will have a very healthy fear of the Lord. 4 You can pray that God will protect them and the ministry God has given them from: Pride Love of fame Love of money Desire for the approval of people rather than the approval of God Being worried about offending people Compromising God’s Word Sexual temptation Demonic attacks Persecution (from outside the Church and inside the Church) 5 You can pray for their PHYSICAL HEALTH and that God will heal all their health problems. 6 You can pray for their MENTAL HEALTH. Pastors and Christian workers often have stress and battle discouragement and depression. Please God touch them and heal them of all mental and emotional problems and distress. They can also sometimes be hurt by the people they serve or by other Christian leaders - so we can pray that this won’t happen but that if it does that God will heal these wounds and strengthen His servants to forgive each other and that God will restore unity for His Glory. 7 You can pray that God will bless and protect their families. Satan often attacks Christian workers by attacking their loved ones. So you can pray that their family members will all have a good walk with God, have good sound doctrine, that God will protect them all from demonic attacks, that God will also bless and protect their physical and mental health, heal them of all infirmities, and that God will bless all their family relationships so that there is peace and love in their families. You can pray that God especially blesses and protects all areas and parts of their marriages, so that they will not be tempted to look elsewhere. Also please God bless their marriages especially so that they can be a model and example for other Christians. 8 You can pray that God will abundantly bless and protect the finances of the ministries and also the personal finances of God’s servants (especially finances needed for health or medical expenses). You can pray that they always have abundant finances so that they can always do every good work God wants them to do. 9 You can pray that God blesses and protects the relationships between Christian co-workers in ministries - so that no jealousy or strife or bitterness takes root. That they will all have Christian unity and that their focus will be on God getting all the glory and rejoice in any and all work for God. 10 You can pray that God prevents any technical or logistical or legal or any type of problems for their ministry, but if they have any such issues/problems that God will help them resolve/fix and totally solve and remove these problems. 11 If it’s an internet (e.g. TH-cam) ministry you can pray that God will help the videos spread on those platforms and get many views and that God will use the videos to bring many people to repentance and faith in Jesus. 12 You can pray that God will help Christian leaders be good shepherds of Jesus’ sheep and continue to feed Jesus’ sheep, and that they will not only convert people, but also disciple new converts so that they can grow and develop and mature in a healthy and supported way. 13 You can pray that God will give them the heart of a servant. 14 You can pray that God gives them wisdom and helps them and powerfully guides them when making all decisions and plans. 15 You can pray that if they make mistakes or sin that God will grant them humility and repentance and restore them. 16 You can pray that more Christians will pray consistently for Christian leaders/pastors/shepherds/workers/ministries. *********************** You could make a list of pastors/ministries you want to support and pray for them regularly. Jesus said: “ when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:6
13 more BIBLICAL prayer points for praying for the LOST: Jesus and Paul actually told us specifically what to pray for on several occasions: 1 “pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified” 2 Thessalonians 3:1 ------- 2 Jesus said we should pray for more labourers. "Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore PRAY earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”" Matthew 9:37-38 Jesus said: “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore PRAT earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Luke 10:2 ------- 3 We can pray for more opportunities to share the Gospel, and for God to open more doors for effective work: "pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains." Colossians 4:3 “because a great door for effective work has opened to me” 1 Corinthians 16:9 ------------------------- 4 We can pray that God will give us all the right words to say. "Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel," Ephesians 6:19 ------- 5 We can pray that God will give all Christians the boldness to share the gospel. "Lord... grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness... And when they had prayed... they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness." Acts 4:29-31 ------------------------ 6 We can pray that Christians will speak boldly RELYING ON THE LORD: “they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord” Acts 14:3 ------------- 7 We can pray for God to draw more people to Jesus and to grant more people to come to Jesus. Jesus said: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them" John 6:44 Jesus said: “No one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” John 6:65 -------------------------- 8 We can pray that God will REVEAL the reality and truth about Jesus to more people. "Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not REVEALED to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in Heaven." Matthew 16:16-17 "At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and REVEALED them to little children." Matthew 11:25 --------------------------- 9 We can pray that God will teach more people. Jesus said: "It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him COMES TO ME." John 6:45 -------------------------- 10 We can pray that God will open more hearts to attend to His message. "The Lord opened her heart to attend to the things being spoken by Paul." Acts 16:14 ------------------------- 11 We can pray that God will open more eyes to see and open ears to hear so that they would turn to God and God would heal them. Jesus said: "I send thee (Paul), TO OPEN THEIR EYES, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." Acts 26:17-18 “while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand….. OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.” Matthew 13:13…16 “The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made both of them.” Proverbs 20:12 ---------- 12 We can pray that God in his mercy and generosity will bring more prisoners out of spiritual dungeon into the freedom and light of Jesus Christ. “proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.” Luke 4:18 “a light to the nations, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.” Isaiah 42:7 ---------- 13 We can pray that God will grant more people repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth: “in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth” 2 Timothy 2:25 --------- 14 We can pray that we will have more of God's love in our hearts for the lost so that we will not be afraid to share the Gospel, but that God's love in us will override any fears and make it automatic that we share the gospel in love. If there was a frozen lake, you wouldn't want to go swimming in it. But if a small child fell in, you would automatically dive in to save them. We can pray for love that will cause us to act. ------------------------- "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians 4:2 Jesus told us multiple times throughout Scripture to watch and pray always.
This is such a brilliant concept and brilliantly implemented. We are all deeply grieved by the loss of Tim Keller. Is there any chance that the work might continue to complete what he started? My vote would be to consider asking Tim Mackie, Bible Project or perhaps many special guests. NT Wright wold also be a good candidate in my opinion. From what I can tell, you intend to release one of these Gospel in Every Book of the Bible Series per week. How many were competed by Tim before he became unable to continue?
I am living in?SouthvAfrica and a dear friend sent me the utube site. I have loved them. Oh how I wish Tom had finished the series. But our precious Saviour called him home. Our loss is heaven's gain.
The David and Goliath story is an enticing sample. I'm looking forward to MORE! It also seems that this could be a way to share the remarkableness of God's word
Wow! This is amazing. I love how this will serve to equip believers to point to the Gospel's throughline. It's so important to ground any sermon to the point of it all, and I hope to use this in Intervarsity small groups. Definitely sharing about this at Urbana this year.
Tim, thank you for doing this. Yet, I wanted to suggest that if we think and preach only in terms of creation, fall, redemption and restoration, we miss out God’s overarching eternal purpose of sovereignly decreeing to bring us into the communion of His divine nature by having the Holy Spirit live His virtues in us. And by doing so, to bring about immense gratitude in our hearts that result in the praise of the worth of His grace. I’d enjoy chatting further with you about this.
Thanks for this series. I understand Dr Keller's intentions. I would caution against seeking references to Christ in every book of the Bible. This can be a bit of a stretch.... As the late Dr. I.H. Marshall reminds us we need to be Contextual in our approach. I agree with the concept of progressive revelation which gradually unveils God's plan for Redemption (a story line) but that is not identical to the Gospel
@Gospelinlife5 Wishing you all the best for your mintistry and blessings from Hungary's oldest Benedictine monastery. Let us keep listening to the Divine Word and spread the Good News with our words and deeds alike!
As I listen to this again, you are already home with the Lord. It would be so wonderful if someone, may be Kathy, will complete this series. We would be so grateful.
I want to listen too
Very well explained, thank you.
Agreed. Very sad and unfortunate that Tim wasn’t able to finish this series.
Nice to see the shine back in your face. Praise God for His grace to you. Praise God that He has graced us with you, Tim.
Amen!
Looking forward to watching this, but as a believer for 10 years now and listening to hundreds of your sermons, I feel like you always point to Christ and the gospel in every sermon that you preach and that's one of the most important things that you do is always pointing to Christ and why your sermons truly do touch my heart... Thank you Tim for shinning the light on the gospel
I feel the exact same way. This is why Pastor Keller’s sermons always confront me but comfort me at the same time… it’s because every sermon points to Jesus and this is the way I also want to conclude my lectures.
Yes he has preached on this for years. But I’m interested to see the approach in the series and any new insights. He also indicated the format will be more succinct.
Whoo amen!
Agreed, and well said...I once heard from Pastor Charles Lawson, "if you're not preaching the gospel, in every single sermon you preach, you're not preaching Christ". I've only been serving The Lord for a little over 4 years now, but believe God has given me "eyes that see"... what I mean is, I've read the Bible, over and over, definitely learning and growing, but about a year ago, I was rereading from Genesis, all the way through, as an in depth study of the entire Scripture, and God showed me many new things, in verses I had already been familiar with. I came to realize that the ENTIRE BIBLE is prophetic, and points to Jesus. Jesus even said the Old Testament writings were about Him !!! I've recently learned about "typology" and "seeing Jesus in the Old Testament", and it's so edifying...so, very beautiful !! May God bless you and yours
So thankful for your life and ministry Tim Keller. RIP.🤍
Oh! Wow!!! This is so exciting! Thank you Pastor Keller. So good to see you and I’m happy for your improving health ❤
Can’t wait to see this unfold! Thanks Dr. Keller!
Thank you Dr Keller! This is so exciting to look forward to. I agree with Cathy - I think through all your point 1,2, and 3s, but whenever you get to Jesus in your sermons, I often just have to stop and weep in amazement and gratitude to Him. Thank you that that you didn’t just retire and play golf or sail around the world! You are an inspiration. We appreciate you. May our God keep blessing you all.
Tim Keller reminded me in times of great sorrow during the loss of my loved ones to grieve profoundly with hope. The heavens rejoiced to receive him home, as no doubt he rejoiced to be received with, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant...:enter into the joy of thy Lord!" ❣🙏
Wonderful teaching !!!!
You are so missed Pastor Keller. I am so thankful for social media so I can keep watching you. God used you for so much good on this earth. Selfishly, i wish you were still here. I loved this series
Kellers ministry has helped me understand Gods love for us through Jesus and the Holy Spirit in a way that could never be unseen. Forever grateful.
Can’t wait for this new series
i thank God for seeing you healthy
Pastor Tim, thank you, thank you ❤. I was looking forward to finishing this series 😢. Thank you
"The gospel is we are saved by grace alone... but by grace that changes your life." SO GOOD AMEN!! 2:30
Oh, another reason to look forward to the new year! Thank you, Gospel in Life and Pastor Keller!!!
Thank you Pastor Keller! Love having you back. Your teaching has been missed!!🙏
Love you Dr Keller!
Was pastor able to finish the series .this series is a real blessing to me thank you for uploading these videos.
What a wonderful idea this series of videos is! can not wait ❤️
David also is an example of victory in Christrian life, of how to trust in the Lord Jesus as one is facing great challanges, temptation, and imposuble tasks.
GOD BLESS THIS MAN TIM KELLER AND HIS FAMILY! I have learned so much from him that I too can now do justice to Gospel Message in giving the good news to those I meet.
I have always been a great fan of Timothy Keller. I have read most of his books. This is an amazing brother in Christ.
Amazing stuff. In my 20s I used think that Jesus saved me and I have to somehow do something great for God. (Like serving in Africa or something) After about 10years I realize,
It’s not about me doing anything. It’s about Jesus saving me and everyone who put their trust in him and covering all of our sins, and upon realization my mind is renewed and my behaviour change to reflect him more
and more. It’s usually the little things in life like being patient and honoring my abusive nagging parents, slow to anger with my whining child. Loving my neighbor even when they scoff me etc… These are hard things I wouldn’t have done if I didn’t know Jesus.
🙏🏽🌹🕊️
I pray that you all eventually continue this series with a replacement for Tim, this has been such a helpful gift!
God bless you Man of God making the Bible so easy to comprehend and to see Jesus 🙏
SOOOO appreciate this series..looking forward to it all !....thanking our Lord for the gift of teaching he and Kathy have given to us all.
Awesome to see you once again Dr. Keller. Your teachings are so awesome and unique praise God
Amen, let's discover!
Read everything in the Bible " as pointing towards JESUS ". ❤❤❤❤
This delights me! I've benefitted greatly from Tim Keller's sermons, both via Gospel in Life podcasts and on TH-cam. I'm eager to gain insight and greater knowledge of the Gospel via this intriguing new series.
Dr Keller makes me just enjoy and Love the Bible.His scholarship of the Bible gives me such tremendous clarity about being a Christian.
Thank you pastor Tim it is going to be blessing to listen from Zagreb Croatia 🙏
Very wonderful message thank you pastor.
Appreciate your preaching and teaching Ptr. Tim. Good health and long life for you. Thank you for sharing these kind of teachings.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
He passed away recently. God called him home.
Thank you for staying with us in this series, Dr. Keller.
I'm grateful for his ministry and compassion.
Excellent Christ centred teaching. I pray the series will be a blessing to many.
I've found, when I'm in church listening to my pastors' sermon (his name is also Tim) I always bring a pad and pen to write my thoughts or feelings ; something to calm the bag of cats in my brain! so I can concentrate. Almost every time, something I've already written down ends up in the sermon !! OR The pastor will be sermonizing, and I may be listening halfway, doodling ect. and something he just said will make my head snap up!! Just by what he has said that grabbed my soul and lifted me up !! The Spirit (and the pastor) are doing a good work in me.PRAISE THE LORD ALL TO PIECES !!!! loveya!
Inspired to see Timothy Keller and his heartening words
I pray that more people will be touched by Jesus through your sermons. God willing, we need more teachings taught from Dr Keller.
Thank you.
You are missed terribly even though we know you are HOME!
Looking forward to that series
Excellent teaching and preaching and much appreciated !!! God bless you so much !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great job Tim. Thanks for so much inspiration. Blessings. Carl & Leann.
Love the new series! Thank you for sharing with us!! Glad to see you are in good health!!!
May Jesus bless you, bless your life, honor you, just as You have honor Him. Every Blessings, from Singapore
Looking forward to this series!
Love the prayer pointers!
Thank you Tim for your teachings, we here in Mozambican 🇲🇿 were amazed
Thank you very much for sharing this series!
Your ministry is blessed in Canada. Thank you for sharing these great videos. Dr Keller is greatly missed.
I will listen to this series. 😊
I have appreciated Tim Keller's ministry for some time and I was edified by what I've see of the Discovering the Gospel series. I am taking my time to watch and reflect on them. I pray that the series will continue.
Really looking forward to this series! Thank you for your hard work!
so wonderful thank you Tim
Wonderful! Can't wait...! I pray for you, for Jesus to keep you healthy, to be filled with His wisdom and love, it is such a blessing to have you in my life always pointing to Jesus! "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."John1:3
So looking forward for this. Thank you so much Tim. God has used you to open my eyes to see glorious Gospel. Serving together.
I can't wait to see every video of this series! Thank you for doing this!
Reading through the Bible this year. Listening to these recaps for insights I have missed has been incredible. Connects I have missed and you may for me…Thank you Pastor Tim! What a gift these have been!
I have really enjoyed the Spoken Gospel project that has had this same desire and have produced great material accomplishing this goal. Now to add Tim Keller's voice and thougths, I think 2023 is going to be a year of riches related to Studying God's Word and growing closer through Christ.
... looking forward to this series.
you're looking great Tim! thanks for sharing!
Wonderful!
I have joy just seeing dr Keller healthy like this, I’ve been praying and prayer works :) Thank you, Lord!
Very helpful to point out the two streams of the story and the principle, and the encouragement to find the confluence between the two. Excellent. Thank you Dr. Keller and Gospel in Life.
Wow I just discovered your channel. It’s just what I am looking for. Thank you Father for leading me here. I have just subscribed. 🙋♀️🙏⚔️🛡️🔥🍷🍞
Praise the Lord. 🎉🎉🎉
So excited! Thank you Pastor Keller
Wow, I'm eagerly waiting to hear fr you Pastor
Please keep these coming... Thank you for spreading the Gospel !
In case anyone finds this helpful or is interested in praying for our Christian ministries/leaders/shepherds/evangelists/apologists like Tim Keller and ‘Gospel in Life’:
16 prayer points you can pray for them:
1
You can pray that they will always have a good walk with God (that they will not forget their first love), that God will bless their daily private Bible reading and prayer life, and that they will have good sound doctrine.
2
You can pray that they will be full of the Holy Spirit and that God will bless their ministries so that many more people will come to faith in Jesus for God’s glory, and that they will feed God’s sheep and disciple them properly.
3
You can pray that they will be humble, that they will remember how many Christian leaders in the past have fallen, and that they will have a very healthy fear of the Lord.
4
You can pray that God will protect them and the ministry God has given them from:
Pride
Love of fame
Love of money
Desire for the approval of people rather than the approval of God
Being worried about offending people
Compromising God’s Word
Sexual temptation
Demonic attacks
Persecution (from outside the Church and inside the Church)
5
You can pray for their PHYSICAL HEALTH and that God will heal all their health problems.
6
You can pray for their MENTAL HEALTH. Pastors and Christian workers often have stress and battle discouragement and depression. Please God touch them and heal them of all mental and emotional problems and distress.
They can also sometimes be hurt by the people they serve or by other Christian leaders - so we can pray that this won’t happen but that if it does that God will heal these wounds and strengthen His servants to forgive each other and that God will restore unity for His Glory.
7
You can pray that God will bless and protect their families.
Satan often attacks Christian workers by attacking their loved ones.
So you can pray that their family members will all have a good walk with God, have good sound doctrine, that God will protect them all from demonic attacks, that God will also bless and protect their physical and mental health, heal them of all infirmities, and that God will bless all their family relationships so that there is peace and love in their families.
You can pray that God especially blesses and protects all areas and parts of their marriages, so that they will not be tempted to look elsewhere.
Also please God bless their marriages especially so that they can be a model and example for other Christians.
8
You can pray that God will abundantly bless and protect the finances of the ministries and also the personal finances of God’s servants (especially finances needed for health or medical expenses).
You can pray that they always have abundant finances so that they can always do every good work God wants them to do.
9
You can pray that God blesses and protects the relationships between Christian co-workers in ministries - so that no jealousy or strife or bitterness takes root. That they will all have Christian unity and that their focus will be on God getting all the glory and rejoice in any and all work for God.
10
You can pray that God prevents any technical or logistical or legal or any type of problems for their ministry, but if they have any such issues/problems that God will help them resolve/fix and totally solve and remove these problems.
11
If it’s an internet (e.g. TH-cam) ministry you can pray that God will help the videos spread on those platforms and get many views and that God will use the videos to bring many people to repentance and faith in Jesus.
12
You can pray that God will help Christian leaders be good shepherds of Jesus’ sheep and continue to feed Jesus’ sheep, and that they will not only convert people, but also disciple new converts so that they can grow and develop and mature in a healthy and supported way.
13
You can pray that God will give them the heart of a servant.
14
You can pray that God gives them wisdom and helps them and powerfully guides them when making all decisions and plans.
15
You can pray that if they make mistakes or sin that God will grant them humility and repentance and restore them.
16
You can pray that more Christians will pray consistently for Christian leaders/pastors/shepherds/workers/ministries.
***********************
You could make a list of pastors/ministries you want to support and pray for them regularly.
Jesus said:
“ when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Matthew 6:6
13 more BIBLICAL prayer points for praying for the LOST:
Jesus and Paul actually told us specifically what to pray for on several occasions:
1
“pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified”
2 Thessalonians 3:1
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2
Jesus said we should pray for more labourers.
"Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore PRAY earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”"
Matthew 9:37-38
Jesus said:
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore PRAT earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Luke 10:2
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3
We can pray for more opportunities to share the Gospel, and for God to open more doors for effective work:
"pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains."
Colossians 4:3
“because a great door for effective work has opened to me”
1 Corinthians 16:9
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4
We can pray that God will give us all the right words to say.
"Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,"
Ephesians 6:19
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5
We can pray that God will give all Christians the boldness to share the gospel.
"Lord... grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness... And when they had prayed... they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness."
Acts 4:29-31
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6
We can pray that Christians will speak boldly RELYING ON THE LORD:
“they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord”
Acts 14:3
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We can pray for God to draw more people to Jesus and to grant more people to come to Jesus.
Jesus said:
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them"
John 6:44
Jesus said:
“No one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
John 6:65
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We can pray that God will REVEAL the reality and truth about Jesus to more people.
"Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not REVEALED to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in Heaven."
Matthew 16:16-17
"At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and REVEALED them to little children."
Matthew 11:25
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We can pray that God will teach more people.
Jesus said:
"It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’
Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him COMES TO ME."
John 6:45
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We can pray that God will open more hearts to attend to His message.
"The Lord opened her heart to attend to the things being spoken by Paul."
Acts 16:14
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We can pray that God will open more eyes to see and open ears to hear so that they would turn to God and God would heal them.
Jesus said:
"I send thee (Paul), TO OPEN THEIR EYES, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."
Acts 26:17-18
“while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand…..
OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN,
AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’
But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.”
Matthew 13:13…16
“The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made both of them.”
Proverbs 20:12
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We can pray that God in his mercy and generosity will bring more prisoners out of spiritual dungeon into the freedom and light of Jesus Christ.
“proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
Luke 4:18
“a light to the nations,
To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.”
Isaiah 42:7
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We can pray that God will grant more people repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth:
“in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth”
2 Timothy 2:25
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We can pray that we will have more of God's love in our hearts for the lost so that we will not be afraid to share the Gospel, but that God's love in us will override any fears and make it automatic that we share the gospel in love.
If there was a frozen lake, you wouldn't want to go swimming in it.
But if a small child fell in, you would automatically dive in to save them.
We can pray for love that will cause us to act.
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"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."
Colossians 4:2
Jesus told us multiple times throughout Scripture to watch and pray always.
this will be a good series, looking forward to it
Wonderful plan. I am all ears! Thank you, Tim.
Gracias Tim!!!!
This is such a brilliant concept and brilliantly implemented. We are all deeply grieved by the loss of Tim Keller. Is there any chance that the work might continue to complete what he started? My vote would be to consider asking Tim Mackie, Bible Project or perhaps many special guests. NT Wright wold also be a good candidate in my opinion. From what I can tell, you intend to release one of these Gospel in Every Book of the Bible Series per week. How many were competed by Tim before he became unable to continue?
I am living in?SouthvAfrica and a dear friend sent me the utube site. I have loved them. Oh how I wish Tom had finished the series. But our precious Saviour called him home. Our loss is heaven's gain.
The David and Goliath story is an enticing sample. I'm looking forward to MORE! It also seems that this could be a way to share the remarkableness of God's word
Looking forward to get started! Excellent material for our new studygroup. Greetings from the Neterlands!!
looking forward! thank you!!
Genial!!!! Gloria a Dios!!!!
Brilliant!! and exciting. Thank You, Bless You.
Yes! Looking forward to this in 2023! Been craving more Tim Keller content. May God continue to bless your ministry, Gospel in Life.
Wow! This is amazing. I love how this will serve to equip believers to point to the Gospel's throughline. It's so important to ground any sermon to the point of it all, and I hope to use this in Intervarsity small groups. Definitely sharing about this at Urbana this year.
Looking forward to this thank u
I think it's very interesting that you show the connection between the story and the principle elements together. Awesome.
Good. Inspiring.
Tim, thank you for doing this. Yet, I wanted to suggest that if we think and preach only in terms of creation, fall, redemption and restoration, we miss out God’s overarching eternal purpose of sovereignly decreeing to bring us into the communion of His divine nature by having the Holy Spirit live His virtues in us. And by doing so, to bring about immense gratitude in our hearts that result in the praise of the worth of His grace. I’d enjoy chatting further with you about this.
Can’t wait!
Actually, will have to wait-with anticipation😀
Thanks for this series. I understand Dr Keller's intentions. I would caution against seeking references to Christ in every book of the Bible. This can be a bit of a stretch.... As the late Dr. I.H. Marshall reminds us we need to be Contextual in our approach. I agree with the concept of progressive revelation which gradually unveils God's plan for Redemption (a story line) but that is not identical to the Gospel
Yay! Also so happy to see that you’re doing well!!
I am too really looking forward to this series. ✝️🙏
Great!
@Gospelinlife5 Wishing you all the best for your mintistry
and blessings from Hungary's oldest Benedictine monastery.
Let us keep listening to the Divine Word and spread the Good News with our words and deeds alike!
Thank you! Looking forward to it. 🙂
I’m looking forward to the teachings Dr Keller
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I can barely wait for next videos 🤩
Exciting to hear about
Can’t wait. Thank you Tim for bringing this new series of videos out. Best Xmas presents ever. Good bless you.
Wow this is great! Looking forward to the series!
Looking forward to watching this serie. On what date will it begin on January 23? Thank you so much Dr Keller. I really appreciate your sermons.
So excited. I can’t wait!