Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: The proper basis for prayer is to approach God as our loving, Heavenly Father and to view our relationship with him as a family relationship - not a business relationship. To be able to pray with this kind of confidence, we need to know that we have been adopted as his children, with all the privileges that entails, by the sacrificial death of his only begotten Son, Jesus

Beauty, delight, desire and even our sexuality is not our problem. God gave us all these things for our good and His glory. Our problem is coveting it for ourselves - seeing something that is not ours but taking it. Watch as Tim explains the problem and gives an incredibly practical 3 part solution with The Perfect Solution at the center.

Knowing how to ask for what’s important is a key skill for life and work. Knowing how to ask your Father in Heaven for what you need is an advantage that leads to abundant life. The purpose of all prayer is to praise God and to align all of our life and work with His will. With that as our goal, our Father very much wants us to ask Him for things. 

In this passage, we finally get to a particular kind of prayer in which people are very interested: to the place where Jesus says prayer is a way to change our circumstances. Prayer makes a difference. You can come to God and say, “Give us this day our daily bread.” But notice this happens in the very middle of the Lord’s Prayer. It’s surrounded by all sorts of other concepts. And you can’t understand how it works unless you see all of its relationships to the rest of the prayer. Petitionary prayer will only work if you 1) get confident, 2) get perspective, 3) get humble, and 4) get reconciled.

The One who made you and loves you more than you love yourself, is inviting you to intimate, power-filled connection. Knowing who God is and praising Him for it, opens up possibilities and communication we never imagined were possible. Watch the video and see how practical this is for your leadership and work. After all — this is His kingdom, and we are His heirs and ambassadors.

The key to life and work is valuing and utilizing your most important relationship — communicating regularly, reverently, relentlessly and expectantly with your perfect Father in Heaven who offers complete security, provides for your every needs, and gives day to day direction.

There are givers and there are takers. Givers understand the blessings they have received, and they can’t help but share it with others — everything they have — their time, talents, treasures. They don’t hold back! Watch and understand how practical giving is a fuel for joy in your daily life and work.

It does not matter what you give if you don’t give for the right reasons. There are givers and there are takers. True givers give of their time, talent, and treasure unconsciously, reflexively, and continually. They seem to never run out! 

To transform to be all you are designed to be takes discipline and openness to receive the greatest gifts you are offered — resulting in greater and greater pleasure. Watch as Howard explains 2 things: 1) How to practically resist the lust that so easily entangles and entraps us 2) The transforming benefits of contemplating the glory of Jesus Christ and receiving the call to join Jesus as a kingdom builder.