When our goal is to praise and be aligned with God’s will, our Father very much wants us to ask Him for things. Nothing — not even work, health, or food, — is more fundamental to walking healthily with God and others than forgiveness. Those who have been forgiven much, love much, and freely forgive others.

Forgiving anyone in a meaningful way is one of the hardest things a person can do. If you do not forgive, resentment and vengeance consume you. It is impossible to move past transgression without forgiveness, but few people have the resources and the tools to forgive others fully and move on with their lives. Forgiveness is an essential skill, a moral imperative, and a religious belief that cuts right to the core of what it means to be human. In Forgive, Timothy Keller shows readers why it is so important and how to do it, explaining in detail the steps you need to take in order to move on without sacrificing either justice or your humanity.

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.