Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life How To Pray
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Dec 29, 2025 Explore the irony of the Lord's Prayer, the most familiar yet profound guide to communicating with God. Dive into the challenge of prayer and how it's more than a ritual—it's a soul experience. Discover why our yearning for deep connection often leads us to seek mystical experiences. Keller emphasizes the importance of addressing God as Father, shedding light on our status as His children. The podcast also highlights how prayer reveals our true spiritual relationship and the necessity of starting with praise to cultivate a genuine connection.
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Soul Experience Is Deeply Starved
- Modern people crave soul experience and mystical intimacy because technology reduces life to commodities and data.
- Timothy Keller argues the Lord's Prayer is the accessible secret to that deep communion with God.
Practice Prayer Like A Discipline
- Treat prayer as a skill that requires regular practice and disciplined time like learning to fly a helicopter.
- Keller challenges listeners to pray 20–30 minutes daily for three weeks to see growth.
Prayer Can Be Harder Than Preaching
- Keller admits praying 30 minutes is harder than preaching 30 minutes and often leads to losing focus.
- He quotes John Newton saying a fly's buzz can defeat concentrated prayer as a vivid illustration.