Sermon

Praying Our Tears

Tim Keller |  February 27, 2000

Topics:
  • Suffering
  • Prayer & Meditation
Duration:
35:10
Scripture:
Psalm 39:12-13; 126:1-6
SKU:
RS 111-2

Overview

What do you do with your tears? This is a psalm about weeping, about suffering, about grief.

If you were to break the 150 psalms into categories, one of the categories will will be lamentations: psalms of tears, psalms of weeping and grieving. There are many other kinds of psalms, but I’ll tell you, every commentator says there are more lamentations than any other kind. This is the biggest piece of the Psalter. Tears.

What do we learn here what to do with our tears? We’re told three things: 1) expect tears, 2) invest tears, and 3) pray your tears.

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