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@timkellernyc on peace: Character of Peace: an inner calm and equilibrium, but also a sense of God's presence / protection that transcends our understanding The Disciplines of Peace: Thinking. (V8-9) Think of doctrine (first three in list are Pauline words), chew on, meditate, pound them in head. Thanking. (V6) Thank him when you make your requests for whatever he will do. Loving. (V8-9) (the rest of list) Love God more than anything because he has loved you: Jesus. The Secret of Peace: not just keeping your thoughts in Christ Jesus but to also keep your hearts in Christ Jesus. "It Is Well With My Soul..." Look at the cross: all of the punishment fell on Him. Enter into the peace of God.

Philippians 4:4-12 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me-practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. 10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. http://esv.to/Phil4.4-12

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@timkellernyc on suffering (Job 1 sermon, August 1, 2012): Centuries later Satan assaulted another innocent sufferer who died naked and who cried out "Why, why am I suffering?" and he got no answer. It was Jesus Christ. Who Job suffered he was only relatively innocent, but Jesus Christ was the true, absolutely innocent sufferer. And when Job felt he was abandoned by God he wasn't really, but Jesus was truly abandoned by God. In fact Jesus was the only person in history that God said to, "If you obey me fully, I'll crush you to powder and send you to hell. I'll turn my back on you and you will experience absolute separation from the glory and face of the Father." Jesus Christ is the only person who ever served God for nothing. And why did he do it? For us. And that's your proof, you Jobs out there. Because when he died on the cross for you that proves that Satan is a liar, because God in human form was willing to love us for who we are in himself. Jesus already had all glory! Why did he love us? He loved us for who we are in himself, so you go and love him for who he is in himself. Jesus Christ suffered not that we would not suffer, but that when we suffer we can become like him.

Sermon "Questions of Suffering" Job 1:8-22, August 1, 2012

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He took his hands off his life and he became a dying sacrifice. If you take your hands off your life you'll become a living sacrifice. Offer yourself as a living sacrifice, take your hands off your life; it's the only reasonable thing to do. How can you come to grips with someone who gave himself utterly for you without you utterly giving yourself to him? He took his hands off his life and he fell into nothingness. You take your hands off your life and you'll fall into his. And he's the only master that won't consume you.

-Tim Keller Romans 12:1-8 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. http://esv.to/Rom12.1-8

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:3-5 Christ is our Living Hope.

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There's no refuge FROM the King... there's only refuge IN the King.

@timkellernyc, Jesus Our King, March 6, 2012. Obey the King. Submit to the King. Rely on the King. Expect the King.

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God With Us

How beautiful is this, that we can finally see God through Jesus? "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord..." (v18) So beautiful. So ground-breaking. This is the Gospel. This is Immanuel. This is GOD with us. This is God WITH us. This is God with US. 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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This is @timkellernyc beautifully paraphrasing John 1:1. "There is a logos (Greek word for meaning of life). If there is a design, there is a designer. We know there is a design, and if there is a designer the logos has come. I can show you what the reason for life is, but it's not an abstract philosophical principal. It's a person. The designer has punched a hole in the roof of the world, and he has descended. And you were built NOT to honor some philosophical principal, but you were built to know and love this divine personage. And when you know him, and when you serve him, and when you love him, and when you find out what he built you for, and when you comply with it, and when you submit yourself to Him, you find out who you are."

Dr. Timothy Keller in his sermon, "A Reason For Living" on November 8, 2011.

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Savior, if of Zion’s city, I through grace a member am, Let the world deride or pity, I will glory in Thy name. Fading is the worldling’s pleasure, All his boasted pomp and show; Solid joys and lasting treasure None but Zion’s children know.

John Newton

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This is @timkellernyc referencing Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse: A father said to his daughter, "Death didn't hit your mother; only the shadow of death hit your mother. Death hit Jesus. And because death hit Jesus, and we believe in him, now the only thing that could hit us is the shadow of death, and the shadow of death is but my entrance into glory."

Dr. Timothy Keller on Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse in his sermon on September 30, 2011, "The New Heaven and New Earth"

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I will admit it, I have now watched Frozen seven times, and every time I have laughed and cried. I think one of the reasons I love it so much is because the story of Anna’s love for Elsa reminds me of the story of God’s love for us. (Be forewarned, there are some mega-spoilers ahead!)

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Love the movie! Now I love it even more :]

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"What does love look like?"

is the question I've been pondering.

And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me. He had arms wide open, a heart exposed. Arms wide open, He was bleeding... bleeding... This is how I know what Love is:

"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." [Philippians 2:1-11]

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Your plans are still to prosper, You have not forgotten us. You're with us in the fire and the flood. Faithful forever, Perfect in love, You are SOVEREIGN over us.

"Sovereign Over Us" by Aaron Keyes

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Sending off these golden tickets! May the odds be ever in your favor. #snailmail #HungerGames

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I have worn the honors of Honor. I graduated from Virginia.

James Hay (1903) | Joshua Tran (2013) when he graduated from the University of Virginia on May 19, 2013.

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Keychain Flashlight

Hey, check it out, and hear me out, y'all.

Today, my friend "broke" my keychain flashlight.

Yeah, the light just stayed on no matter how long I pushed down on it or threw it on the ground.

That didn't stop me.

This engineer took out his pocket screwdriver set and took everything apart. Man, was I blown away. These flashlights go for probably $0.05 (USD) and take 5 seconds to assemble, but here I am taking my fine ol' time playing with the little parts. I had a greater appreciation for how complex such technology is, even though I use it everyday (pocket flashlights are always useful, y'all).

I saw that the LED wire was bent to connect the circuit at all times, so I bent it backwards, put everything back, and it worked normally.

Admire the little things today. It really puts a greater perspective about who you are, where you are in the world, and how how much creativity it took for a Creator to put and hold everything together.

How great is our God? Amen.

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Grace, what have You done? Murdered for me on that cross. Accused in absence of wrong, My sin washed away in Your blood. Too much to make sense of it all. I know that Your love breaks my fall. The scandal of grace, You died in my place So my soul will live. Death, where is your sting? Your power is as dead as my sin. The cross has taught me to live And mercy, my heart now to sing. The day and its trouble shall come. I know that Your strength is enough. The scandal of grace, You died in my place So my soul will live. It's all, because of You, Jesus.

"Scandal of Grace" by Hillsong United in their newest album, ZION.

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In CHRIST ALONE: I find my strength, I find my hope, I find my help in CHRIST ALONE. When fear has set, when darkness falls, I find my peace in CHRIST ALONE. I give my life, I give my all, I sing this song to CHRIST ALONE. The King of kings. The Lord of lords, all heaven sings to CHRIST ALONE.

IN CHRIST ALONE sung by Kristian Stanfill at Passion 2013.