The Bible doesn’t suggest we pray – it commands us to pray and expects us to pray. Nor does it leave us without any guidance in terms of how to pray. Instead it gives us both instruction and examples. Jesus’ disciples were men who had been praying all their lives, but when they hear Jesus praying, and realise how different […]

Perhaps what discourages you most is sin. Perhaps your own sins and failings are constantly getting you down. Or you’re disillusioned as you look out at the sins of those who are meant to be God’s people. Certainly, sin has consequences. V14 makes that clear. Sin only ever brings misery. But it can’t derail the kingdom because the progress of […]

On one level, the promises of this chapter are about Solomon. In v14 there’s a provision for when the promised one commits iniquity, and obviously that can’t be true of Jesus. But although under Solomon the house of David reached it’s height – and Solomon ruled over even more land than David did, it didn’t last. By the next generation […]