Spiritual Discouragement

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, Luke 18:1 NASB Not to lose heart – me enkakein. The Greek is the conditional negative (me) plus the verb enkakeo. Literally it means something like, “Under these circumstances don’t be treated badly.”…

Days of Our Lives

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart.  Luke 18:1 Not To Lose Heart – When do you give up praying?  That’s the question that Jesus answers with this parable.  You know the story.  There is a judge who is implacably…

Ought

“Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart.”  Luke 18:1 Ought – By now you should have guessed what we find in the Greek?  God’s divine requirement.  The little word dei.  Jesus knew what it meant to carry out God’s necessary…