Luke 18:1

  • 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…