Prayer is a thorny topic for many of God’s mob—not because we disagree with it, not because we think it fails… but because, for something so essential and non-negotiable for God’s mob, it is something we fail to do so often! And, more often than not, when we read a book on prayer, we often finish so laden with guilt that we are even more disenchanted!

The aim of this series is to look at what Jesus said on prayer; specifically, when he was asked about ‘teaching’ his disciples to pray (Luke 11), and when he taught on what it meant to be a citizen in God’s kingdom (Matthew 6). In both instances, it is striking what Jesus does say, and what he doesn’t (perhaps the latter is more striking!).

As we spend time together, we want to be encouraged to pray more, to be more consistent in our praying, because we know that God is our Father. Moreover, we want to grasp a little more the character of the God we pray to—who he is, and what he is like. In this we want to encourage and not discourage...