Psalm 110 kicks off a section of psalms which call us to praise the Lord for his committed everlasting love to his people. It provides the basis for that praise in his priest king, who will deliver his promised future salvation.

John 17 gives us a lens through which to see the work of the Lord Jesus. In this final talk in our series, we'll see what Jesus is really doing through his people, the church. However unimpressive we might look, this new people united around the name of the one God is the way that God's name is being displayed to the world.

Most of us know that we should be humble before God, to 'tremble at his word', but how are we to adopt such an attitude when the whole world contradicts it? Isaiah's answer is to point us to the future. Not only are we given a vision of all that our glorious king is doing, but also plenty of reason to tremble at his word.

Most of us know that we should be humble before God, to 'tremble at his word', but how are we to adopt such an attitude when the whole world contradicts it? Isaiah's answer is to point us to the future. Not only are we given a vision of all that our glorious king is doing, but also plenty of reason to tremble at his word.

What are we encountering when we encounter the words of the New Testament? John's purpose in this passage is to get us to recognise those words for what they are: Jesus' secret weapon for manifesting the one God's name to the world.

In this broken world, we long for things to be better, but it is so easy to have a small view of God and the solution he’s bringing. Even those of us who are familiar with God’s promises can find it hard to retain our wonder at them. This chapter opens a window into the amazing future God has planned and invites us to marvel at the great God who is bringing it.

In this broken world, we long for things to be better, but it is so easy to have a small view of God and the solution he’s bringing. Even those of us who are familiar with God’s promises can find it hard to retain our wonder at them. This chapter opens a window into the amazing future God has planned and invites us to marvel at the great God who is bringing it.

If you had been there at the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, what would you have seen? Jesus' prayer in this chapter aims to help us to see more clearly. However weak and brutal the cross must have looked, it was in fact the hour, the moment of glory, the climax and commencement of God's great work of making his name known to the world.

Sometimes the prayers of an older Christian help us to know our God better. Isaiah’s inspired prayer in these chapters reminds us what a wonderful God we have and models to us the right way to respond to him. Moreover, it sets us up to see that God is doing far more abundantly than all that we ask or think.

Sometimes the prayers of an older Christian help us to know our God better. Isaiah’s inspired prayer in these chapters reminds us what a wonderful God we have and models to us the right way to respond to him. Moreover, it sets us up to see that God is doing far more abundantly than all that we ask or think.