The Father's Menu
Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Friday, December 15, 2023
WHEN YOU STAY IN PRAYER!
“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him”
Matthew 6:7-8
Main Text: Main text: Matthew 6:1-8
God never intended for you to wear yourself out in prayer just to get Him to do something for you. As a matter of fact, He never asked you to pray so He could do whatever it is you’re asking for, because there’s nothing He hasn’t already done to meet your needs.
He asked us not to pray like the heathen, using vain repetitions, why? It’s because He already knew everything you’d ever need, ever before you came on the scene, and made them available to you. So, why worrying over what only God can do for you? Why worrying about how you will navigate the coming New Year?
The simple reason for prayer is to get you synchronized with God’s will and it’s not the time to get anxious, beloved all things had God created for your sake. The privilege and opportunity granted us to pray in the Holy Ghost and groan in the spirit is to help position us in God’s place, in God’s time, for God’s purpose in God’s way. Make prayer a time of fellowship; a moment of divine ecstasy and intimate worship of the Lord, in spirit and in truth.
Beloved, according to the provisions of the Gospel, there’s nothing today that you’ll like to have that you don’t already have in existence. The Bible says “all things are yours” (1 Corinthians 3:21). When you know this, it becomes really laughable to start asking God for things He said are already yours. God already gave us all things in Christ Jesus. He’ll see to it that whatever you need at every point is available to you, and that takes the stress out of your life.
Confession:
I thank you for your grace at work in me, I lack not, I have abundance, I live in prosperity, Nations come to me for solutions, I have the life of Christ in me therefore, all things are mine, I am not a beggar because lines are falling for me in pleasant places, I am blessed. Amen.
Further Reading:
2 Peter 1:3 “By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence”
Romans 8:32 “He who did not spare his own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with him graciously give us all things?”
Read through the bible in 1 year: Micah 1:1-4:13 Revelation 6:1-17 Psalm 134:1-3 Proverbs 30:1-4
Read through the bible in 2 years: Isa 26-27 & Prv 12
