Dressing Up Your Conversation with God - Love Worth Finding - May 15
May 15, 2025 – Dressing Up Your Conversation with God
Matthew 6:7-8
Sermon: 1682 Satan’s Academy Award, Part 1
Pray Over This
“And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. ‘Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.’”
Matthew 6:7-8
Ponder This
Why do we pray? We do not pray to impress God. Neither the logic of our prayers nor the language of our prayers impress God. You don’t have to be a poet to pray. Have you ever heard anybody say, “Oh, I can’t pray”? Well, can you talk? Can you talk to another human being? Can you not talk to God? Do you think you must be Shakespeare to pray?
When my children were small, suppose I came home and my daughter said to me, “Hail, yon eminent pastor. On thy sojourn home from yon Bellevue Baptist Church, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst grant to thy daughter, thy second daughter Janice, one dollar that I may sojourn to yonder apothecary and procure some things to impart cosmological changes to my face.” I’d say, “Well, Janice, would you say that again, honey?” And she’d say, “Daddy, can I have a dollar. I need to get some cosmetics.” Do you think I’m going to be impressed by the fact that she used this kind of language? Have you ever heard anybody pray that way? Jesus said (in effect), “You don’t pray to impress God. It’s not the language of your prayer. It’s not the length of your prayer. You’re not heard for much speaking.” God is ready for you to talk to Him. Come to Him as you are, and open yourself up to Him; you don’t have to dress it up.
- Is it easy or hard for you to pray to God? What are the things you regularly go to Him about?
- When are you most likely to go to God in prayer? Has He become the One you regularly turn to in life? Why or why not?
Practice This
Spend time with God in prayer.
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