Happy Father’s Day to all my friends! I hope you are having an awesome day with your family. Today, I would like to share this devotional with you from my book, Devotions for Working Women, because it encourages you to ask God directly for what you need. Today is a great day to first thank God for everything He has given you but also to ask Him for specific needs in your life. Enjoy!

Our Father Knows What We Need
#163
Matthew 6:7-8 (NLT)
When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!

The Lord wants our prayers to be sincere, honest, and to the point. Jesus tells us that our Father already knows what we need, so there is no need to repeat words or prayers. God wants us to approach Him as a child approaches his dad. Kids are direct; they ask exactly for what they need. He wants us to ask because that is the way we acknowledge Him as our God, and it shows we trust Him.

Verses 9-14 show us how we are to pray. First of all, we are to honor Him. Then we ask for His will to be done here on earth (in our lives) as in heaven. We pray knowing we have need of things and, in faith, believing He will meet our needs on a daily basis. We ask for forgiveness, with a forgiving heart. We ask Him to keep us from temptation and to protect us from evil.

If you are in need of specific things in your life, ask God exactly for what you need, believing in your heart you will receive it. If you need a job, ask Him for one. He knows what we need and when we ask in faith, He will give it to us.