Ask God Big Things

Bro. Emmanuel Udotong

Sunday, August 2, 202644:143 Listens

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Big things. Ask God big things. Yes, we need to ask God big things. You say how as human being we tend to put limits on our prayer based on our current circumstances.

You know, I can assure you people will tell you ah, this one, this problem. No, it's not possible. When one, a little, when one, one child, a little boy prayed that let it, let this water go immediately somebody was hearing that we say I can. But today we can see by the time he break there was no line around.

Today we can't find love. Ask God big things. Ask God big things. Even when last Monday people were here on Wednesday they were using boats to go around their boats using boats.

So when they said we are coming to service on Sunday, they said they were here when they saw all the old boats everywhere. Who is the one that made that arrangement? Who made that arrangement? They did not believe that people.

But when we came to church last Sunday, you can see the number of people that was there. There was no no problem with anybody. Ask God be things. Ask God be careless.

People came in here that Saturday when they came here and they saw just like Joshua and Kenneth. But this one saw that we are able to. We are able to come in here and the message was sent. They called me, the arrangement was sent.

But as human we tend to put limits on our prayers based on our current circumstances, our past failures or our limited resources to try to find out what can we do. We often pray for what we think is safe. Because sometimes you say ah, if I don't succeed, people will come and laugh at me saying to be the brain on this. The thing did not happen.

So today God is telling us to ask for big things. God will consistently challenge us to expand our vision, our expectation. Expect extraordinary. That's what God will continue to tell us.

We should not just limit and say don't just look at it. Because you look at your situation the way you have been in the past years, the way things have been with you in the past year. You see continue to think it's like that. Can you change Our God can change you.

Your situation can change. Just ask God, just depend on don't depend on you. Don't depend on your depend on God's words, depend on his promises, depend on what he has said he will do. Don't limit yourself.

Don't continue to take that is not possible this one Psalm Psalm chapter 2, verse 8. Psalm chapter 2, verse 8. Ask of him and I shall give thee the healing of thy inheritance and the utmost part of the earth by possessions. Ask of me Then I will do that.

I will do what? I will give unto you what you are. You are not there. You were not in the place.

Read again for them. Chapter two, verse eight. Ask all men, ask all me. And I shall give you the heing for your inheritance.

I shall give unto you the he. For your and the utmost part of the earth. For your possession, the outermost part of the earth. You've not been to America.

You've not been to Kutulu. Some people, some people have not been to for your inheritance. You not find yourself going there. Before you know it, you explore.

You are the one that you are the living. You are living over there because you are some God. It cannot just be because you are here, because water is here. You become so what is it?

What can we do? We are facing flooding. My home is ask God big things. Ask of me and I will make and you make a nation.

You are heritage. You will inherit a name. If you ask at the end of the age, you are possession. I think this will be a very difficult for a lot of people because of their thinking to swallow this.

You will think. You sit down and think of your life. Think of all these things. What are you happy in your life?

Who am I? You are a child of God. You are blessed. You are blessed by God.

God has a lot in store for you. So don't. Don't give up. Don't give up.

Begin to ask God a big things. Begin to believe in your God. So this is what God is telling us today. God want to reveal himself to us.

God want to do great things in our life. So what we need to do is to ask God, when you are praying, when you are praying, believe God. Believe your prayers. Some people will pray God heal me.

But their mind is not. Some people will pray this. Their mind is not there. They are still afraid.

Can this work out? Can this do? Can this be happening? Let's also look at another place.

Ephesians, chapter 2, verse 20. The book of Ephesians, chapter 2, Verse 20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Jesus Christ himself being the chief pastor.

Being this Christ Jesus is a chief cornerstone. Big or dear. Depend on him. Don't depend on yourself.

Don't depend on your situation. Let your hope be. Being on God is the alpha, is the omega, is the beginning, is the end. So let our mind be in God.

Believe that God will do a new thing in your life. When we come to God, he doesn't just invite us to bring whatever tiny things we have. He want us to be polite in our asking, ask with faith as believing that God will answer your prayers. As with faith, even when you are sick, when there is a problem happening to you, believe that God will do it, will do a new thing.

So he invites us to ask for a big thing that require his miraculous intervention. That's what God wants. He wants us to ask, think that when this thing will happen, all glory will be to God. People will begin to glorify God.

He said yes, is the Lord doing? He's not the one that if you do it, he will not even know. God wants to do something to lift up his name. His name to be glorified.

God wants his name to be to be lifted up. So this is what God is asking us. He want us to ask him. Ask in faith.

So as a church, we should pray hard for this church. Pray hard for this church. We are depending on God to help us to do what he wants us to accomplish. Depend on Him.

Not on your strength, not on your power, not on your See some people. Let me precise example. If you want to depend on your own salary, say okay, this is what I paid. I will do the accolade from the salary.

It will not work out. But one way or the other, God can make a way where there is no way. As you pay your tithes, as you pay your offering, as you do it. Not depending on what you have.

You see, God will manifest himself what will be. And things just happen. You will say, is it me? This is for me.

And people are not giving you something. You will be surprised. Never expect this incompatible. Why?

Because you are in faith. When you ask, you believe. Don't depend on yourself. Don't depend on your source of phone.

Don't depend on depend on God. Walk by faith and not by sight. So this is what is going disappearing. So in the Bible you see that a lot of people were asking God big things.

I say God big things. Even in the God world, God's word consistently challenges us to expand our vision. Our good, whatever that is called everywhere. Think big, you have a big God.

Don't just limit yourself. Some people say, are you here? You know, I don't have anything, I don't have any to continue lamenting. Lamenting every moment.

Tell it to Jesus. We overcome us. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb. We are overcome by the word of our testimony.

So the late God actually invite us to ask for big things. As you read that he will give us even the goods. Here we are. We did not expect it.

We never meditated. We Never thought of it but God. Because he asked. God directed us to this place.

And when I hear what is happening. I guess you're surprised. A brother mentioned to me a few days ago last week that we were here for. He said that land we bought 10,000.

10 Million or 10 or 12 million. I can't remember very. There are people are pricing 100 million. Can he sell it?

Can he say, no, I want to sell it. I want 20 million. Can you imagine? 3 Years he's pricing me 100 million.

Can I sell it to this one? Now we are now you know how much. What is happening? What was it?

Something we got under 20 billion. Ask for big things. So you move by faith. And you do not know what what God will do something 10, 10 or 12 is worth million.

They are acid making. Said no, I'm not selling. I said my brother said it now. But you know, if you leave it now, the next moment it will 200.

Ask God big things. Somebody will be there, see all over. Maybe you have that money to carry them back to do it. You say, let me keep it.

So they will not fly, will pick up. And somebody is putting the right day now over two years, three years. Let him jump. And as he's doing that, maybe we'll be taking off to another place to also learn and carry moving.

But you are. You are sitting down. What is it? How can I do?

How can I survive? Can I survive? Can I do this? Ask for big things.

He will do it to you. You will see the Bible those that ask for read for us. Jeremiah 33, verse 3. Jeremiah chapter 33, verse 3.

Call unto me and I will answer thee. Call unto me and I will answer. Answer thee. And I will show you great and mighty things.

And I will show you great and mighty things which thou knowest without knowing not if you sit down and begin to cry. But if when you call on God, he will show you great and mighty things that you know not. Ask God big things. Ask God big things.

Don't be. When you want to pray, say, see my situation. See my situation. You begin to cry.

I am not there. I'm not this. What do you want? God is asking you?

What do you want me to do for you? Ask God big things and I will be showing you great and mighty things which you did not know. But if you sit down all over, people will you know only beating you. Sorry.

Oh, sorry. Hey, sorry. You go and tell me sorry, I don't have anything. What have you asked God?

He said, ask me big thing. And I Will show you great and mighty in which you know not so what it means that prayer is a doorway to divine secret and a breakthrough. That is what prayer is a doorway to divine secret. There are secret things that are all around you.

You don't know but when you pray, God will reveal it to you. God will show you. God will reveal to you when you pray and believe. Not just pray believe.

He will show it to you Divine secret. What did you do? I just cited an example. There are people that have gotten this consciousness.

They will move like this and see a little thing like this. And they said you will Anybody that sees he will think oh, he's coming here to before you do it, don't after big things. There are biblical examples. We cannot just continue like this.

We have to cite example from the Bible. Those that believe in this world, those that believe throughout scripture history was shared by ordinary people who dared to bring with faith. There are many people that pray with faith and God was using them to do great things. Example Jabez.

Jabez was rejected. Not not known who was Jabez. But what does he ask? Just read for us.

First Chronicles chapter 4, verse 9 to 10. God pray God expand my ghost. Do something for me. Look at me.

Laughter People have been chasing me. They don't all over God enlarge my coast. How many of us change situation? I don't want to remain what I am.

I want my life to change. I want to be a an instrument voice for use. I want God to use me to do something here. Change my situation, change my husband situation change my situation change change her life.

This year, this month you change. Oh, look at me. How much one of my. My bro say how much depend did you notice?

I really know that. Yeah. My body don't even where I look at it now, it doesn't even shift. Is that your mind?

Are you putting your mind there? Ask God big things. If you want to depend on that that you are wanting is worth individual somebody just buy account. That is it.

Ask God be Yes. Read for verse 9 to 10. And J was more honorable than his brethren. J was moved his court and his.

Mother called his name Jesus. He called his name Jabez Sin Because. I bear him with sorrow. I bear him with sorrow.

That was why the mother called Yes. J called the God of Israel saying oh, that thou wouldest bless me in thee. Enlarge my co. Enlarge my co. And. That your hand might be with me.

So that your hand might be with. Me and that you would keep me from evil. That I. That it may not grieve me.

And God granted him that which he requested. God granted me that which he requested. So tell me, if he did not request. If he did not request, what would it be?

If he was looking at what is the situation? And Jabez was more honorable than his beggar. And his mother called his name. Jabez said, because I buried him with sorrow.

When I beg this guy, nothing was there, no food, nothing. He called his name Jabez. And Jabez called on God of Israel, saying O that thou to bless me indeed and enlarge my host. And that thy hand might be with me.

So that your hand may be with me. And that thou wouldst. Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that I may not grieve me. And God granted him that did not ask these two questions.

If Jabez did not ask this, think of it, what would have happened? Jabez was a man whose name he tried in beds. Yet he dare to pray a bold prayer. You have been suffering, but you decided, no, I must leave this.

This. This situation. This situation was. Leaving this situation was l. This situ.

I don't want to continue like this. So what happened? God granted him what he asked. Jabez refused to let his painful background dictate his future.

He asked for a wider sphere and incident. And God delivered him. Ask for big things. Know what he's done.

Oh, my people, my parents, we are from war family, we are from that. Have you not. Had you not seen? Have you not heard of people that were very, very poor Today they are the leaders, the rulers.

Ask God be there testified of his goodness. He escaped you from that moment till now. What don't you think that you continue to believe? What don't you think.

Some parents when they were born, they call it suru children because of the situation the child was born and he said he understood that his name is. He pick up like that. He said that God, I want to extend my cross. I want to change that situation.

And God granted, so shall it be in our life. In Jesus name. Amen. Ask God be things and God would do it.

Another one was Moses asking to see God of God of glory. Yes. Read Exodus 33 verse 18 to. Book of Exodus chapter 23 from verse 18.

And he said, I misses the show me your glory. Show me your glory. Can you see at the city? Do you think about Moses?

Go back to the city to talk about. Moses was a person that was a wonderful. It was a wonderful. Even when God talked to him, he said, no, I'M not.

I'm not. No. But at a point, Moses had gone. Ask him to see a glory of gods here where we are reading.

You see what Moses was talking? Okay, read it again. And he said, I received the show. Show me thy glory.

Show me thy glory. And you ask God. Show me thy glory. I want to be glorified.

I want my life to be glorified in you. Despite all what I've been doing. Despite my sinful nature. I want things.

I want to be glorified in my. My life. I will worship you. I will.

I will put my life to you. I will not continue in the life I've been living before. Show me you are glory. Yes.

And he said, I will make all thy goodness pass before you. And I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will gracious. And will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

And he said, you cannot see my face, for there shall no man, for there shall no man see me and live. And the Lord said, behold, there is a place by me. And thou shalt stand upon a rock. And shall come to pass while my going passeth by.

And I will put thee in a cliff of the rock road. I will command thee with my hand while I pass by. Yes. And I will take away my hand and thou shalt see my rough hearts.

My face shall not be seen. Yes, see what God answered. He showed me thy glory. Maybe Moses was thinking that God will come up now, like many people are thinking, so that he can see face to face before he can believe.

No, it was just telling him, you. The power I've been given. What you have asked has been granted to you. But you will not see my face.

That's been granted. So don't wait to say until this is done, until you see the before you believe that God will do things alive, as in faith. As in faith. After nothing.

After living the Israelite through the wilderness. When Moses makes a venture request. Please show me your glory. Please show me your glory.

You've been doing this for me. You've been doing this. Show me how to do it. I want you because.

No. All what you are doing, you are survivor. Till today is by the grace of God as he has left you to this very moment. You will continue to reach him, believe something, continue to trust him.

Continue to believe in him. Continue to repent on him, continue to pray, continue to read his word. He didn't ask for water. He didn't ask for bread.

He didn't ask for victory. Over enemies. He asked to look to look directly on upon the unshield power of God. Show me your glory.

So this is what God want from us. Sometime you say oh just one. One. One brother was saying somebody God, give me only me and what I can eat that will me in my pocket.

I said, I go and look at this pocket. How large is this pocket? Give me what you don't give me too much just for my pocket. Are you a.

Don't you have church? Don't you have things to do for God? Show me thy glory. God honored this request by placing him in the grave of the rock and passing by displaying his goodness.

When you ask God to reveal Himself deeply, He will answer in a way that transform your life. That is. That's God in the way Transform your life. People will see it happen.

Is that. Is that brother? Say yes. Show me thy glory.

Ask God big things. Ask God big things. He's here to bless us. He's here to do something.

So you can see the. The Moses. How God made Moses. How God was with Moses.

He was the. Each time there is problem, he becomes. Moses will leave the people and go back to God. Because he knew the source is from the Lord.

It's not his power. He will go back to God and keep praying. And God will tell you. But you see the problem that I saw as we discussed with some of my people.

Each time Moses will go to the mountain to ask God for his going to answer before he comes. The people, the congregation, they have started doing that. They do started looking for gold, started looking for other God to go worship. That's the problem people.

Before he returns, let me go and pray. And that's what is happening. Because they don't believe. Because they don't trust that this God can do it.

Because they don't believe that God can take care of them, can sustain them. Their mind. If it's not here, I will go here. If it's not here, there are two ways anyhow.

How can you receive when you don't believe? Ask for big things. People do it. He's doing for people.

Testimonies is abound here all over. And you are seeing. Ask God big things. You are here.

Testimonies. You are here. Welcome to manifestation. You have.

You are hearing, you are seeing. When will it be your own? Today will be our home in Jesus name. Will not take long again.

Whatever it is. Whatever it is, you are liberated in Jesus name. Ask God big things. I don't know what I will share.

Share testimony. This is the L. This Is the l. The person will tell us whether he wants up to 20 million. They say take hundred say, no, no, no, I don't want 100. I don't want hundred.

Say. I told him you grade 120 before you got 152 years ago. 3, 2. I don't think it's up to 3 years.

2100 Ask for big things. It will grant you and you by the time people will see you say, if you weigh that in that situation get you all over. Have you not changed? Is your situation not changed?

See again. Joshua, chapter 10, verse 12 to 14. Joshua asking time to start. Can you imagine that where we are going to reach?

Duchess one it was. The battle was there and it was like they are going to overrun them. If he go to sleep. If there is no if night at all.

He said no moon, stand still everywhere. Stand still time still, so I can finish this work of God. God answered. God answered.

Which. Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. And he said, in the sight of Israel. Son, stand thou still.

Upon Jacob. Son, stand thou still. Can you imagine this song? No time be there.

Because time. You need time. Just what Israeli is time? He said.

Ah, no. That was what he was doing. I said, this place. When we get lost the child, we should.

This water should go. It was almost running. It was coming up everywhere. There was coming for this.

As God answered the prayers. He's good. You think? How can I pray now?

That's how water is healed. Who told me ask God these things. There's nothing God cannot do. Joshua Case is where we are yet.

And that morning in the valley of Magalon. And the sun stood still. And the sun stood still. According to what he asked.

And the moon stayed. And the moon stayed. Until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Until they overcome their enemies.

That was what they wanted. Until you overcome. You are in the midst of problem. You are in some difficulty.

You are. You are. How can I do you start to shame until they overcome their enemies. Yes.

Is this not. Is not this written in the book of Joshua? So the Son stood still. And the Son stood in the midst of heaven.

And hasten not to go down about a whole day. Yes. There was no day like that before e after it that the Lord hearkened onto the voice of a man. But the Lord fought for Israel.

Nothing. No such thing has happened before. You are waiting for those things that are happening before. You are home.

Before you ask of God. In the middle of the physical battle of Athen, Joshua realized again time was running out. Time was. Is very important.

It was very important for him. If they divine the night now come everything come. They think that night they will. He called upon God.

Called upon God. He needed more time to secure victory. Instead of accepting the thing he spoke or delayed to the heaven sun stand still and the moon in the valley. So this is what God.

This is an example that I showed to us. In your trouble, in your problem, in your situation. What do you. What do you do you think that some people say this is this place because they are not great.

They are not very many people. Nobody will see me, nobody will know me. Have you not asked you are great here. What God is he?

People standing somewhere. I want a wife in Nigeria. No want any other way. Ask God big things.

You heard about women that we have read for kids. Some people will run this year. I want to go. Many people are there in that problem.

Okay, this church. I can't be sacrificing a wedding ring. I do not have a wedding bell here. Ask for big things.

He will do it. The sun stopped and the day was prolonged. Joshua prayed a physically impossible prayer. And God altered the prayer,.

The. The service, the. The alter the whole system to honor it. So shall it be in your life.

In Jesus name. Things will be altered. Things will change because of you. Because of you.

Ask God. Be dense. Wherever you go, God will go with you, will lead you, will direct you. But don't be like the children People of Israel.

When you want to pray, you change. They change it. Worship here, worship here, go there, go there. Change no.

Be one, get one face and God will be with you. First Samuel, chapter one, verse 10 to 11. This we have been reading. Maybe we will not read.

Is pure another. Hannah asked God a miracle out of this. Did he not answer? People were thinking that he's making noise, drunk and all the rest.

But God. Oh, these are God. God answered. They laughing people.

Somewhere people were laughing at they come. Who said people with not today is not that day is a story Deeply grieved by her barrenness and mocked by her. Our people were mocking and have poured out our souls to the Lord as we are going to do today. He didn't just ask for a child.

She also promised that this child when he comes, I will give it to the Lord. Can you imagine that? What are you giving to God? What do you plan to give to God for what you are asking him to do for you?

Is it for his glory? That is the key Is this what you are asking? Is it for the glory of God? God opened the womb.

What was this? We know no matter what happens,. Big. Prayers bring glory to God alone.

If you ask God, ask God big things. When you ask good things, let the glory be ascribed to God. Let it be to God only when you are. When you limit God, you also get as it is.

That's faith. Some people say my faith is not as big as that. Who told you? Who measure it for you?

So ask God big things and God will grant unto us in Jesus name. Our God is well equipped for impossible things. Do you know about that? Those things you feel impossible is well equipped.

Luke chapter 18, verse 27. What is impossible with men is possible with God. Yes. And he said the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

They think that are impossible with men are possible with God. I don't know what are the things you feel in your life that you have God. But the Bible is telling me, telling you now that it is possible with God. Don't think about time.

Don't think about how you have been the past. Make a covenant with him now. Be ready. Tell God I'm ready.

I'm for you. I'm for you. You have done it to others. We ready what you have done many wonders to many.

Do it unto me. Do it to my family in Jesus name. I will do it. What is the big things shifting in your heart today?

Think about it. Is it restoration of their broken relationship? Is it a vision of the ministry? Is it the healing of a chronic condition or spiritual awakening of their family?

What is your problem? Think about it. Ask God, be changed. Stop filtering.

Stop filtering your prayer through limitation. Oh this, that and who am I? This and let me the mother of Japan. Stop all those things.

Believe in your God. Stop. Stop trying to find out what can you do. Thinking, using your head.

Step boldly into the throne of throne room of grace and ask God in. He will not withhold anything from you. Sin offend God, offend our holy God. Sin cut people from God forming a war to isolation from God.

Make your way right with God and ask God big things he will do for you. Ask God big things. Trust that the God who vacancies and stop the songs is more than able to exceed your expectation. In Jesus name.

Amen. Shall we pray? What is.