Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

When we come before God, how do we behave? Do we suddenly put on airs and graces? Do we suddenly find all sorts of words to say?

We need to be honest with God and not try to do things differently just because we dare to speak with God. We cannot hide things from God, so be honest and open always.

Don’t try to impress God because that is not going to work; He already knows what is in your heart and mind. Be open and say things from your heart. Keep it simple.

Matthew 6:7 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.

We do like to have things repeated at times. We do like to repeat things at times. But do we like listening to people who are repeating themselves over and over again?

When we want to take our prayers to God we need to be honest with Him and we need to focus on what we actually are praying for.

When we are very young we tend to ask for things over and over again – our parents could tell us of all the times we have made them mad by asking for the same things time and time again.

Treating God as if He is nothing more than someone we just want to get something out of not treating Him in a right and proper manner. Let us do it properly and with thought!

Mark 7:7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

It is a very easy thing to tell others about something that sounds so good and promises so much. It is not such an easy thing to admit you got it wrong when it does go wrong.

God does not want us to say things because they sound good. He does not want us to say things because people want to hear them.

God wants us to tell people the truth, the real Gospel story.

We should go to our services to learn more about God and not to hear the latest gossip or sing the latest song. This is God we are worshipping!