These are notes on the sermon, Pray for the Much More, preached by Pastor Joseph Prince on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore. We hope these sermon notes will be an encouragement to you!
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As we step into The Year of Much More, God is inviting us to see what He sees for our futures, rather than focus on what we may feel or encounter along the way. Our loving heavenly Father wants us to be prepared and equipped to face what is to come, not to deny reality, but to shape our expectations.
There may be moments this year that feel challenging or stormy. But God wants us to know this right from the beginning: We are not walking through these challenges alone. He is with us, and what we face is not the final outcome. The trial is not the conclusion. Our Father’s intention is to bring us through—and to bring us out with much more.
We see this pattern time and again in Scripture. When Israel stood at the edge of the promised land, God had already promised them that it was a good land—but it was not empty. There were giants in the land. Many saw these obstacles and drew back in fear. But Joshua and Caleb saw these same giants and held fast to what God had said. They believed the promise was greater than the opposition. And because they trusted God’s Word, they were the only ones in their generation who inherited the land.
In the same way that God spoke to Joshua and Caleb about the land, He speaks to us ahead of time, and His word forearms us for what lies ahead. Whatever the journey may look like this year, God’s promise in Psalm 66:12 remains sure: “We went through fire and through water. Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.”
Let this Word anchor you. Whatever you are faced with, God is not done with your story. He is working things out for your good, and what lies ahead is much more than what stands in front of you now.
As God leads us into much more this year, He makes it clear that His increase is inseparable from His Word. Before your circumstances can change outwardly, God gives you light inwardly. Scripture tells us, “The entrance of Your words gives light” (Ps. 119:130). This light is not mere information—it is a divine clarity, direction, and understanding. This is how God prepares His people: His much more is already present, carried within His Word, waiting to be received by His people.
But how we come to His Word matters. God calls us to adopt a posture of attentiveness, humility, and teachability. Scripture consistently places listening and inclining the ear before the blessings we desire (Deut. 28:1). When we approach the Word casually or assume we already know it, our hearts close up and become unreceptive without us realizing it. But when we come with a teachable heart, God gives us fresh light. And often, one word from God, received at the right time, is enough to restore peace and realign perspectives.
Jesus taught that everything in God’s kingdom operates by faith, and that faith comes through hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). Faith is not something we work up—it is built as we hear the Word. If your faith feels small, it is not a failure; it is an invitation to listen again and again, and to allow the Word to do its work within you.
God’s heart is not for His people to remain in small faith, but to grow into great faith, so we can trust Him and receive all that He has already provided. This is why building ourselves up in the Word is vital, especially in seasons of trial. As we give attention to the Word and allow it to take root in our hearts, our faith grows, and our capacity to receive what God has already provided increases. And if there’s a wait for our breakthrough, the hope and trust we have in our Father will hold sure and steadfast.
As God leads us into the fullness of much more, it becomes clear that His much more includes provision and prosperity, which He provides to us with a purpose. Now, provision and prosperity are not side issues for our Father, nor are they disconnected from spiritual life, and are definitely not things the church needs to shy away from or be intimidated by. Prosperity matters greatly to our heavenly Father because it is one of the ways He chooses to establish His covenant and advance what He has already accomplished through our Lord Jesus.
“You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers.”
—Deuteronomy 8:18, NKJV
Thus, provision and prosperity are not about accumulation for their own sake, but about aligning with and achieving God’s purposes in the earth. Through His provision to us, we are to participate in sponsoring and furthering the gospel. Wherever the gospel goes, lives are transformed and restored. This is how God works: He supplies His people so His covenant with them can be made visible and effective.
That is why we are never meant to be selfish when we receive from God. As the Father supplies, He does so with the intention that His people become channels of blessing. There must always be an outlet for the provision that God blesses us with, and when He knows He can get things through us, then He can get His much more to us.
Scripture shows that trusting God in this area sometimes involves releasing what feels costly. This is evident in the account of King Amaziah. As he prepared for battle against his enemies, he spent a large sum to hire a mercenary army. When the man of God instructed him to release those soldiers, Amaziah asked a very real and practical question: “But what about the money I have paid?” The response reveals God’s heart: “The LORD is able to give you much more than this” (2 Chron. 25:9). What looked like loss was not loss at all—it was an invitation to trust God beyond what could be measured.
This principle runs throughout Scripture: What is released for God’s purpose is never wasted. Even when money is lost, even when something costly is given up, God remains faithful to restore with much more.
It is also this reality of God’s much more that draws hearts back to Him. Jesus described it through the story of the prodigal son who came to himself in the pigpen and remembered the Father’s house. What stirred his heart was not fear or condemnation, but the abundance: “In my father’s house there is bread enough and to spare.” It was the “much more” in the Father’s house that brought him home. In the same way, when God’s goodness is seen—through lives that reflect His grace, His peace, and His provision—it awakens long-buried memories and longing in those who have wandered. They remember what they once had, and they will begin their journey home.
Hence, our Father invites us to expect much more success in every area of our lives this year, including provision. Not for self-indulgence or pride, but for participation in what God is doing. As we trust Him, receive from Him, and allow Him to work through us, we become part of how His covenant is established in the earth!
Having seen God’s heart for much more—for our good, for His purpose, and for people coming home—we come to an important question: If God has already promised these things, why do we still need to pray?
Understanding how faith works will help us here. Faith is not something we can conjure up to please God. Pastor Prince explains that faith is like a window. A window doesn’t create light—it simply lets it in. The light already exists. In the same way, faith doesn’t produce what God gives by grace; it is simply the hand that receives what’s already ours in Christ (Rom. 5:17).
But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing more to do. Faith allows God’s light to come in, but prayer keeps us aligned with what God’s Word has promised until it becomes visible.
We see this clearly in Daniel’s life. God had already spoken through the prophet Jeremiah that the Israelites’ captivity would last seventy years and that He would bring His people back (Jer. 29:10). When Daniel read and studied this promise from the Scriptures, he didn’t sit back and wait—he turned to God in prayer (Dan. 9:2–3). Not to persuade God, but to stay aligned until the promise unfolded.
Later, Daniel learned that even though the answer had been released immediately, spiritual resistance had delayed its manifestation (Dan. 10:12–13). This reminds us that we live in a world where spiritual opposition exists. Prayer is how we partner with God to stand firm until what He has promised manifests in our lives.
That’s why Scripture calls us to put on the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:11–13) and to pray at all times in the Spirit (Eph. 6:18). As we stand in faith, we pray and it is through our prayers that we can remain strong until the breakthrough comes. Even when we’ve believed and received by faith, circumstances might not shift immediately. In that waiting, praying again doesn’t mean we are in doubt—it means we’re persevering in trust and partnership with God.
In 3 John 1:2, the apostle John wrote, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” The soul was already prospering, but John still prayed for that prosperity to be seen outwardly in every area of the person’s life. In the same way, our Father’s promises to us already exist—but He wants us to speak to Him and ask through prayer for His promises to be brought to fruition.
Nevertheless, prayer isn’t a formula. It isn’t a performance, but a response that flows from having a relationship with the Father. We pray because we trust Him. We pray because we know He is good. And we pray, not because the Father has forgotten His promises, but because He loves to hear from us and delights in bringing His promises to pass in our lives.
So as you step into this year of much more, our Father desires that you believe, be confident, and be expectant that what He has promised, He is faithful to bring to pass (Heb. 10:23).
On your part, you are to prioritize spending time in His Word, giving Him all your attention and your focus as you read and study the Scriptures to draw out the much more He wants you to have. Expect Him to give you, first of all, much more light, wisdom, and revelation from His Word this year. My friend, if you’re facing any darkness, worry, or anxiety, just a word from Him will light a path for you.
And, like Daniel, as you read your Father’s promises to you in His Word, pray—pray for the blessings to manifest and pray against the hostile forces that will come to intercept and disrupt His Word. If you are in a season of challenge, persevere in prayer and stay strong in the Father’s promise that He will bring you through and into a place of much more than you had before.
In this message, Pastor Prince also shared that we can expect much more souls to return to the Father’s bosom this year. So pray that as the Father works in the hearts and minds of these people, they will come to realize that there’s more than enough bread and so much more grace and peace for them in the Father’s house, amen?
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