And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. So it should not surprise us that God instructs His children to pray in the Spirit. As we pray in the Spirit, we do not limit our prayers to our understanding (1 Corinthians 14:15). You can pray to the Holy Spirit, who will help you overcome your emotions and put your trust in God instead. Romans 8 reminds us that no matter how 'weak' our prayer life may feel, we do not pray alone. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. Let's think of how to pray as "breathing.". Throughout this website we've compared Bible study to eating - which brings about nourishment and growth to our spirit. Indeed, The spirit interceeds . Rather, it refers to how we are praying. When you pray in the Spirit, God’s Holy Spirit guides you, He leads you in prayer. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. One way to deal with this is to make prayer part of your daily routine, such as praying as soon as you wake up in the morning, right before you go … Uniting Christians all over the world to pray in the Spirit for 24 hour continuously. 1 Corinthians 14:14 - For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. We do not know what we will be praying when we pray in the Spirit, but God’s Spirit takes charge. How to Pray in the Spirit. Do you love Him in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and wish to have more devotion to Him as the Holy Spirit? Ephesians 6:18 – “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” Watch the Message. I. When you feel desperate, trusting in God calls for an act of the will. Pray in the Spirit, Arthur Wallis, CLC Publications. Don’t let the controversy surrounding this topic keep you from a tool God has given you to help your Christian walk. ! How to Pray in … So I take it that the way to "pray in the Holy Spirit" is the same as the way to worship "in the Spirit of God," namely, by not putting any confidence in what we can do in our own nature, but instead looking away from our own resources and trusting in the mercy of God to help us pray by his Spirit. And please note, Praying in the Spirit was also born on Labour Day, as Australians celebrated their Labour Day on 11 March 2013! First, to pray in the Spirit means The Holy Spirit Enables Our Prayers. Just as breathing is essential to our physical lives so our prayer life is essential to our spiritual lives. How To Pray In The Spirit March 11, 2015 Save Article Romans 8 (Program 1975, Air dates 01.20.2013 & 01.27.2013) INTRODUCTION (Romans 8:26-27) Prayer is the greatest Christian privilege and service; it is also the greatest Christian failure. Prayer in the Spirit is simply the outflow of our relationship with God, a conversation that is rooted and grounded in his word. Big Idea: To pray in the Spirit is to allow the Holy Spirit to be your prayer partner. When we pray in the Spirit, according to Lloyd-Jones, we experience being carried or driven in prayer to God by the Spirit, but how is it done? Not only to be moved by the Spirit in prayer, but to be guided by the Spirit in prayer. Do you love Him in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and wish to have more devotion to Him as the Holy Spirit? And since this is something we are called to do ("pray in the Holy Spirit"), our role is to take what we know about the Spirit's will from the Word and saturate our prayers with it. Do you love the Lord Our God, just as He loves you? Praying in the Spirit is the biblical teaching of prayer with both emotion and intellect with complete dependence upon the Spirit of God to help pray appropriately to God the Father through Jesus the Son of God. With this in mind, I would like to declare 1 May as a day when all the Saints pray in the Spirit, labouring into God’s rest, by praying in the Spirit. It is praying for things the Spirit leads us to pray for. Do you love the Lord Our God, just as He loves you? Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. When we pray in accordance with God's Spirit we can pray according to God's will and be confident of His perfect answer to our requests.