Today I want to share another very vital message from Jerry Savelle's devotional!
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
First Corinthians 14:15 teaches us that we can pray both
with our understanding (our mind) and out of our spirit: “What is the
conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the
understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the
understanding” (NKJV). There are several great reasons why you need to pray in
the Spirit:
• It builds you up spiritually (see 1
Corinthians 14:4; Jude 1:20).
• It enables you to pray the will of God when
you don’t know what to pray or how to pray for a particular situation
(see Romans 8:26-27).
• It refreshes and brings rest (see Isaiah
28:11-12).
One of the greatest benefits of praying in the Spirit is
that by doing so we can obtain wisdom from God about how to pray even as we’re
praying. “For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but
unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries” (1 Corinthians 14:2 KJV).
First Corinthians 2:6-7 explains this even further:
“However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of
this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery [or in the Spirit], the hidden wisdom
which God ordained before the ages for our glory” (NKJV). This “hidden wisdom”
translates into God’s perfect will. It may not be known to your understanding
when you first began to pray, but the Holy Spirit through you and in you is
helping you to pray it to the Father.
As you pray in the Spirit, you may not have immediate
understanding of what you are saying; but when you pray in faith in the Spirit,
the wisdom will come.
Take advantage of this powerful gift God has given you and
spend time daily praying in the Spirit.
Confession: As I pray in the Spirit, I am praying God’s
perfect will for my life and I believe I receive wisdom, revelation, and
insight.
Praying in the Spirit has been one of the greatest gifts in my life! To have the conifdence that I am praying God's perfect will without my own thinking getting in the way is such a blessing! Praying in the Spirit has also opened my life up to the other gifts of the Spirit and to a more intimate fellowship with HIM! I encourage you to pray in the Spirit more AND to listen to HIM more as you do. Those mysteries and secrets that come right from the heart of God will be the asnwers you need to lead that abundant life that JESUS wants for us according to John 10:10! 10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Upper Room":
Shalom in Him!
