More and more, I am learning to submit to the Holy Spirit's leading in prayer.
I find it hard. I know how things should turn out - at least, the way I would like things to turn out.
But, I have been missing for many years the greatest power available to every believer in prayer. The Holy Spirit knows my needs and he is constantly presenting them to the Father and the Son (Romans 8:26-27). Rather than going off on my own, I need to get in tune with the Spirit.
Many great pray-ers and writers about prayer speak about how essential it is to yield yourself to the Spirit and seek his guidance in prayer.
O. Hallesby, author of Prayer, writes:
"If you find the difficulties in prayer so insurmountably great that you become disheartened then pray for the Spirit of Prayer. He will help you in your weakness and show you in what ways you misunderstand prayer, and will make it simple and easy for you to pray."
In his book Praying by the Power of the Spirit, Neil Anderson tells about his own experience bringing every thought - good or bad - to God in prayer, allowing his prayers to be prompted by the Spirit.
Fred Hartley III says in Prayer on Fire that we must begin by inviting the Spirit to fill us, confessing our sins and receiving God's forgiveness. Then, we know from scripture that he will come and move within us and in the world around us. We will pray with power - praying for what God wants.
Hartley also says that inviting the Holy Spirit into our church meetings and prayer gatherings is essential if we are to see God move with power in our midst. There are plenty of instances in the New Testament of that kind of praying. And great revivals, such as the Welsh revival, began when people asked the Holy Spirit to come.
It's a no-brainer. The Spirit knows everything about us. He loves us and wants to help us fulfill our destinies as children of God. He is God and exercises all the power of God. Why not turn to him as our guide and helper?
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