“The Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.” (Romans 8:27 NLT)
Most of us pray with our heads. We form our ideas into requests or recall words that we have memorized. Even when our prayers are sincere and heartfelt, they often come from our human perspectives. Praying in the Spirit is quite different. This phenomenon is very difficult to explain in words.
“We don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” (Romans 8:26 NLT)
Our role is to cooperate and allow the Spirit to move in. In order to make room for the Spirit, our ideas have to vacate the premises. Under the influence of the Spirit, our prayers become less self-centered and more God-centered. As we continually make ourselves available, receptive, and yielding--the Spirit takes over and prays through us in harmony with God’s will.
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