Jude 1:20 – “Pray in the Holy Spirit.”
Note the key characteristic of true prayer – “in the Holy Spirit.” Only the prayer that comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to Him. The desire that He writes upon our heart will move His heart and bring down a blessing, but the desires of the flesh have no power with Him. Praying in the Holy Spirit is praying in fervency.
Cold prayers ask the Lord not to hear them. Those who do not pray with fervency do not pray at all. We might as well talk of lukewarm fire as of lukewarm prayer-it is essential that it be red-hot. It is praying perseveringly. The true petitioner gathers force as he proceeds and grows more fervent when it seems that there are delays. The believer must be persuaded and persistent until they receive the witness of the Spirit in their spirit to cease or see the physical manifestation of their prayers.
Prayer should be perfumed with love, saturated with love—love for our fellow believers and love for Christ. Moreover, it must be a prayer full of faith. A man prevails only to the extent that he believes. The Holy Spirit is the author of faith and strengthens it, so that we pray believing God’s promise. Now our prayer is that this blessed combination of excellent graces, as priceless and sweet as rare spices, might be fragrant within us because the Holy Spirit is in our hearts! Blessed Comforter, exert Your mighty power within us, helping our weaknesses in prayer.
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Pastor Josh Laryea