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Friday, October 2, 2009
Those who, when you pray, pray
Those who, when you pray, pray Those who pray when you pray? If a K Whitehead pray, who does the praying? Almost all Christians to be knowledgeable in the answer to this question. In reality, this is an issue that the expert be less knowledgeable Christian. The answer, of course, must be that the Holy Spirit who makes the prayer, not us. For example, Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:18 in mind that we are praying for all occasions for all kinds of prayers and requests. But we pray and what we should pray for the Holy Spirit, prayer doing. But is it? The creation of our priorities, sometimes we are so trapped in our own problems and difficulties that we could lose to remember what Paul tells us in Romans 8. 26th Behave as if he says that if we do not know what to pray for the Holy Spirit, pray for us. In fact, if you think that would be a contradiction of Ephesians 6. 18th Of course, what Paul actually says in Romans 8:26 is that "the Spirit helps us in our weakness." This weakness is a general condition, not a special! For Paul goes on to say that "We do not know what we need to pray but the Spirit gives himself up for us with groans that words can not express. "(New Inteational Version). Note that there is a general statement here: "We do not know ...", he does not say:" When we do not know when to pray, what ... "We often think we know what to pray. Some of us that we can always know what to pray for. Or you ignore what Paul says, or do not know what it says or not we want to accomplish what he says, "on its head," as they were. In fact, we have our priorities in prayer. Furthermore, we have created in preference to what the priorities of the Holy Spirit to do. Some of our problems, there are many important issues that we tend, in the spirit of its own priorities in our prayers. 1. There is a lack of faith. We have confidence, but it is used? If we do not, not grow. We need to have enough faith that the Spirit makes us feel and respond to us. 2nd We lack confidence. This is certainly a rigorous control of the faith. If not enough of the former, we are certainly in the second foul! Can we trust the Spirit to pray over us? and what is most needed at this time? 3rd We lack the experience. If you do not practice our faith, and if not trust, we will never accumulate that essential experience of allowing the Spirit to pray with us. We will never know unless he or the definition of the priorities of the Holy Spirit, so that the experience we gather? Just do what the New Testament tells us to do. In chapter 14 of John's Gospel, Jesus gives us a list of all that the Spirit is for us as a result of his indwelling. If we really believe that the indwelling Spirit, we must know that he is always there for us to tu. And not least in prayer. In reality, what Jesus says in this passage, prayer is by far the easiest way to find out how the mind communicates with us. So the next time we come to pray, do not have a self - generated list of what we think we need to pray. Instead we have: 1 Do one intentionally, in a state of inner calm. There are several ways to do so. A prayer was used to before his chair and make it clear that he wanted to meet God Or try a reflective prayed very formal prayer. Or pass the time before God all the sins you've insulted him, because the last time you prayed. These are just the beginning helps. 2nd Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your prayers. Then listen. Not for inteal or exteal voice, but also for the spirit to speak his thoughts in your mind. It will not be easy, as the thoughts come. Have the courage of faith to follow them. You have the courage not to pray, if it is not. The pastor of the largest congregation in the world, Paul Young Cho says that he never preached on Sunday, what the Spirit does not have on Saturday. If you get nothing, he does not just preach. It 'so easy. If you practice this meditation on Sacred Scripture Christian are all very easy for you, because you can not meditate on the word of God is with them, the Spirit that has to do. We lea how to use it. In the process of leaing the different ways that the Holy Spirit speaks to us. Although it is easier, through meditation, you can still lea to listen and hear from him by other forms of prayer.
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