(Fifth part)
Memory verse: (Rom 8:26) " Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered "
Prayer is a spiritual activity. Prayer is not a fruit of flesh. Scripture says that what is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. So, prayer is a spiritual product. Zechariah inspired by the Holy Spirit said " it's not by might nor by power but by the Holy Spirit " (Zech 4:6). One of the works of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to teach us and empower us with heavenly ability to pray. Effective and prevailing prayer is a product of the Holy Spirit’s work in a believer. The Holy Spirit gives us the direction in prayer, He anoints us in prayer, He envisions us in Prayer, He imparts the thirst for God in our spirits, and He gives us the utterance while praying in tongues. He imparts God’s burdens and feelings in our spirits while interceding etc. He’s a true helper in the trade of prayer.
When you are full of the Holy Sprit, prayer becomes the most enjoyable and fulfilling adventure. One of the hardest works to do is to pray in the flesh. Praying in the flesh in true hard labor that can never make a man prosper in spiritual things. When there’s no Holy Spirit in your life, prayer is a mechanical activity. Many people find prayer a hard exercise, boring, this is because they lack the anointing of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Without the Holy Spirit in your life, you don’t have help in prayer and you’re bound to fail. All men and women who were mighty in prayer were people with the touch of the Spirit of God upon their lives. Jesus said to his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. When it comes to prayer, the flesh is a weak instrument. Let's depend on the Holy Sprit he will make us men and women mighty in intercession and prayer. In prayer all our battles are won, our heavens are opened, Our destinies are guarantied, our lives are changed, our lives experience breakthroughs, God's power is released upon us, our lives are anointed, we discover our callings and purposes, gates of hell are destroyed etc. A life that has failed at praying has doomed itself to a fruitless and worthless life. We need to cry out to God’s Spirit over and over. We need to be filled daily. We need to allow this river of God’s life to flow endlessly. We need to be mighty when we come in the place of prayer.
Tomorrow we will see ‘ Life with a purpose ’
