PRINCIPLES OF PRAYER
"prayer-starters" |
DEAR LORD, Thank you for the privilege of praying for these loved ones. Flood their hearts and minds with light so they can know the certainty of what you want for them. Give them grace and strength to break from lesser calls. Let them see Christ clearly so they can have a mark toward which to press as they move on in Your calling. AND FATHER, If they are confused about what you want for their lives, I loose them so they can move with confidence in your calling. Draw them into a relationship with you that will settle them peacefully in Your calling. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen… |
How the Holy Spirit Will Work
...When not a Gleam of Hope Remains
Ephesians 1:15-19 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling,
...and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.
If our ears are spiritually tuned, we can hear the groaning of creation. The wars, the rebellions, the anger, the frustration, the grief, the endless search for meaning are all expressions of creation’s groaning.
It longs for deliverance. This groaning will only increase as it becomes like the labor pain of a mother giving birth.
Some of us will hear this groaning and participate in creation’s deliverance. But not only is there a groaning in creation, there is a groaning in us, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.
We know—maybe with an instinctive knowing—that there is a HOPE for which we are waiting. It is not yet fulfilled, but seen on the horizon. Paul called it the adoption, ...to wit the redemption of our body—Romans 8:23.This may be beyond the ability of our mind to grasp, but it is the longing of our spirit.
Since we know not how to pray as we ought, the Holy Spirit stands ready to make the intercession for us.
He will pray in us for us,
and He will pray in us for others.
3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 And hope does not put us to shame,
because God's love has been poured out
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5a TNIV
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