Dutch Sheets: “This chapter is about our Helper, the Holy Spirit. Without any doubt the greatest single key to successful intercession is learning to cooperate with the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to be all He was sent to be in us.
Jesus called Him our ‘Helper’ in John 14:26: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”
“And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:26- 28).
I find myself wondering at times, How do I pray for this person or situation, Lord? What needs to happen? At other times I have felt led by the Holy Spirit to pray for someone, yet had no way at that moment of knowing why they needed prayer.
Sometimes mature intercessors are prompted by the Lord to pray and not only do they not know what they are praying for, but they don’t know for whom they are praying.
They just feel a burden to pray. Talk about a weakness-an inability to produce results. Talk about not knowing what is ‘necessary, right or proper’ in a situation.
They just feel a burden to pray. Talk about a weakness-an inability to produce results. Talk about not knowing what is ‘necessary, right or proper’ in a situation.
What do we do in these circumstances? This is when the Holy Spirit wants to help us…
He will certainly help us by empowering our prayers. But another way He wants to help us is by literally praying through us as we pray in the Spirit.”
Prayer Note- #39 OUR HELPER- Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs. 95-98) (5/15/12)
Next Prayer Note May 17th: THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
Just Chat With Him
You need not pray down on your knees,
It can be beneath the trees
Or in a house or in a bank,
A grocery line, while filling your tank.
No formal words does God require
Just chat with Him—that’s His desire.
It can be in the day or night.
Any time will be all right.
What matters most is don’t forget
And get so busy that you let
Things block Him out of all you do
For He would not do that to you.
He wants to be your closet friend.
On Him alone you can depend.
©Frances Gregory Pasch
As posted by Fran Pasch
Tonight’s post: VICTORY GARDEN CONT’D
Tomorrow’s post: ACCOUNTABILITY: A HEDGE OF PROTECTION
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