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Praying In The Holy Ghost

2/10/2011

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My heart goes out to anyone who's ever been told that receiving the Holy Ghost as described in the Book of Acts is not for them today. Speaking in tongues or praying in tongues is a decisive topic today and it shouldn't be! The blessings that come with being filled and renewed with the Holy Ghost are so numerous it defies description. Speaking in tongues is not only biblical, it's encouraged for both personal edification and in specific situations when the church comes together. If you don't believe in the need to be filled with the Spirit, fine. This post isn't for you. 

This post is for those who understand the power of the Holy Ghost, and more specifically, for those who know what “praying through” means.  In my time of much needed prayer this morning, I was reminded of a few things about praying in the Holy Ghost I'd to share with you here. Perhaps you can relate.

First, if you haven't noticed, God's ways don't always make sense to our mind, do they? The Bible is filled with situations that defy the intellect. But when a person obeys the Lord, no matter how odd his ways seem, the Lord God blesses! If we try to live with our minds first, we are going to miss God. That's not to say that God's people shouldn't be thinkers – on the contrary! Rather, we should be smart enough to know that there's more to life than what we can see, hear or calculate. It's important to understand the limits of our natural minds...

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
(Romans 8:5-8)

Praying in the Spirit transforms our thinking because it bypasses the mind and edifies the spirit. With a renewed spirit, our priorities change, our blurry vision is cleared and a whole new dimension to life is opened up.

But you already knew that.

Secondly, praying in the Holy Ghost isn't something we do for God – it's what we need for ourselves! The unburdening of the heart, the transforming of our mind, and the clearing of the soul are amazing. Yet, too often we'll forfeit this holy resource. We'll tightly pack our day with things to do and wonder what happened to the peace we used to have.  Jesus cried way back when and still cries out to us today...

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive...) (John 7:37-39)

Couldn't we all use a drink of that?

Finally, praying in the Holy Ghost gives us something else: rest. 

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. (Isaiah 28:11-12)

If someone has told you that the Holy Ghost isn't for you, may I encourage you to talk directly to God about that yourself? I'll take the promises of God in the Bible over man's word any day! Paul prayed with the spirit (1 Cor. 14:15) and even commanded that we be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18). He even boasted that he spoke with tongues more than others. He knew the value of spiritual refreshing and what it can do for us. 

Jude put it this way: But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 1:20-21)

Don't let another day slip away without praying in the Spirit. You'll find a clarity and a peace that you've been missing and wonder why in the world you've gone so long without it!
12 Comments
Mark Monaco
2/15/2011 01:08:07 pm

Hi Pat,

Very well put and I agree with you 100%

Hope all is well.

Mark

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Mike
5/24/2011 03:54:52 pm

Does the bible not say if you are to in the holy sprit they should bed a interpreter they so that if someone comes into the church that they will believe

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Mike
5/24/2011 04:11:26 pm

I corinthians 14.27:28 if anyone speaks in a tongue it should be by two or at most three and let each turn to the other to interpret but if is no interpreter let him keep silent in the church and let him speak to himself and to god

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Mike
5/24/2011 04:33:54 pm

Paul is a amazing author and has so much to teach us .after Paul writes in I corinthians ch14 :23 if therefor the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues and a unbeliever comes in they may think they are mad I think to many poeple take to speaking in the spirit with out a the interpreter in the church and paul is teaching us that in ch 14 :13 let one who speaks in tongues pray that help may interprete . Both gifts go hand in hand we focus to much on just the one!

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Pat Sipperly link
5/24/2011 10:38:51 pm

Hi Mike,

Thank you for reading "Praying In The Holy Ghost" and leaving some comments. The verses you bring up are correct for sure, however this post is about a person praying in the Spirit for their own edification, rather than when the church comes together. Praying in the Spirit is such an important part of our communication with God, renewing of our minds, and building up ourselves on a personal level. Personal prayer in the Spirit doesn't require interpretation. Thanks again for commenting.

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John
4/17/2012 04:27:46 am

Thank you Jesus for freely giving us the Holy spirit!

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Patrick link
4/17/2012 04:46:08 am

Amen, John!

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april
4/15/2014 01:17:48 pm

Thanks

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ej
7/20/2014 11:52:09 am

one with out the other can't work,if you meditate in the word day and night you can be a good debater,if you pray in the spirit without meditating in the word and fellowship with the saints like you said ,with out one is like the best car in the world without a engine,looks good but can't go anywhere,Thanks for your effort and inspiration i needed it an more to keep a spiritual mind.

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Derek
3/4/2016 03:36:04 am

Hi Pat. My relationship with God has always been off and on until recently. I got off to a good start with coming back to Him but have found myself slipping back into a carnal mind. I attend a Pentecostal Church where the Holy Ghost is very active and I'm asking God to fill me with the Holy Ghost so I can start growing in the Spirit and get away from having a carnal mind. Thanks for this information, has been really encouraging and in your prayer time, please call my name to receive the most wonderful gift ever given, the Holy Ghost. Yours in Christ.

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Patrick link
3/8/2016 09:16:56 pm

I will do exactly that, Derek! And don't get discouraged. It was months after being baptized in Jesus' name for the remission of my sins that I received the Holy Ghost. Jesus is the one who baptizes us, and in his time he will. Seek him and serve him according to his word, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost!

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Mate Milinkovic
11/28/2017 05:11:20 am

Please pray for me to receive the holy spirit and the gift of tongues.
I sometimes wonder if I have blasphemed the holy spirit as I have said bad things to God and possibly the holy spirit because there was plenty of time in my life when I thought God was against me. I want to be spiritually minded and I want to have the witness of the holy spirit. I want his spirit to testify to my spirit that I am his child. As for right now I will take it by faith that I am his child because I have asked him to save me.




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