Praying in the perfect will of God pt.2 - Benefits of praying in the Spirit

Messages for August 2017: Our Month of Divine Opportunities

Message for Sunday 20^th of August, 2017

Theme: Positioning for Divine Opportunities

Topic: Praying in the perfect will of God pt.2 - Benefits of praying in the Spirit

Introduction: “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but they Spirit itself maketh intercession for us in groanings which cannot be uttered”.  The Philip’s translation calls it: “groanings which cannot be uttered in articulate speech!’’

For many of us on the journey of destiny, a time comes when the trials that confront us become as though it is too much to bear and the enemy takes advantage of the situation to try to trade discouragement to us. This is the time we more than ever need to tune out of the natural realm to the spiritual realm. At this time our way of escape is to take advantage of the wonderful opportunity that God has given to us to pray and connect directly with him by praying in the Holy Ghost. At this time, the battle shifts from our feeble effort of prying in our understanding to praying in the spirit. This is when we really truly set ourselves up for victory in prayer. I believe this is one of the keys of the kingdom of God that the Lord promised to give to the Church in Matthew 16:19. With the keys of the kingdom of God, we can bind and lose on earth and have it enforced in heaven. See 1Cor.10:13; Rev.12:8-12 and Rev.5:9-10.

What does it mean to pray in the Holy Spirit? To pray in the Holy Spirit simply means to pray in tongues. In 1Cor.14:14 we are told that when we pray in unknown tongues, it is our spirit that prays but our understanding is suspended. In other words, we do not understand what we are saying as it is a mystery to us. This truth is brought out clearly in 1Cor.14:2. Please understand that every believer has a right to the prayer language of the Holy Spirit as a gift from God with which we are freely baptized by the Lord Jesus Christ. See Lk.3:16; Acts 1:4, 8 and Acts 2:32-33.

Please understand that this is different from prophesying in tongues which would require interpretation as shown in 1Cor.12:30 and 1Cor.14:5. Prophesying in tongues is giving a message to the Church and therefore addressing people. On the other hand, praying in tongues is speaking to God and therefore does not require interpretation as it is being addressed to God who understands what is being said even though it is a mystery to the speaker. See 1Cor.14:2 and verse 14.

What then do we stand to gain from praying in the Holy Ghost? The benefits that come from praying in the spirit is so much that we are still exploring the word for it on a daily basis. However, the few we have found has proven so beneficial that not exercising this great grace of God could be likened to abusing this great opportunity of cultivating intimacy with God that would not only benefit us for all our lifetime on earth but also transcend to a blissful eternity with our heavenly father. The following are therefore some benefits we gain from praying in the Holy Ghost:

1.     We pray the perfect will of God when we pray in the Holy Ghost meaning we have a guarantee of a hundred percent answer to prayer. In 1Jn.5:14, we are told that the confidence we have in prayer is that when we pray the will of God He hears us and that means answer to prayer. Why is this so? This is so because the Holy Spirit is the author of the bible which contains all the will of God for us. Therefore when He makes intercession for us, it will automatically be in line with the perfect will of God and for this reason, we are sure of answer to prayers. See Rm.8:26; 1Jn.5:14-15; 1Cor.2:11-12.

2.     Praying in tongues enables us to obey God’s commandment to us to pray without ceasing and pray all manner of prayers in the spirit. See 1Thess.5:17; Eph.6:18 and 1Cor.14:14.

3.     Praying in tongues is the means by which we build up our most Holy faith. The proof that the manifestations of power in our lives is of God is the purity of our message and style of delivery. To this end, we cannot be seen to be mixing the holy and profane; this is why we have to labor to build up our faith in holiness and purity. See Jude 1:20; Col.2:6-7 and 1Pet.2:5.

4.     Praying in tongues is the means by which the Holy Spirit helps us to pray when we do not know what we should pray for as we ought. See Rm.8:26 and 1Cor.14:18.

5.     Praying in tongues is the means by which the Holy Spirit helps us to pray in accordance with the perfect will of God and cause all things to work together for our good. Rm.8:27-28 and Jn.16:13-15.

6.     Praying in tongues is the means by which we legally gain access into the realm of the supernatural and are enabled to operate the gifts of the Spirit. See 1Cor.12:4-7 and 1Cor.14:2.

7.     Praying in the spirit is the means by which our little faiths can move mountains. This is because all the faith we need to have to pray in tongues is just the faith to believe enough to pray in the spirit. When we pray in the spirit, our faith is not required to believe for the answer because we do not know what we are praying. It is only the Holy Ghost who knows what it is we are praying and He has enough faith to pull it through no matter its magnitude. See 1Cor.14:2, 14 & Mk.11:23.

8.     Praying in tongues is the means by which we mortify the deeds of the body through the spirit and therefore overcome carnality and live spiritual lives so we can enjoy the life and peace God gives to us. See Rm.8:5-8; Col.3:5 and Rm.8:13.

9.     Praying in tongues is the means by which the Holy Spirit makes alive our mortal bodies to enable us live in health and peace on earth in this body. See Rm.8:11 and Eph.3:20.

10.                        Praying in tongues is the means by which we keep ourselves in the love of God thereby obeying the only commandment we are called to obey which is the commandment of Love. See Jude 1:21 and Jn.13:34.

11.                        Praying in tongues is the means by which we live ready for the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. See Jude 1:21 and Rev.22:17.

We shall draw the curtain here on today’s message for now. We shall continue along this line next week by God’s grace. Meanwhile, there may be someone here who is yet to make a decision for Christ and as such is unable to take advantage of this opportunity of getting filled with the Holy Spirit and being able to pray in the Spirit to the point of taking advantage of this great grace and reigning on the earth with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are that person, this is your opportunity; you can take advantage of it by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and eligible to being filled with the Holy Spirit and therefore take advantage of all the benefits we have been talking about today. If you wish to do so right away, please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you will get born again and receive the promise of the Spirit:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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