Will Of God In Prayer - Lesson 2

Disclaimer: Please note this is not a review of the Hagin Ministry Series. This post was made to share with you the journey I am going on while reading this book and studying Gods word. It is here posetd in my own words, while sharing some quotes of the book and for encouragement purposes only!

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In my last post on our study book by Kenneth E Hagin, we covered lesson 1 which discussed "The Six Most Important Things In Prayer." That was (Part 1). In this post we will continue on with Lesson 2 which also is a short continuation of Lesson 1. 

The Six Most Important Things in Prayer Part 2

• Bible Texts: Romans 8:26,27; 1 Corinthians 14:14,15; Jude 20; 1 Corinthians 14:4

Thought to ponder: When we allow the Holy Spirit to pray through us        to help us inour prayer life
       we will see amazing answers to our prayers.

    Ephesians 6:¹⁸ Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

To briefly recap, In the last post we discussed the following 3 of the 6 Important Things in Prayer:

•  Pray to the Father in the Name of Jesus (John 16:23-24)
• Believe You Recieve (Mark 11:24)
• Forgive When You Pray (Mark 11:25-26)

The fourth important thing in prayer is:

•  Depend Upon the Holy Spirit in Your Prayer Life  (Romans 8:26,27)

Lets be honest for a second. How often do we pray in the Holy Spirit? How often do we allow the Holy Spirit freedom in our life? In my life there was a time will I diligently sought and waited upon the Holy Spirit. But lets be realisticly here, LIFE HAPPENS! I got married, I had my daughter plus my step, then had three more little ones. Life got hectic. But I started realising that just because my life got hectic does not mean I should shut the Holy spirit down and quit walking out with him. Over time, as I and We (my dh and family and I) grew more and more and then I started falling back in to the ways of leaning on the Holy Spirit and allowing him to guide more and more and I tell you, honestly, when we truly learn to lean on the Holy Spirit that is when we really see God at work.

So now that I give you something to think on I will note the scripture below, :).

Romans 8:2^26,27 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.

Hagin says, "Christians everywhere pray with the understanding, but not all pray with the Spirit (pray in tongues). Many do not even know it is possible to do so. Some in their haste and their ignorance of the Scriptures have said that tongues have been done away with. But if that were true, how are we to "pray with the spirit" today? Surely the Corinthian Christians didn't have a means of praying that we can't have. We have the same means available to us today.

       I like what he says here. He may be a little blunt to some, but I like what he says. Doesn't our bible say that "GOD IS," the same YESTERDAY, TODAY and FOREVER? If he says to do something this way, What makes us think that today it has changed? The BIBLE IS our daily bread of life. The BIBLE IS GODS LIVING WORD! Nothing about the bible changes. It is "We The People" that read the bible that make the change. So pray in your spiritual man, it is after all our native tongue. When we pray in our Spirit Man, Only God can understand what we are praying. I also want to note, when we pray in our spiritual language       we bring forth intercessory prayer. Read more on this below.

1 Corinthians 14:14,15 For if I pray in tongues, my spirit is praying, but I don’t understand what I am saying. Well then, what shall I do? I will pray in the spirit, and I will also pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will also sing in words I understand.

The fifth important thing in prayer is:

• Pray the Prayer of Intercession (Jude 20 and 1 Corinthians 14:4)

Jude 1:²⁰ But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 14:⁴ A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.

Romans 8:²⁶ And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.  (He makes Intercession on our behalf)
NKJV 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.

 The prayer of intercession is not for you, rather it is you standing in the gap for someone else.

An intercessor is one who takes the place of another. You are intercedeing for another person when you pray in intercessory prayer. EVERY spirit filled believer can expect the Holy Spirit to help him/her intercede. Intercessory prayer can be for anyone, anything. It can be about people we dont know or things we are not aware of but the spirit is aware of. After a time in the spirit we will know whether we were praying in tongues for ourselves      to build ourselves up spiritually and worship God, which is discussed later on in the next and final step.       or if we were interceding for others.

The final most important thing in prayer:

• Edify Yourself by Praying in the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:4)

1 Corinthians 14:⁴ A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.

We cannot help others      we cannot edify others       unless we ourselves have been edified.

Praying in this manner has a three - fold value:

• It is a means of spiritual edification, effecting us individually
• It is a means of praying for things about which we do not know
• The Holy Spirit helps us make intercession

He goes on to say, Speaking in tongues is not only an initial evidence of the Holy Spirit's indwelling; t is a continual experience for the rest of one's life. It is to assist in the worship of God. It is a flowing stream that never should dry up. It will enrich your life spiritually.

Memory Text:

• Ephesians 6:¹⁸ Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

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