Prayers of the Spirit – Divine Prayer Points for Spiritual Development
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Ephesians 1:16-17 (KJV)
“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.”
During this month I will be sharing with you something that the Holy Spirit revealed to me many, many years ago as I was studying the Word and pursuing growth in the knowledge of the things of God. In my pursuit the Spirit of God directed me towards what we came to know as the prayers of the Spirit, referring to being the prayers of the Holy Spirit. And this revelation has been critical, absolutely critical, for my spiritual development ever since. Critical means that this is foundational knowledge that every child of God must have if they want to walk in the perfect will of God for their life!
Now, when we talk about the prayers of the Spirit, what does it actually mean? Let me explain. The prayers of the Spirit specifically refer to the prayer points that were inspired by the Holy Spirit and were written for us as part of the Epistles that were given to the church(‘s) by the apostles by inspiration of God. As you study the epistles carefully you’d discover them. These are the prayers of the Holy Spirit, meaning that these are the prayers that the Holy Spirit, through the apostles, wrote for us in the epistles. These are prayer points that the Holy Spirit, through the apostles, wrote for us being inspired, which also reveal God’s perfect will for every member of the body of Christ!
θεόπνευστος theopneustos God-breathed – inspired by God, divinely inspired, God Spirited
Hence, we refer to them as the prayers of the spirit, which is short for the prayers of the Holy Spirit. In other words, these are the intercessory prayers of the Holy Spirit for the body of Christ through the apostles, revealing and expressing God’s perfect will for us. How amazing is that? Hahaa! Oh goodness! The Holy Spirit Himself has given us prayer points! He has given us a blueprint for prayer! He has told us exactly what to pray for our spiritual development!
ἔντευξις enteuxis intercession – prayer, petition, supplication, a meeting with, conference
Now Romans 8:27 says, “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” You see, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for us according to the will of God. When you pray these prayers of the spirit, you are praying the will of God. You are praying what God wants for you regarding your life.
“Enteuxis” – intercession means you are aligning yourself with the divine agenda that God has for you! It means you are aligning and uniting with God in communal conference to make real His Word regarding your life. Glory to God!
Let me take it a step further. Now, these prayers of the spirit that we have written for us by the apostles in scripture are the interpretations of the groanings which cannot be uttered offered up by the apostles for the church. Think about it like this: when the apostles were led by the Holy Spirit to pray for the church, they spoke in tongues, they declared, and they got to a point where they started to groan with groanings which cannot be uttered. This was the Spirit of God praying through the apostles according to the will of God! And then when they began to write these letters, hallelujah, they were given interpretations of the groanings! Ayy! You can connect that! You see, at a certain level in your spiritual growth in understanding you’ll be able to connect that!
στεναγμός stenagmos groanings – a groaning, a sigh, an unexpressed feeling of sorrow
So, these prayers reveal to us the perfect will of God for every one of His children. Amazing! Now by the knowledge of this, a child of God no longer has to be confused or wonder what God’s perfect will for their life is. When you get this knowledge, you no longer have to wonder what the will of God for your life is! That search comes to an end! You don’t have to wander in darkness anymore, saying, “Oh God, what is Your will for me? What do You want for my life?” No! The prayers of the spirit reveal it to you plainly!
And not only will a child of God have knowledge of God’s will for their life, but also they are given to us as prayers that one can pray this perfect will of God over their own life and begin to walk in absolute fulfillment as a Son of God! Hallelujah! You find out what the will of God is, and then you pray it into manifestation in your life! This is the divine system! This is how God designed it to work!
These prayers of the spirit are critical for the child of God’s spiritual development. You may have never heard of them. You may have never heard about them. But you’re hearing about them now! So now is the time for you to begin to engage in these prayers of the Holy Spirit. It’s never too late to start. Whatever it is that was never taught to you, that was never revealed to you, that you were never exposed to, whichever part of the body of Christ you have been a member of participating in, it doesn’t matter if they never taught you. It doesn’t matter if they never brought you through this. With the information coming to you now, receive it with gladness! Every time new knowledge from the Word of God comes to you as a child of God, you must be grateful! Glory to God! Hallelujah! Thank God that this information is coming! Better late than never! Hallelujah!
I myself have been praying these prayers over my life for years, and I also use them for my intercessions for the saints that the Lord asks me to pray for. And I still pray these prayers today! What a blessing! These prayers should be compulsory for every believer. If you’re leading God’s people, if God has put people in your trust, these are the prayers that you use to intercede for them for their spiritual development because you’ll be praying for them according to the will of God!
So today, child of God, I want you to understand this foundational truth: the prayers of the Spirit are your divine prayer manual for spiritual development. They are not optional extras. They are not suggestions. They are the inspired, God-breathed prayer points that the Holy Spirit has given to the church for our growth and development in the things of God. When you pray these prayers, you are praying the very mind of God. You are aligning yourself with the perfect will of God. And when you pray according to the will of God, you have the assurance that He hears you, and if He hears you, you know that you have the petitions that you desired of Him! Glory to God!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for the revelation knowledge and understanding of the prayers of the Spirit that You have given to the church through Your holy apostles. Thank You for showing me how these prayers are the very expression of Your perfect will for my life and for my spiritual development in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
As I pray the prayers of the Spirit which are in accordance with God’s will He hears me, and because I know that He hears me, I know that I have the petitions that I desire of Him, in the name of the Lord Jesus!
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