A lot of people do not actually have a spirit of prayer at all, this article explains some ways to gain and maintain a spirit of prayer. Don’t worry, the Holy Spirit will help you understand.
God wants to give you the word of God in your spirit, to make you what God wants you to be. There is a spirit of prayer. This spirit is brought by the Holy Spirit, it is an overwhelming atmosphere and influence of prayer and then you start to breathe prayer. To get this spirit, you need to invite, by desiring it strongly.
We win first in the spirit with God before the victory shows on the outside. We prevail with God first before we prevail with men. Jacob knew this very well, so he wrestled and held on to the angel, according to the bible. He prayed until he prevailed with God and subsequently, he prevailed with his brother Esau.
When you thirst for God, seek God, He will bring the spirit of prayer into your life. You will find yourself constantly praying. He expresses Himself through you in prayer. Then you just know that something big is going to happen. Every leader must have this spirit.
We impart others with what we have, so those around us must also be influenced by the spirit of prayer. God will always steer you’re your mind towards the spirit of prayer, He’ll call your attention towards it but then it is your responsibility to accept.
We need to think of those things that are really important and really matter, like eternity; those things that really count with God, then the Holy Spirit brings salvation. We don’t receive when we ask with selfishness, so we need to pray against selfishness. When God sees humility in you, He lifts you.
God doesn’t want us to be proud or exalt someone else above Him. We need to get rid of every sin in our lives before we pray to God. We need to express genuine love to God then the Holy Spirit enjoys fellowshipping with us.
There are spiritual sins, and there are earthly sins. Spiritual sins are sins against God. Pride is a spiritual sin; God knows the heart and He knows who has pride in their heart. So we need to check our hearts through the word of God. Spiritual sins are very dangerous! We need to follow in the footsteps of people God liked in the Bible. The word of God is a cleanser for our hearts.
Prevailing prayer helps us to maintain inspiration. Imagine, no more “I’m looking for inspiration”. This is a sure source. Confirmed! The word of God communicates through the power of the spirit that is wrapped up in it.
Meditate on the word of God, so it gets into your spirit and stays there, then the glory of God would show up in you. When the word of God comes to you, you get even more glorious, then you take that glory out in your life.
Prayer helps us to focus. Try to maintain a diary of prayer. This will help you remember your prayer points and the answered prayers. Pray for the spiritual growth of others.
The Holy Spirit prays for us through us. He loves us so much! Before praying, you need your emotions to be stirred up and this can happen through worship, with the right songs of course, the Holy Spirit gives you the right songs. Lifting up your hands brings a connection to God when we’re praying.
In conclusion, we need to have a strong desire for the spirit of prayer first, before we can be given. God listens to prayer only when we get rid of sin in our lives. Prayer offers a lot, so must not relent. If we pray in Spirit and in truth, the Holy Spirit also prays for us. You can consider a prayer diary, that way you’ll be conscious of the prayer that gets answered and the prayer points that needs more prayer.
So after knowing all these, I pray that the Holy Spirit helps you from today to cultivate and maintain a spirit of prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen! God bless you, now go and pray:)
