{"id":4429,"date":"2021-09-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2021-08-27T07:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:53:54","slug":"how-not-knowing-what-to-pray-will-make-you-rely-on-gods-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/10\/how-not-knowing-what-to-pray-will-make-you-rely-on-gods-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not Knowing What to Pray Will Make You Rely on God’s Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Job 41-42 GW<\/a>; Romans 8 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Spirit intercedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During highly charged emotional events in our life, we don\u2019t know what to pray.\u00a0 The heaviness of the emotions we feel is difficult to verbalize.\u00a0 Knowing life is changing in ways you disagree with makes praying challenging.\u00a0 At times when you don\u2019t know what to say, God does.\u00a0 His Spirit within you intercedes on your behalf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When one of my best friends was leaving to plant a church two states away, we didn\u2019t know what to pray.  Realizing this would change our friendship forever, our hearts were heavy.  Neither of us knew what to pray, but God knew what our sighs meant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know what I long for Lord; You hear my every sigh.\u201d (<\/em>Psalm 38:9 NLT<\/em><\/a>) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Spirit helped us in our weakness, knowing our needs better than we did at the time.  Years later, our friendship is closer than ever; God gave us what we needed when we needed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knows your needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knows your needs better than you do.  His Spirit within you allows you to relax.  You don\u2019t have to know everything.  Words aren\u2019t necessary for God to understand your emotions and feelings.  As your Creator, He knows you better than you know yourself.  God is in your corner, cheering you on in the race of life.  He provides your needs before you even need them.  One day at a time, God helps you persevere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like wifi is an invisible connection between us and our devices, God\u2019s Spirit does the same for us.  We\u2019re always connected, whether we\u2019re praying or not.  God is downloading our needs into our Spirit before we know we need them.  Just like wifi allows automatic updates, the communication between our Spirit and God does the same.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust God\u2019s Spirit keeps you connected to God at all times.\u00a0 Even if you don\u2019t know what to pray for, God\u2019s Spirit does.\u00a0 You\u2019re never alone; God is always with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for our lasting connection to You through Your Spirit.  Forgive us for not trusting You more.  Thank You for always having our back.  As we move through our day, provide our needs.  Help us represent You well in all we do.  All glory is Yours.  IJNIP.  Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What area of your life are you struggling with prayer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minute read. Daily Reading: Job 41-42 GW; Romans 8 GW God\u2019s Spirit intercedes. During highly charged emotional events in our life, we don\u2019t know what to pray.\u00a0 The heaviness of the emotions we feel is difficult to verbalize.\u00a0 Knowing life is changing in ways you disagree with makes praying challenging.\u00a0 At times when you… Continue reading How Not Knowing What to Pray Will Make You Rely on God’s Spirit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}