Forgotten God With Francis ChanSample

“The Holy Spirit Has His Own Mind, and He Prays For Us”

Fourth, the Holy Spirit has His own mind, and He prays for us. I don’t know about you, but I find the thought of the Spirit of God praying for me according to the will of God extremely comforting.

So many times in life I haven’t known what to pray, either for myself or for others. Other times I pray for stupid things.

For example, a while back I was out golfing with some friends and decided I really wanted to shoot in the 70s (I generally am in the 90s). So in a moment of shallowness, I prayed that God would empower me to play my best round ever. I guess the Holy Spirit was praying too, because that day I shot 115 (possibly my worst score ever). The Spirit knew I needed to work on my anger and humility, instead of adding to my pride.

In any given situation, we may not know exactly how we should pray or what we should do. But we can take confidence in the fact that the Holy Spirit knows our hearts and the will of God, and He is always interceding on our behalf.

* Are you comforted that the Holy Spirit prays/intercedes for us? When have been some times in your life when you didn’t know what to pray for, relying instead on the Holy Spirit’s power?