Knowing What To Pray For

Knowing What To Pray For
Do you feel completely comfortable praying to God, or do you struggle sometimes with how you should approach Him? Don’t overthink it. Be real with what you are thinking and feeling. One way I’ve experienced real depth in my prayer life, is when I’ve intentionally let scripture guide my time of opening myself up for God to search me and tell me where I am missing out on His truth in my life.
Romans 8:26-27 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Prayer is the most real proof of our dependence upon God. We don’t need to wait for a rare leading of the Holy Spirit in order to pray effectively because the Holy Spirit speaks to us through His Word. We can pray with confidence if our prayers are in line with God’s word.
Spend some time reading through Romans 8:26-27 and ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and mind and speak to you about what you need to hear. Then wait in prayer until you hear what He saying to you through the scriptures.
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
We have a tendency not to pray when we think we can do it all by ourselves. We become actual prayer warriors when we know that apart from Christ we can do nothing. What eternal work is the Holy Spirit asking you to get involved in? How can you get started and who should you share this revelation and adventure with?