Pray in the Spirit

Day 83
When you see or hear discouraging things around you, say, "No matter--I'm going to pray!" And pray in the Spirit. The in-working of supplication by my Spirit within you will prevail over the forces of darkness.

I am the One who knows exactly what needs to be done. I may reveal it to you completely or partially -- you may already see it. But relying on your own reasoning will get in my way. Come to Me immediately in Spirit-led prayer and allow Me to work in you the prayer of faith. Then pray with knowledge, if and when it comes to you. After that, follow any instruction I have given you.

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 with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? [Romans 8:26-32]