Monday 23 January 2012
Amidst spiritual warfare, sometimes we do not know how to pray and what to pray. What do we do? Each time this happens, I would pray in tongues naturally and spontaneously. In Rom.8, the Apostle Paul said that the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express when we do not know what we ought to pray for. I remember being involved in a case of deliverance some years ago. While praying for a 27-year old lady who was possessed by an evil spirit, we frequently prayed in tongues because there were various points when we didn’t know what to pray. After a couple of hours of battling in prayer, the sickly and pale young lady who had problems passing urine requested to be helped to the toilet. It also appeared at this point that the evil spirit had left her. While in the toilet, the lady leading our team spoke to the young lady and led her into a prayer of confession while the rest of us waited outside the toilet. The reason this was necessary was because the young lady had blasphemed the Name of the Lord when the evil spirit took over her speech at some point. The moment the young lady confessed her wrong and asked the Lord to forgive her, she immediately passed urine and cleared her bladder! The sickly, pale lady we saw earlier came out of the toilet quite a different person! She was full of life and color returned to her face. She was smiling when she saw us and immediately requested to sing a song of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord! At 2am that night, we sang “amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me”. As you begin your walk with God today, remember this, the next time you’re engaged in spiritual warfare and don’t know what to pray, pray in tongues and watch how the Lord does amazing things to strengthen you and bring deliverance. Enjoy Him, love Him, serve Him.
“26 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. 27 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.” (Rom.8:26-27)
Pastor Barnabas Chong
Email us at twc@cairnhillchurch.com
Today’s recommended video: Keep on praying ……
Keep On Praying (Bob Fitts)
Keep on praying in the Spirit, keep on praying in the Spirit
At all times with all kinds of prayer
Ephesians six eighteen says, keep on praying
Keeping this in mind, stay sharp in the Spirit
Praying all the time for the people of God
