Wednesday, 21 August 2013

WHEN YOU JUST CAN’T PRAY


August 21, 2013


Have you ever experienced it that you want to pray so hard, but you just can’t. It’s like a mental block. You know God is real. You are certain He listens and grants requests. You know He is always around, but you just cannot find the right words to pray. You open your mouth to pray and nothing is coming out. You know how/what you are feeling deep down on the inside of you but you can’t find words to express yourself. It is a terrible experience.

Most times it is as a result of a heavy heart/mind. You are so bothered and worried about what you are going through that you do not even know what to pray for or where to start from. Brokenness, unmet needs, emptiness, confusion, unbelief, fear, depression, sin, bewilderment, sin – we can be so overwhelmed with the crushing weight of these issues that we don’t even know how or what to pray. The very enormity of our struggles silences us. Words become so scarce at that point. It gets so worse that to even explain to people around becomes impossible.

However, help has been made available for us whenever we find ourselves in such situations. God knows that such times would come, which is why He sent the Holy Spirit. 8:26 says, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

The Holy Spirit is around saying, “May I help you?” He steps in when the familiar phrases just don’t seem adequate anymore, when all we can do is groan. The Holy Spirit is still here on earth because of you and I – to help us. So the next time your prayer life hit rock bottom, just turn to Him and he will be of help. He will give you the right words to pray and your life would never remain the same again in Jesus Name. Amen!

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