03 THE PRAYERFUL MOOD

THE PRAYERFUL MOOD

Then there is what the apostle called the prayerful mood. 1 Corinthians 14:15, "I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the understanding." And once more he said, "Praying in the Holy Ghost."

Now, all prayer is cultural. All prayer will refine us in our soul and our thinking, but there are prayers that are wrought in us and we do not have to hunt for them. It is not a question of mental projection, but a soul outpouring -- not simply wordiness; not fluency in speech; but have you never had this experience that when you were praying you have all of a sudden been caught up in prayer and one petition came and the answer; then another petition and the answer; until you had completed praying, and you had in you a sense that it was done, that your prayer had not simply been uttered, it had been answered. That was true because He indicated every petition and you seconded His indictment and presented that to the throne of God. It is delightful when you get a mood like that. You cannot put it on. It is the Spirit’s inwrought mood.

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