When you lack prayer you begin to falter in your spiritual growth. You cannot depend on others to pray for us all the time. We have to learn to pray ourselves all the time. It is good to have more prayers involved. A part of growth can never come unless you pray. Some people who do not pray or pray very little may be getting more and more knowledge but there is no true growth. Being
perfected in Christ can only come in prayer. Prayer is essential.
Galatians 4:19 Paul labors in birth again until Christ is formed in the Galatians. Paul used the word travail or the Greek agonia. Paul worked for the growth of the Galatians in two ways: he did it through prayer and through the teaching ministry. And both need to go together. Sometimes some people try to reform other people's lives through teaching without prayer, which will never
work. It is prayer that determines the effectiveness of the teaching. So both forces need to go together.
In Romans Paul shows us the object of our groaning, that is we groan for our perfection in the fullness of Jesus Christ, we groan for the perfect will of God to be done. And this groaning is a groaning in the spirit. Romans 8: 26 - the Holy Spirit helps us to pray, speaking in utterances and in groanings. Groaning in the spirit touches the creative force of God and it occurs in the realm of the depth of your spirit. It is like your voice box. It can be used within a spectrum. You can bring it
down to its lowest level and to its highest level. That is the meaning of using your voice box to its optimum.
In the same way groaning in the spirit reaches to the fullness of that which is within your spirit and brings it forth to the Lord. When you pray in the Spirit you realize that there is something from within which is coming forth. Most of what comes forth is actually in the natural i.e. the air and the
sound. There is a movement of your vocal cords and the lips.
perfected in Christ can only come in prayer. Prayer is essential.
Galatians 4:19 Paul labors in birth again until Christ is formed in the Galatians. Paul used the word travail or the Greek agonia. Paul worked for the growth of the Galatians in two ways: he did it through prayer and through the teaching ministry. And both need to go together. Sometimes some people try to reform other people's lives through teaching without prayer, which will never
work. It is prayer that determines the effectiveness of the teaching. So both forces need to go together.
In Romans Paul shows us the object of our groaning, that is we groan for our perfection in the fullness of Jesus Christ, we groan for the perfect will of God to be done. And this groaning is a groaning in the spirit. Romans 8: 26 - the Holy Spirit helps us to pray, speaking in utterances and in groanings. Groaning in the spirit touches the creative force of God and it occurs in the realm of the depth of your spirit. It is like your voice box. It can be used within a spectrum. You can bring it
down to its lowest level and to its highest level. That is the meaning of using your voice box to its optimum.
In the same way groaning in the spirit reaches to the fullness of that which is within your spirit and brings it forth to the Lord. When you pray in the Spirit you realize that there is something from within which is coming forth. Most of what comes forth is actually in the natural i.e. the air and the
sound. There is a movement of your vocal cords and the lips.
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