The Holy Spirit Is Our Source of Powerful Prayer

The Holy Spirit is power, therefore to have power in our prayer life we need the Holy Spirit to intervene. But just how do we get the Holy Spirit to intervene so we can have a fruitful prayer life?

The first step is to release the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We all receive the Holy Spirit the minute we believe and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. However, many people cannot access this power, and if we can’t access the Holy Spirit power, our prayer life is weak.

The Annointing of The Holy Spirit

When a person has a powerful prayer life, they are said to have the annointing of the Holy Spirit. If we look to the Old Testament to understand the teachings of the annointing, we must look to the components of the annointing oil.
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus, 24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law (Ex 30:22-26)

Each of these ingredients contains a certain quality that the anointing represents.

Myrrh: purification; (a death to old life)

Cassia: a plant that has deep roots therefore this represents the slow process of growth underneath the notice of the world. For humanity it represents our pride stripped- we are growing in secret, set apart with a servant’s heart.

Sweet cinnamon: no bitterness, aka no unforgiveness; this is a pleasing fragrance to the Lord

Calamus: God’s presence, worship

Olive oil: obtained by shaking the tree to make the olives fall to the ground and subsequent crushing of the fruit. When we come to Christ we are shook from our familiar life, oftentimes through desperation and brought to our knees (the ground). Eventually if we stay close to the Lord for support, at the right time, we will be pressed which can release a submitted soul ready to be moulded through the Holy Spirit’s aide.

Notice that the Myrhh and Cassia have the highest volume, which seems to make sense. These two components represent dying to old life and developing deep roots in Christ. If we only died to our old self, we would be like the room that was swept clean but wasn’t filled. We need to die to our old self and then fill our soul with the Word of God, changing our life as the Holy Spirit leads. Otherwise Satan can enter and bring even more evil spirits than there was before.(Luke 11:25-26)

Remain In Christ For Powerful Prayers

The term “remain” is used often in Scripture.

“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”(John 15:7)

“Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.”(1 John 3:24)

To remain in Christ means holding firm, no matter how intense the fight of faith becomes. Like Jacob, who wrestled with the angel of the Lord, we must be unwilling to let go of God until He blesses us with what we have asked for. We continue to read the bible daily, living out what we are learning, and waiting with perseverance never giving up. Our faces are set like stone, determined to do God’s will because we trust that, in time, He will fulfill His promise.

This obedience to the Word and deep roots will indeed produce the promised blessing through our prayers.

“Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.”(1 John 3:22)

Instructions For Praying

1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.

Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Mark 11:24-25
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. / And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart

Pray For Your Assignment From God

I was reading a book by a pastor and the author stated that if we desired to do something for God, ask Him. Well, right then and there after I finished that book I said “Lord, is there anything you would like me to do for you?” and I received an assignment. He told me to go to the nursing home. I went a few times and then asked Him again if there was anything else I could do for Him. He kept saying the same thing. I finally realized that He wanted me to visit with the nursing home residents who were lonely, widowed and hurting. It was an assignment I wouldn’t have chosen for myself but it has been a blessing in my life.

The funny thing was, at the time I never knew that this interaction with the Lord has an antecedent in the New Testament. During Jesus’ time on earth, He looked at the vast crowds following Him and had compassion on them. They had needs of every kind and they were harassed and helpless. So He told His disciples to pray for God to send workers. Then, after they prayed they received their Holy Spirit anointing to cast out demons and heal the sick. It was in their praying for a need that they received the power necessary to fulfill that need.(Matt 9:36-38)

Jesus exchanged His life so we could have His power- now it’s up to us to ask and receive so that we do heaven’s work and we become the powerful change agents in the world. Adam and Eve were told to fill the earth and subdue it and this instruction is still valid today. Those who know the Word and obey it can affect world issues.

“Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms”(Jer 51:20)

A powerful prayer life flows from living in alignment with the will of God the Father. Our only contribution is surrender- yielding fully to the will of God so that He can position us to receive what we ask. When our lives are emptied of self and wholly dependent on God, our scripture based prayers will carry real power- and the enemy can never intercept a prayer based on Scripture.

Food For Thought,

Lisa