We must not pray in a way that lacks life, that lacks God’s Spirit (who calls us to pray, teaches us to pray, and makes intercession for us).  True prayer is not in the time, in the will, or in the power of the person praying.  Rather, it is a gift of God that resides in his Spirit.  It is not ours, but it is given to us.  Therefore, it is ours to wait upon the Spirit, to wait for the Spirit to move and breathe in us, and to give us the ability to call upon the Father and give us the power of prevailing with the Father, in the name and through the life of the Son.

Isaac Pennington

peace

joel