UNDESIGNATED PRAYERS

UNDESIGNATED PRAYERS
Have you ever thought about how much of our prayer time is devoted to specific things we want the Lord to do for us? I have, and, frankly, what I see worries me a little bit.
Is it possible that we have let ourselves drift into a condition of being so self-possessed that we are unable to see any needs other than those of our own immediate circle?
Surely there are many more needs out there than we know about, and some of those needs will not have anyone praying for them. Shall we call them the "lost causes"? No one is presenting them before the Throne of God.
THERE IS A NEED FOR UNDESIGNATED PRAYERS IN THE WORK OF THE LORD.
I believe that one major purpose of God having given to us the means of praying in the Spirit, or in the Holy Ghost, is to have some "undesignated" prayers to work with. They can be directed to where the need is greatest at any given time.
The Bible tells us that when we are praying in the Spirit (in the unknown tongue), we are speaking mysteries (things not known to us).
Jerry Minton called them "Divine Secret Things".
Perhaps someone half-a-continent away is in desperate need at that moment, and no one knows about it, except the Holy Spirit. If we have been exercised in Spiritual Prayer, we can be called upon by the Spirit to plead their cause before the Throne of God.
There is not a lot of glamour in it, and you will never be able to say that it was YOUR prayers that did the job. Neither will you know which job got done, but, rest assured that the Lord knows, and your reward is secure.

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| THE SPIRIT NEVER MISSES TARGET |
| WHEN WE PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, |
| THE JOB ALWAYS GETS DONE. |
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Don't stop until the Spirit is through with you. Some jobs are not as easy as the others, and may take a little more "groaning", but stay with it, and the job will be done.