So many times we approach God as a force field or feeling. We are approaching Him who lives. We are approaching our heavenly Father who is alive through the Spirit.
Many times, the Holy Spirit has to remind me. “Chris, I am a person. It’s not just a prayer list. It’s not just a prayer chart. It is not something I need you to clock in on. No, I want you to be with Me.”
That is praying in the Spirit. When you begin as you are waiting before God and drawing near to Him, there is a sensitivity that occurs and builds in your heart. God begins to make you sensitive. The Spirit of the Lord begins to rain upon the crevices of your heart and makes you sensitive to His leading and voice.
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We often make the mistake of waiting to hear a physical voice. But our first disposition must be to be with Him.
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Do you want to hear the Lord? Do you want to pray in cadence with the dance of the Spirit? Do you want to pray in tune with the Spirit? Then let go of everything else and make your priority just to simply be with Him. I guarantee you, it will not take long before you start to know and discern the voice of God.
Many look for a voice. Many look for a booming experience. Many look for the spectacular, but they miss the supernatural. There is a definite difference.
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Spectacular is like, “Wow, it’s going to happen this way,” while the supernatural is more like, “No, it’s going to happen My way.”
The supernatural isn’t always spectacular. Living in a way that is full of the fruit of the Spirit is not always spectacular, but it is supernatural because man cannot do that alone. Praying in the Spirit is not always spectacular. It is like leaning against the chest of Christ and hearing the rhythm of His heart. This is what God is after.
Do you want to pray in the Spirit? You then have to understand that you are praying with a person. God does not move by formula or form. He moves in a relationship—because the Father always relates to His sons and daughters.
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Chris Garcia is the founder of Father’s Glory International. Father’s Glory is devoted to promoting God’s manifested presence and power through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is Father’s glory, and it is through the unveiling of the Son that lives are transformed. Chris is also a revivalist with a heart for the local church and serves as the lead overseer at House of Glory in Fort Smith, Arkansas. House of Glory is a Spirit-filled, fivefold apostolic revival hub that exists to cultivate the presence of God and the power of the gospel regionally and internationally. God is looking for those who will give Him a place to rest and allow His people to interact with His presence, power and glory. Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we all, seeing the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.” It is for His glory that we proclaim His name. Chris and his wife, Zuly, reside in the Fort Smith area with their three children. His new book, “Fresh Oil,” releases Tuesday, Nov. 5, and is available for pre-order now on Amazon.
