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Hi, I'm Nancy Dufresne. Welcome to our podcast channel. We know you'll be blessed by today's message tonight.

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I just wanted to share for a few moments out of such an important passage for us to become skillful in. And that's Romans chapter 8, verse 26. So if you have your Bible or your device handy that you may just want to follow along. But I'm going to read out of Romans chapter 8 and verse 26, it says this. Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities. And then the next phrase tells us what kind of infirmity. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought. Now notice this. It says, for we know not what we should pray for. It doesn't say we don't know how to pray. We pray to the Father in the name of Jesus, that's how we pray. But to know what we pray for, sometimes we're at a loss, we don't quite know all that needs to be prayed about. And sometimes we think we know what needs to be prayed about, but the Holy Spirit has a more far reaching view. And so in verse 26, the light, it says, likewise the Spirit helpeth us with this infirmity, this prayer infirmity. It's not a physical infirmity, it's a prayer infirmity. And then it goes on and it says, but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for. Maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And what it means is uttered in your own articulate language, your known language. And so he makes groanings, maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. They are uttered in other tongues. They're just not uttered in the language known to us. Verse 27. And God who searches the hearts of knows what is the mind of the Spirit. Because the Spirit maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Now notice this. The Spirit maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. So anytime we're praying with the utterances that the Spirit gives, those utterances are always in line with with God's plan for our life. And so we have to realize that the Holy Spirit will never lead us apart, especially praying something different, that it's opposed to the plan of God. Then verse 28 says this. For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. So many people will quote this in verse 28. For we know that all Things work together for good to them that love God. And so people will quote that, but it's really referring to the people who have done verse 26 and 27, that they have spoken out in other tongues with the Spirit, giving them utterance, praying out the plan and the will of God. And so whenever we take time to pray in the Spirit and pray out the plan of God, that's when things are gonna work out together for them that are good. Sometimes people will make these statements or they'll have this mindset. Well, when it's time for things to happen, they'll just happen. Well, there is a time in the plan of God for things to happen. But things happening and coming to pass is not automatic. We have to cooperate with God and we're called co laborers with God. And so we have to our faith and our prayers to the plan of God. Now when we look at verse 27, the last phrase says, because the Spirit makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. I want you to see he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. I would say this, that my life is at a place where it's at because of praying in the Holy Spirit. Years ago, I was engaged to the wrong person. And they were wrong for me. I was wrong for them. And I locked myself up after I got out of that engagement. And I took time to pray in the Holy Ghost for three weeks. I just concentrated on doing nothing but doing that. And I was, hour after hour, spent hours a day. At the end of that three weeks is when I met my husband. And five weeks later we were married. And so I want you to see something that I was out of the will of God and out of the plan of God until I took time to pray in the Spirit. And then the plan of God began to unfold in my life. I had an infirmity of not knowing what the will of God was for my life. I. I got out of the wrong relationship when I realized to do that, I got out of the wrong relationship, but I still didn't know where's the right direction, what am I going to be doing next, where is the path that God has for me? And it was by praying in the Holy Spirit that things began to unfold. And I want to remind you that no matter what you're facing, if you will take time to pray in the Holy Ghost, take time to pray in the Spirit. What you need to know, God will bring you into the knowledge of that. You know, my children, Stephen, my Oldest son is married. A part of the reason he married the right gal is because his parents took time to pray in the Holy Ghost. Then also he prayed in the Holy Ghost. You know, dad Hagin made a statement, and he said this. He said, if you will take time to pray in the spirit, God will show you the help that other people are needing. Well, I remember especially one particular time, there was a person who had come to our church for a very short period of time, and they ended up leaving the church. And they had. They had gotten a really bad medical diagnosis right before they left. And so I contacted them and I encouraged them. You know, I would encourage you not to leave in the sense of. Or at least go somewhere where you're going to be taught about healing, because you need to tap into the healing power of God for your own health. And so basically, they weren't interested in listening, and they didn't come back to the church. Well, about a year and a half later, they showed back up at the church, and now their body was ravaged with this terminal condition. Cancer had gone into every single organ, every. And they were. They were in really their final weeks of living, and they were in a wheelchair, and they were, you know, unable to walk on their own. And so when they came back and they were a baby Christian, you know, and when they came back to the church, we had daily prayer, and I was leading that. And I said to God, I said, God, if I can help this situation, if I can help this person receive their answer from you, if there's something that I can say to them or just lifting them up in prayer, I'm going to take time to pray specifically for them. So I took really just this one day when I had said this to God during our daily prayer, I was praying about 20 minutes in other tongues for them. At the end of praying in the Spirit in other tongues just for them, I had a vision. And in the vision, I saw what was hindering them from receiving the power of God. God was showing me that power was flowing to their body, flowing to their situation, but they had clogged it up. They had hindered the power of God. And basically he didn't show me what that was particularly. He just showed me that they were hindering the power of God from reaching their need. The power was flowing, but they had stopped it up. And so I just. I knew this, that they were going to go home to be with the Lord. And they did. But I've seen this through the years that if I will take time to pray in The Holy Ghost. God will speak to me about someone. God will speak to me about my own situations. God, if there's something that I can do to help a situation change for somebody, then God will show me that in this one situation, there was nothing I could do to change the situation because it was on their end. But what a comfort to know no matter what we're facing, we can always know God's help and God's answer for that situation. If we will. Take time to pray in the Holy Ghost before you make big decisions, take time to pray in the Holy Ghost before you do something that's going to take your family in another direction. You know, if you're going to start a business, take time to pray in the spirit. If you're going to move somewhere, take time to pray in the spirit. If you're going to change churches that you attend, take time to pray in the Spirit. Don't just do these things without the counsel of the Spirit. And my goodness, if you're going to marry someone, take time to pray in the spirit. Don't just assume, oh, I know what I'm to do. Because sometimes people have just come up with a good idea, a good plan, and they're calling that the leading of the Spirit. So I encourage you to take time to pray in the Holy Spirit. It is our divine help. And as we will take time to pray in the Spirit, things will unfold to us and we'll see clearly what to do. Another great benefit of taking time to pray in the Holy Spirit is it makes your own spirit sensitive to the Holy Spirit. And so many times people say, well, I'm not sure what the Spirit is saying to me or how God is leading me. By you taking time to speak in other tongues, praying in the spirit. You become sensitive to what the Spirit of God is saying to your own Spirit. So I would say this, that this divine benefit of speaking directly to God, because the Word tells us one of the operations of speaking in other tongues is that he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto man, but unto God. For no man understandeth him howbeit in the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. What a divine privilege to take time to speak directly to God. So before you make decisions, before you make changes in directions that you're going, take time to speak in other tongues. Dad Hagin would refer to that people and ministers would ask him. Because dad Hagin's ministry was really quite unknown until about the late 1960s or so, even into the early 70s. And then all of a sudden, God launched him in a major way to the forefront. And of course, his ministry took the lead in this Word of faith revival. And ministers would ask him about his ministry seeming to be quite, you know, more unknown. And then all of a sudden, overnight it seemed that his ministry came to the forefront. And Brother Hagin would make the statement. He said, the only thing I know to tell you is that it's through praying in the Spirit. He said, as I prayed in the Spirit over the years, then God's plan began to go into place. And so no matter whether it's some wisdom direction you need for your own life, for your children, for your business, for your ministry, don't leave out this divine ability to take time to pray in other tongues. And you know, I would say that probably praying in other tongues is the most neglected privilege in the body of Christ. And I mean of those who are filled with the Spirit, I'm not talking about those who have not been taught and who aren't filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. But even, especially those who are even filled with the Holy Ghost, I would dare to say it's the most neglected privilege. So we don't want to neglect the privilege. The plan of God is connected to us or us knowing and walking out. The plan of God is connected to us. Taking time to pray in the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Spirit is our helper. So I encourage you, take time to pray in the Holy Ghost and learn to do it. Even when you're in your car, driving to an appointment, driving to work, as you're cleaning the house, as you're running errands, take time to speak in other tongues. Anytime we were around dad Hagin, if he wasn't speaking to someone, he was. You could see his mouth moving ever so slightly. He was taking time to pray in the Spirit. He made it his lifestyle. And so I encourage you take advantage of this great divine benefit that you have. And I'm so glad that you were able to join me tonight and just spending this time together. I appreciate this outlet, this avenue of being able to come and spend some time with you and. And again, we remind you that our midweek service is getting ready to start at 7:00 clock Pacific time and Morgan will be preaching that. So we invite you to join. Join us for that. We love you and we look forward to seeing you next time. God bless you.