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Spirit of Grace Power • Sep 19th 1969

Prayer: What It Is—and What It Isn’t

What if everything we think about prayer is actually blocking the deep communion God desires? The true key to prayer is not asking for help, but simply opening yourself to the Lord. In this profound message, Gene Edwards challenges us to move beyond religious prayer—the kind that repeatedly says, “Lord, help me” or “Lord, give me”—and enter into the reality of Christ’s life within us. Gene Edwards explains that the Holy Spirit acts as the “transportation of God” into us, pouring out the “spirit of grace and supplication”. This is a deep prayer that is Christ’s very nature being constantly offered up through us. True prayer is a proclamation of what is already real, affirming that we are not cast down, and we are already delivered, just as the children of Israel were delivered before the walls fell. Discover the spiritual reality where the feeble among you shall be as David, and the strong shall be as God.