How to Pray in the Spirit | David Diga Hernandez

you're watching encounter TV featuring the evangelistic healing ministry of david igor fernandes an emerging voice of healing david is taking the saving and healing power of god's this generation and the nations of the world a world is being reached a generation is being inspired as you watch in counter TV you'll encounter the Holy Spirit's presence the healing power of God the truth of the word the love of Christ and freedom through the miraculous you're watching encounter TV hello David diga Hernandez here you are watching encounter TV and today we're going to Los Angeles California where I'm ministering on the Holy Spirit and prayer I believe that there's somebody watching right now and it's by no accident that you've tuned in today there's somebody watching right now where your prayer life hasn't been what it used to be and it's not where you want it to be but it's time today to reclaim your prayer life and the Holy Spirit is the one who's going to help you to do it jesus promised that when he left he wouldn't leave us alone to live the Christian life but that he would send us an able and willing helper an advocate a spiritual assistant if you will that's his humble nature he takes on the role of the assistant in your spiritual life the third person of the Trinity the Holy Spirit as we connect with him as we come to know him his ways in his nature we begin to develop an understanding that takes us into the deeper places of prayer and that's what I'm ministering on today from Los Angeles California I hope this blesses you I hope you're encouraged by it let's go now and hear this message on the Holy Spirit and prayer it is the Holy Spirit who enables prayer let me tell you something not only can you not pray without the power of the Holy Spirit you couldn't even desire to pray without the Holy Spirit it's not a matter of discipline though that's part of it it's not a matter of the will though that's part of it it's not a matter of emotion though that can be affected by prayer it is by the Holy Spirit that we are led into the depths of the presence of God it is by the Holy Spirit that we are led to the place we are granted audiences with our Father prayer is by the Spirit you can enter the spirit in the flesh you cannot enter the spirit by will or aggression when I first began to pray I was 11 years old and I remember the Holy Spirit just beginning to deal with my heart and he began to speak to me about dedicating myself more to prayer dedicating my heart more to him and what happened was interesting it was a very you know what I'm talking about those very sweet seasons in your life and there's just that's the word I used to describe it there's just a sweetness to the presence that abides on your prayer life during certain seasons do you know what I'm talking about and so I remember I had come to one of those seasons when I was 11 years old and I like many of you came to God with somewhat of an ultimatum and I was desperate I was hungry I was passionate I said lord I want to know Jesus more father I want to step into everything that you have for me and I remember coming into my room I closed my door I locked it I stepped into the room and I said Jesus I am NOT leaving this place until I have an experience with the Holy Spirit because I had heard that the Holy Spirit could be my friend and that notion intrigued me I used to think that it was somewhat of a a spiritual misdemeanor to talk to the Holy Spirit or misdemeanor idolatry to pray to the Holy Spirit instead of Jesus I used to wonder Jesus do you get offended when I addressed the Holy Spirit and for that matter why do they call him the Holy Spirit if he's a person but I reconciled that because we call him the Father the Son the Holy Spirit that has nothing to do with it all I knew is that I wanted to connect to this reality the spiritual helper this advocate this comforter this one who would come alongside me and assist me into the depths of the Spirit and I wanted to know that one and I said Holy Spirit I want to know you and I'm not leaving this room until you touch my life until I experience the overwhelming presence until I experience the manifested glory of the son right here in my room I said Lord I want my room to become a little piece of heaven on earth and I said Lord I'm not gonna leave here and I remember I started my prayer with emotion I reached for every melancholy emotion you can imagine there was frustration I even did that whole thing where I said Lord are you ignoring me God do you hear me you know we're trying to guilt God into a response as if he can be manipulated God don't you hear me but I often use this analogy using emotion to pray or to try to find that place of Prayer is like yelling at someone on the cellphone when there's a bad connection the issue is not the volume the issue is the connection with the network so you can yell you can scream power is not noise I worked myself into frenzy and I said Lord I want to touch you I want to know you I want to see your face I want your glory to descend in this place and I began to reach for all those emotions and I'm pooling on all those emotions and I'm praying and I'm praying and I'm praying and I'm praying one hour had passed and nothing happened I said okay that didn't work and then I reached for my aggressive side I thought if I if I can't cry my Wayne I'll declare I'll decree I'll rebuke demons my way into the presence of God I started rebuking and imagining demons in every corner you get out of here you spirit of this and you spirit of that every adjective I could think of I attached it to a demonic being and rebuked it and I got aggressive and I got angry and I got stirred I remember I used to attend prayer class which really helped me and I reached for every prayer technique every prayer formula every strategy I started to think back okay was it something when I was seven but you know all of these things that go through your mind and what's blocking this and I thought what is going on and I reached for that aggression and I began to try to pummel my way through that wall that seemed to be obstructing my one swift spiritual movement and I try to break through that wall with aggression and I stand before you God's honest truth one more hour passed and nothing happened we're going to go back to Los Angeles California where I'm going to continue that message on the Holy Spirit and prayer in just a moment but first it's time for our mark 16 miracle segment this is where we take your footage of you praying for the sick evangelizing prophesying outside the four walls of the church many have sent in their footage to us here's one such example what you pay we have a 1 through 10 tens the worst okay she says that her pain levels a 10 so we're gonna pray for you and Jesus is gonna take all your pain away okay here we go right now I come to you and I command this pain to go in your name Jesus I command no King left then we have no victory in this lady right now God I command this pain to flee flee god I command it to go in your name this team will not be there there's no more pain God in your name Jesus we command this pain to go go we're not asking we're commanding it you must leave this lady right now you have no victory here this is God's vessel I want you to check yourself out and see if you can find the pain anymore try it out it's better what's your pain level right now we're at a little bit about a six there's no problem we're gonna play for you again and get the six to come to a zero okay I command this pain we grew up not any more pain from a six to a Sarah God and your power God I command the seem to go no more pain God right no you better walk over to here right let's do it you can test yourself out hell yeah it's a lot better yeah what is it now what's your level two about a two beautiful hey guys it's a two now it was a ten we're gonna get residual ahead Jake command this painted go and your name Jesus your powerful name God I commanded to go Jesus may we pray God alright now you really always smiling test it out move your legs around there's no pain there's no pain what do you say about that great a man all right and God can do the same with you here's my challenge to you now as I do with at the end of every mark sixty miracle segments get out on the streets get out of four walls of the church prophesy evangelize lay hands on the sick captured on footage send it in to us and we may feature it here on encounter TVs mark sixteen miracle segments for more information on how you can get your footage to us stick around to the end of the program we're going to give you some basic contact information let's go now back to Los Angeles California where I'm continuing this message on the Holy Spirit and prayer said Lord I'm gonna use my will I'm gonna use my persistence I'm gonna use my faithfulness and I stood there just praying I couldn't even tell you what I was praying and I tried to say Lord Here I am being faithful Here I am being consistent Here I am being persistent maybe if I just wait this out something will happen and I kid you not one more hour past of that and still nothing happened but now I I had it and I began to be getting to skirt I even got a little embarrassed in front of the Lord I thought maybe it was maybe I shouldn't have said that I'll stay here until until I starve or Dyer cuz what if I do and now I begin to analyze that's that for me I have a tendency to analyze that's what I always fall back on I said okay maybe that's why God put that in me so I began to analyze and assess and plan and plot and reason and I began to go through all the various scenarios of that man I remember I started to remember all the books I had read all of the sermons I had heard all of the sermon on the seminars I had attended and I began to try to apply with reason I'm gonna be honest with you if it were possible to enter the presence of God by human effort at that moment I would have been in intellect failed willpower failed aggression failed emotion failed emotion is a good indication of your thought life but it fails willpower is commendable but it failed intellect is useful but it fails love never fails and I remember I was crying I had tears just streaming down my face and I said I can't find you I don't know how to get in I I've done everything I can lord and then I remember in a very good way I gave up I said Holy Spirit I don't know how to pray teach me how to pray show me what to do what should my posture be what exact words should I speak what emotions should I be feeling what physical sensation should I have and the Holy Spirit brought to my remembrance be still and know that I am God there is no man or woman on earth I don't care how anointed they are there is no man or woman on earth who knows the way into the presence of God only the Holy Spirit knows the way into the presence of God and if you will quiet yourself to listen he will gently tell the way I said lord I give up you have to show me now and I remember I became very still that scripture be still be still be still and know that I'm God King David said in quietness does he lead me the first and the only entryway into true prayer is the Gateway of silence and stillness I know this is counterintuitive because human human the human will the human intellect wants to try to find its way in but silence is very practical jesus said when you pray go go aside by yourself go into your room shut the door lock it and and find that privacy because private prayer is revealed in public power there's no public power on some believers live because there's no private prayer they want to pray last minute before they minister and expect the move of the Holy Ghost I'm not here to I'm not here to tear you down I'm here to wake you up okay the silence is very practical Jesus said just go and shut everything all that means turn your cell phone off shut the computer down stop watching TV just turn it off for an hour you said could you not pray with me but for one hour put away the distraction put away the noise silence takes discipline silence takes your will it takes action and it's the easy part silence is the putting away of outer distraction but stillness is the quieting of the soul now that is the hard part because when you go to pray isn't it amazing that the first thoughts that come to your mind aren't positive ones isn't it interesting that all day you go without stressing but the moment you get on your knees bow your head close your eyes or whatever it is that you do to pray guilt enters anger enters frustration enters you start to think of all the relationship issues that you're having you begin to think of all the financial trouble that you're having you begin to think of all the responsibilities that you have to tend to throughout the rest of the day and you wonder if perhaps you might need to cut your prayer time short but see it's not that those issues those internal issues arise when we begin to pray it's that they're revealed when we begin to pray those issues are always like that within you when you go and find your stillness of prayer that's a good measure of what the chaos is like inside of your life because with you if when you go to pray there is this chaos there is this clutter there is this clamor then that is always there you're just never quiet enough to hear it we're going to return to Los Angeles California in just a moment where I'll be finishing up that teaching on the Holy Spirit and prayer but now it's time for our moment of truth segment this is where I take your questions and do my very best to present a biblical answer to them today's question how do I know that what I'm receiving is of God and not of another spirit well this concern arises typically when referencing the baptism of the Holy Spirit the gifts of the Holy Spirit impartation through laying on our hands receiving prayer from other people people have watched this program and they see that when I lay hands on people sometimes they're touched with the power of God in such a way where they fall out onto the floor of their body begins to tremble or they feel this physical sensation of the Holy Spirit's power like currents of electricity moving through their body and some people watch that and they become uncomfortable with the idea or they become concerned with perhaps maybe those people who are receiving prayer are receiving of another spirit or of another even worse demonic spirit or maybe off the flesh you know people have looked at the slain in the spirit they call it con daleney they say oh it can be traced back to here or there but really it comes down to being able to trust in the goodness of God when it comes to wondering whether or not we've received of the Holy Spirit for of another source this is what Jesus said he actually simplified the issue in Luke chapter 11 verse 9 and he is specifically talking about receiving of the Holy Spirit so this is what he says beginning in verse 9 and so I tell you keep on asking and you will receive what you ask for keep on seeking and you will find keep on knocking and the door will be open to you for everyone who asks receives everyone who seeks finds and to everyone who knocks the door will be open your father's if your children ask you for fish do you give them a snake instead or if they ask for an egg do you give them a scorpion of course not so if you sinful people now how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him the question is not whether or not I know how to pray or to receive good things from God the question is whether or not will give me something good or whether he'll give me something evil and God is good god his nature is good his nature is loving his nature is generous the scripture says every good and perfect thing comes from above everything that we experience of goodness in life comes from the Father I'll never forget what I had a conversation with a critic to was not too happy with the way my services were going they had observed some manifestations of the Holy Spirit in those services and they began to mention some criticisms to me and they came to me with a heavy barrage of questions and they didn't even pause for an answer but they were where it was almost like they went right for the jugular and they were trying to come to the very core the fundamental the foundation of my faith and want it to attack and they just begin to ask questions in a condescending barrage and would say things like well how do you know that it's the Holy Spirit these people are receiving how do you know that you're not imparting something demonic how do you know that it's not just psychological how do you know that it's not demonic how do you know that you're not leading a whole mass of people astray into the depths of hell and though that was very dramatic it was a good question because it's not blasphemous to ask questions of God it's blasphemous to make accusations and call things that are demonic or things that are the Holy Spirit demonic and so my answer to my critic was simple and it's what I'm telling you it's not that I trust in my ability to discern though it's important that we discern is 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 3 tells us any spirit that calls Christ Lord is of God and any spirit that says Jesus be accursed cannot be from God so really that's the core of it but that's not even the issue the issue is not even a matter of discernment the issue is that I trust the intrinsic nature of God and I told this person it's not that I trust my ability to pray it's not that I trust my ability to discern it's not that I trust my ability to properly receive it's that I trust God he's a good God and that if I ask to receive of his Holy Spirit he won't give me a stone and that is your moment of truth let's go now back to Los Angeles California while I'm finishing up this message on the Holy Spirit and prayer so there I was in my room for hours had passed I was crying I said Jesus I just I don't know what to do you have to teach me to pray I had my Bible open I had my worship music on I had my light on so I can see the Bible and I had the fan spinning so that it wouldn't get too hot so I wouldn't become distracted the Holy Spirit spoke very gently because he is a gentleman he's classy the spirit doesn't make you senseless and silly he makes you sharp he said some of you will see this is heresy but his weight told me to close the Bible I closed the Bible turn off the light I turned off the light switch off the fan I switched off the fan he said turn off the music I said what you can't move without the music I literally hesitated that's that's how programmed I was said switch off the music switched off the music he said just wait and expect essence he was telling me to be still and have faith that's what it's so if expecting could be a verb or an action and that's all I did I just expected they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength David setting quietness does he lead me so I stood there I closed my eyes and I remember there was this silence this calm I had entered around the room I was just expecting I was waiting anticipating God to do something but there was that inner turmoil inside of me still going all the thoughts the analysis everything and the Holy Spirit said look at me and immediately I knew what he meant by that he may look at Jesus look to the work and everything I had ever learned in this scripture up to that point everything that I had known of Jesus that I had read of Jesus all that I had read in the Bible I began to visualize I began to meditate on Jesus you know worldly meditation is emptying your mind godly meditation is filling your mind with the word so I began to fill my mind with the word and I began to see the image of Jesus I don't I'm not saying he came in physical form please don't hear what I'm not saying I'm saying that the Son of God became an intense and vivid reality in my room I remember the moment I look to Jesus I was almost a gas and I was struck with awe I had my eyes closed the tears were now beginning to dry up on my face my hand was lifted this was the fourth past the fourth hour now and when I look to Jesus I saw that glory and in my heart I was inspired to respond with accolades and adoration and praise and compliments I said whoa you're just beautiful and that's true worship well I pray that that sermon got you thinking and I pray that you were blessed by that message on the Holy Spirit and prayer I'm gonna pray with you in a moment here and let me prepare your heart for what I'm about to pray maybe you're someone you're watching this program and you've never had a prayer life like I'm talking about and you're listening to the message and you're saying I so desire that the Holy Spirit would come alongside me and help me find the depths of God because here's the reality here's the truth the truth is that I don't know how to find the presence of God the truth is that no preacher you ever watch on television no teacher you ever hear in seminary and no Minister you ever hear in person none of them know how to find the presence of God only the Holy Spirit knows how to find the presence of God and if we will humble ourselves if we will quiet the soul if we will steal the mind and the emotions if we will experience that inner calm and we will allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us and we will be open to his voice and he'll show us the way he'll tell us how to find those depths he'll teach us to pray he has not some hesitant resistant impatient teacher he doesn't come to your side reluctantly no the Holy Spirit joyfully comes to your side he patiently stands to your aid and he humbly instructs us in the ways of prayer he humbly guides us into the depths of the heart of God and he teaches us to know God he teaches us to know his nature and he speaks to our hearts he speaks to our spirits and he helps us find our way into the places of prayer now maybe you're someone you know what it's like to pray you know what it's like to have that place of Prayer but man the enemy has robbed you you've allowed yourself to retreat back and surrender your surrender to God you've allowed yourself to retreat and surrender your quiet place surrender your secret place perhaps your secret place and all belongs to sin perhaps your secret place now belongs to things that are shameful it's time to reclaim that secret place and the Holy Spirit will help you do it I'm going to pray with you now and we're going to ask God's Holy Spirit to come upon you fresh and to come to your side and begin to speak to you I bind the guilt i bind condemnation i bind confusion all of that has to go God welcomes you again to the throne room let's pray father in Jesus name I pray for that one watching right now that one who is asking to receive of the Holy Spirit who's asking for guidance in their prayer life I pray right now father at the very divine essence of your spirit but begin to invade and flood that room father I asked for an experience to come upon that person watching now let the anointing flow right through my hands right through that camera and right to that one watching and father I speak the healing power of God somebody is watching me you're very young but you have diabetes and the Holy Spirit's power just came on you right now you feel a heat going through your body just as I mentioned that you felt the heat go through your body that's the power of the Holy Spirit touching you there's somebody else watching me there's a problem with your knee something with that the tendon in your knee you injured it doing some type of sporting activity God is healing you right now someone else Debra there's a Debra watching there's a problem with your heart and with your ear specifically the problem with your heart with your ear God is healing you in Jesus name father we thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit now flowing through this place and we thank you that your presence is touching that one and now your Holy Spirit is coming to their aid in Jesus name we boldly pray and those are you watching said Amen that's right God's touching your life it's time to take back the prayer line don't be discouraged anymore well that's it for this edition of encounter TV thank you so much for watching this program and letting me join you wherever you are in your home at your school however you're watching this and I'm so blessed to be able to do it right into a stick around to the end of the program we're going to give you some general contact information log on right in to us let us know you're watching to hear from you well like I said that's it for this edition of encounter TV remember until next time nothing is impossible with God thank you for watching encounter TV if you would like more information about this ministry you can visit our website at www.att.com/biz your moment of truth questions as well as your March 16 miracle videos of you on the streets praying for people prophesying and release in the kingdom of God in addition to the website you can also download our free app David Hernandez ministries in the Apple or Google store

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Length: 28min 30sec (1710 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 27 2015