PERSON TO PERSON 67just friendship, love, and communion. That's how it was
with me. I began to wait for the Holy Spirit before I prayed.
I would say "Precious Holy Spirit, would you now come
and help me to pray?"
The Bible says, "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for
as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for
us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who
searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession for the saints according to
the will of God" (Rom. 8:26-27).
When we don't know what to say He comes to our aid.
And here is the next principle I learned. The Holy Spirit
is the only teacher of the Bible. "Now we have received, not
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that
we might know the things that have been freely given to us
by God. These things we also speak, not in words which
man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
comparing spiritual things with spiritual" (1 Cor. 2:12-13).
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SPIRIT
From my first encounter with the Holy Spirit, I began to
know that He was the great teacher—the one who would
lead me "into all truth." That is why I asked Him, "Would
you please tell me what this Scripture means?"
But I still wanted to know, "Who are You? And why
are You so different?" I would say, "I'd like to know what
You are like."
Gentle yet Powerful
Here is what I saw. What He revealed to me was a
mighty person and a childlike person at the same time. He
said to me, "When you hurt a child he will stay away from