The Holy Spirit encourages you to ask your heavenly Father for what you need. He reminds you to pray for others and their needs. And he gives you faith to believe God will give you what you ask.

For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you a slave and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's sons, and by the Spirit's power we cry to God, Father! my Father! (Romans 8:15).

Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart (Philippians 4:6).

But sometimes you don't even know what you need. You might ask for the wrong things. So the Holy Spirit, your helpful Friend, is right there to put in your mind what to ask in prayer both for yourself and for others.

God has chosen to work through your prayers. Where there is a need. He tells His children to pray. Then He does what is necessary in answer to their prayers. This is how He saves souls, sends revival, heals the sick, solves problems and supplies needs.

God gives you the responsibility of praying for your family, your friends, your church, your country and your world. How to pray affects God's work all around the world.

The Holy Spirit may impress you to pray for a certain person without letting you know what his need is. Maybe the person is deathly sick, or in great danger, or facing a terrible temptation, or in urgent need of supernatural power to do God's work. Your prayers will help him.

A Christian in Portland, Oregon, said to his pastor, Joseph Bogue: "I had a wonderful experience today. God spoke to me and told me to pray for some-one by the name of Alva Walker in Africa. I prayed until I felt the assurance that God had answered." Half a world away a missionary named Alva Walker had been dying with blackwater fever. While his unknown brother in Christ prayed, he fell asleep and woke up on his way to recovery. His life was saved because some one obeyed the Spirit.

Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people (Ephesians 6:18).

For You to Do

9. Memorize Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18.

10. Pray for others who are studying The Holy Spirit. Pray for the friends for whom you requested an evangelistic course.