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Question: My question is should we pray to the Spirit? I have read in David Wilkerson's sermons, which I find most helpful, "pray to the Spirit." I have searched Scripture and can't find any reference to 'pray to the Spirit.' Other people say you should only direct your prayers to the Father or the Son, and that the Spirit enables us to pray.Answer: I have also found David Wilkerson's sermons to be helpful, too. I have not noticed him referencing "praying to the Spirit." I also cannot recall of any direct mention in Scripture of praying to the Spirit, although there is an abundant mention of the Holy Spirit participating in our prayer life. On the other hand, I do not know of any place in the Scripture forbidding prayer to Him.
There are some things which the Scriptures make quite clear: The Holy Spirit is a person. The Holy Spirit is God as part of the divine Trinity with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father at Jesus request to be alongside of us so we would not be like orphans. The Holy Spirit is active in the administration and empowering of the Church as seen in the book of Acts. The Holy Spirit is a helper, comforter and teacher to the believer. We are encouraged, if not commanded, to have a relationship with the Spirit characterized as "being filled with the Spirit." He is sometimes called the "Spirit of Jesus" indicating his purpose is to continue the ministry of Jesus through the church and to establish the close relationship of the Church with Jesus. So though his role is important, it is somewhat in the background.
In view of this, it would not seem out of place to communicate with this important person who plays such an important role in our spiritual life. It may be like the role of the friend of the bridegroom in Jewish Biblical culture. While the groom and bride were in a period of separation before the wedding, the friend of the bridegroom would see that the bride was in continual readiness for the coming of the groom who would come without warning. His goal was not to establish a relationship for himself with the bride but rather to encourage her in anticipation of the coming of the groom.
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