Prayer- John Bunyan

1. What does Bunyan mean by praying for "more of the Spirit?" How can you have more then you used to have? Is he saying that we should pray for more influence/strength from the Holy Spirit?

2. How does one pray for more of the Spirit?

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Ian Kemmerer
Covenant Presbetyrian Church,Reading,PA
Fleetwood,PA

"Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart, And all is darkened in the vale of tears, Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart, Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears. Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay From His own fullness all He takes away."

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I don't think it is particularly complicated. Bunyan is simply addressing the reality we see in many places (like Galatians 5:16-26): the flesh wars with the Spirit. We pray for more of the Spirit to bear fruit because we can't do it on our own. The fact that we can pray at all is because the Spirit dwells in us in the first place.

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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