Question for the Day
My last couple posts have been about prayer. Today’s is too.
Our pastor is doing a series on the Holy Spirit. Yesterday he spoke specifically about grieving the Holy Spirit, what that means and how we do it. Last week he talked about the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Anyway, all this has us thinking more about the Trinity. So here is the question for the day. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
When we pray, should we pray specifically to the distinct members of the Trinity, taking into consideration the different roles each plays? Does it matter if we say “Father” instead of “Holy Spirit” or “Jesus, the Son?” Or are the names interchangable in prayer? Paul tells us the Holy Spirit incedes for us, so do we just let Him serve as the operator directing our calls? Or do we need to be specific?
Okay, so that’s five questions, but it’s all the same topic. Go ahead. Discuss.
Posted on March 16, 2009, in prayer. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Okay I’m not even going to attempt to answer this one although I will say, when I pray I pray specifically.
Anyhoo, I wanted to pop by and say hi. So glad you made it to my Home Away From Home and now I’ve found you.
I’ll be back!
I don’t think we have to distinguish for different things (as in, we pray to the Father for this, Jesus for that, etc), but I think we can. Paul prays to Jesus often. Jesus prays to the Father and invites us to pray to our Father who is in heaven. The Holy Spirit groans with us when we have no words. I think there’s a lot of freedom in this. Children often have an easier time relating to Jesus as they learn of the stories of when he walked on earth. Jesus is also our high priest, but because of Jesus, we can go to the throne of the Father.
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