The Holy Spirit spoke of spiritual food for today: things we must of necessity look at daily. So we will firstly look at what are some obstacles to answered prayer? The primary reason is not communing with the Holy Spirit.

Let’s look at the biblical evidence to support this statement. In John.6:63 Jesus says these words: It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

This is a clear foundation for any activity in God. Nothing birthed from our flesh no matter how well intentioned or motivated can produce spiritual results. What Jesus speaks is what brings life.

Remember Jesus never said anything until after He returned in the power of the Spirit after a 40 day fast where He was tempted. Luke.4:14 & 15 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. 15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Let us look at the Acts of the Apostles.4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: Acts.6:3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; This is the pattern in the new Covenant with anyone who did God. The Holy Spirit has the preeminence.

Galatians.6:8 reads these words: For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

This is infallible proof that Prayer begins in the Spirit and must be reaped in the Spirit. So it is more important to find out the purpose of the Spirit before beginning to pray from your own initiative. I recall a senior Minister of a Pentecostal division of a multiple Church body.

He said he took on a fast for sixty days on water only because he wanted to beat the 40 day record of Moses and Jesus. He did not have any plan for the fast but to beat the record.

He went to say that after he reached the sixty day mark the Holy Spirit spoke to him and asked him now that you have overtaken Moses and Jesus of what importance or significance has that made to anything and what have you accomplished.

He says he was so ashamed of himself and how he had wasted time doing nothing as now it was futile and he was being ridiculed by the Lord because he was in the flesh trying to accomplish a lust that was worth nothing.

He was sharing this with ministers the importance of working with the Holy Spirit before commencing on anything no matter how spiritual it looks.

He was using this example of nothingness in his life to warn young ministers to spend more time seeking the will of the Holy Spirit before embarking on their plans. He did say that his congregation were very impressed by his feat but the Lord was not impressed. He gained nothing spiritual but got praise from men.

Let us look at the prayer life of Jesus. Everything He did was in the Spirit hence He always had God results. Jesus said the flesh profits nothing. So any transaction in the flesh will only bring losses. So today before you start blotting out prayer ask the Holy Spirit what you are missing and what you should really be praying about.

One word from the Holy Spirit is what you need today to position yourself for the answer of triumph and how to reap it. It will revolutionize your life and answers to prayer will become a daily reality in your life in Jesus name. Amen.