Should we pray to the Spirit?

People often ask their pastor - "Is it right to pray to the Spirit?" I wonder - do you have an answer? Do you have a practice in your own prayer life? It is true - there are no prayers to the Spirit in the New Testament; but then, there are relatively few prayers in the New Testament full stop, so this does not necessarily answer the question. Before we are too quick to cut things off, we must always remember that the Holy Spirit is God himself and that as one of the three persons of the glorious God we worship, he is revealed in Scripture as having a certain role. It seems appropriate therefore, that when we are praying about the things that, as it were, are in his domain, it is not wrong to pray to the Spirit. Of course, the Spirit proceeds from the Father, so it is always possible to turn a prayer around from "Spirit, witness with my spirit....." to "Father, let your Spirit witness with my Spirit...." I tend to go for the latter - recognising the unique work of the Spirit, but appreciating that he acts for the Father. Read more