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What does it mean to pray in the Spirit?

[jimwalton]

Praying "in the Spirit" is God-motivated and God-centered prayer based in the truth of the Scripture. One can pray with selfish motives (James 4.3), and one can pray and not be in the Spirit (as Eph. 6.18; Jude 1.20 would imply). Prayer in the Spirit issues from one's relationship with God. In Jude it contrasts with the false prayers of the false teachers (Jude 1.17-19), so it means prayer that is infused, guided, and empowered by the Spirit.