Yet you negate the "pray with the spirit" part....too mystical for you?
No, Danoh, you're just so intent on sounding right that you ignore the fact that the Spirit does, indeed, open our understanding. Like others, I have read verses for years when suddenly a deeper and greater meaning is opened to my understanding. I wouldn't trade all the head knowledge in the world or all the hours about "how to study" for even one moment of truth as revealed by the Spirit. For that
still small voice....
You may have the
great wind, and the
earthquake, and the
fire....but the Lord is not there.
1 Kings 19:11-13
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?