the more we pray, the more we are in the spirit and the more we grow accustomed to exercising our spirit. The more we exercise our spirit to pray, the more we open the way for the Lord as the Spirit within us to spread into all the parts of our inward being. Although we may pray to ask things of the Lord, the most important reason why we pray is to exercise our spirit to keep in contact with the Lord. If we exercise our spirit by praying in this way, our entire being will be gradually renewed, and we will be transformed into the Lord’s image.
- “the Believer’s Experience of Transformation” P40