Praying always in the spirit
Never in the flesh or mind!
If this secret we will practise
God’s full presence we will find.
Praying always in the spirit
Is the secret we are told!
In the spirit
God to contact
Is the secret we must hold!
Praying always in the spirit
Never by our human thought!
Fellowship with God the Spirit
Only thus to us is brought.
Praying always in the spirit
Thus expressing God’s desire;
Staying with the Lord in spirit
We’ll be wholly set afire.
Praying always in the spirit
Even groaning from within
Thus we utter God’s intention
By the Spirit’s discipline.
Praying always in the spirit
In the holiest place divine;
It is only in the spirit
God and we in oneness twine.
Praying always in the spirit
’Tis the only way of prayer;
All the fulness of the Godhead
By this secret we may share.