“我们既然有一位…大祭司，就是神的儿子耶稣，便当持定所承认的道……。我们只管坦然无惧，来到施恩的宝座前，为要得怜恤，蒙恩惠作随时的帮助。。”（来4章14，16节）

　　我们祷告上最大的帮手就是主耶稣基督，他是我们在父那里的中保，我们的大祭司，他现在主要的职务，就是替我们在父前说情，代求。他从我们手里把我们不完全的祈祷接过去，将其中的污秽洁净了，错误更正了，然后用自己的名义，藉赎罪的功绩和正直到父前去索取答应。

　　弟兄姊妹，你对于祷告已经灰心了吗？决不要这样。你的中保已经替你索到答应了，胜利已经在路上了。如果他看见你放弃了祈求，这要使他多么忧愁多么失望呢！他已经为你进到神的内室，已经将你的名字递了上去；报好信息的使者也在路上了，圣灵只在等待——要在你信靠的时候，将宝座前答应的回声——“已成了”——轻声报在你心里。

　　在每一个蒙答应的祷告上，圣灵都曾花了极大的力量来帮助我们，可惜我们常常将他的工作忽略了。他启发我们的意志，叫我们看见祷告的需要；他软化我们的心来同意；他催促我们的愿望；他叫我们清楚看见神的能力，智慧和恩典来享受慰藉；他鼓励我们倚靠主的信实来排斥一切的疑惧。

"Seeing then that we have a great high priest...Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."(Heb. 4:14,16.)

OUR great Helper in prayer is the Lord Jesus Christ, our Advocate with the Father, our Great High Priest, whose chief ministry for us these centuries has been intercession and prayer. He it is who takes our imperfect petitions from our hands, cleanses then from their defects, corrects their faults, and then claims their answer from His Father on His own account and through His all-atoning merits and righteousness.

Brother, are you fainting in prayer? Look up. Your blessed Advocate has already claimed your answer, and you would grieve and disappoint Him if you were to give up the conflict in the very moment when victory is on its way to meet you. He has gone in for you into the inner chamber, and already holds up your name upon the palms of His hands; and the messenger, which is to bring you your blessing, is now on his way, and the Spirit is only waiting your trust to whisper in your heart the echo of the answer from the throne, "It is done." --- A. B. Simpson.

The Spirit has much to do with acceptable prayer, and His work in prayer is too much neglected. He enlightens the mind to see its wants, softens the heart to feel them, quickens our desires after suitable supplies, gives clear views of God's power, wisdom, and grace to relieve us, and stirs up that confidence in His truth which excludes all wavering. Prayer is, therefore, a wonderful thing. In every acceptable prayer the whole Trinity is concerned. --- J. Angell James.