Dear Holy Spirit

A good friend's friend passed away suddenly in his sleep 2 days ago, and I found it hard to pray for her. I'm afraid my prayers sound hollow and empty in light of the pain she is experiencing.

Yesterday night while I was praying, I thought of the Holy Spirit, and a few verses came to my mind to encourage me greatly.

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
Jn 14:16-17

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Cor 6:19-20

26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 8:26-28

Coming from a charismatic background, I could vividly remember days when the Holy Spirit was so near me, when I prayed loudly in tongues, when I worshiped God singing in the Spirit. Its not that I never experience the Holy Spirit now, its just that it somehow seems like a different move whereby He sometimes just cuts right into my heart speaking to me.

Oh dear Holy Spirit, I am reminded I am so much in need of you.

In the face of never-ending demands of different tasks to do, different deadlines, different ministries. At the end of the day, I need my comforter and helper to interceed with God for me, with deep groanings, to express the things I feel so deeply on the inside.

Sometimes these days, I just feel so tired, and I find rest in His presence. Oh dear Lord, dear Holy Spirit, don't leave me, but always be there to encourage and lead me on this journey.