Praying directly to the Holy Spirit?

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Does anybody remember any quote by EW about praying directly to the Holy Spirit?
Or do you remember any description of EW doing something like that?
I ask this because recently I heard smb praying to the Holy Spirit and I could not remember any biblical reference about sth like this or any EW quote.
I can understand the logic behind that: people say that if the Holy Spirit is God, then why I can not pray to the Holy Spirit directly?
Thanks in advance for any contribution to the topic.
 
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Yes. I know this. But if smb comes and says that he/she can pray to the Holy Spirit because he is God, the 3rd person of the Godhead, what can you say? We also have songs, like prayers, dedicated to the Holy Spirit.
 
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An interesting question.
While no Bible verse tells us to pray to the Holy Spirit, we could, and should pray FOR the Holy Spirit to enter our lives: Let's review a few things:

Jesus taught his disciples to pray to the Father in Matthew 6, "but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen."

He also says in John 14:6, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

In Romans 8:26-27, the English Standard Version 2016 (ESV) asserts, "For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God."
White explains this by asswering that We must not only pray in Christ's name, but by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This explains what is meant when it is said that the Spirit “maketh intercession for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Such prayer God delights to answer.

See also this verse: "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" Luke 11:13.

While the three are one, each has different roles, that's why I believe we should pray to God the Father through Jesus, and ask for the Holy Spirit to dwell in our lives.

Nonetheless, God always knows the desires of our hearts, and when you pray to the Holy Spirit, God will hear you. But it would feel out of place for me to pray to the Holy Spirit than than for the Holy Spirit.
 
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We pray to the Father to fill us with the Holy Spirit who will help us ask for the right things.
The Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf and makes our prayers packaged well before God who grants us our desires.
 
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