When we do not know what to say.

Hello Everyone,

Romans 8:26-27 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

To many times our focus when it comes to being filled with the Spirit is the “ought to” instead of the “why”?

“the Spirit helps us in our weakness”

Not from a weakness that we would need to recover from. This word literally means “without strength”. Exhausted or incapacitated.

I’m really glad to know this, aren’t you?

Some of us think that we have to be strong in order for God to use us. Actually, God goes to work when we’re weak.

2 Corinthians 12:10 says: “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Hebrews 4:15 tells us that the Son sympathizes with us when we feel feeble: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses…”

· Life demands more than we can give. Ministry demands more than we can give. (26)
· Prayer can be difficult. (26)
· God’s will can be difficult to find. (27)

How can I pray in faith when I am living in a time that is so uncertain?

“…the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express”.