Words Are Overrated
Richard Bradley
Romans 8:26-30
Ever feel like you need to pray but you don't exactly know how? This is a common experience for Christians. If this has happened to you you're in good company. It's happened to all of us at one time or another. The thing is, according to Paul, we don't have to know exactly what to say to God because God lives within us. The fact is, because God lives so close He understands our situation far better than we know it ourselves. Don't worry when you don't know exactly what to say to God, the Holy Spirit does.
Look at our passage and see just how overrated words can be when it comes to prayer.
Romans 8:26-30
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. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Even in times when we can't pray or don't know what to pray for, God is already praying for us.
THE HOLY SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR US IN TIMES OF WEAKNESS
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.
The ''weakness'' of verse 26 has to do with a feebleness of either body or mind. The ''help'' of verse 26 means ''to take hold of.'' The simple truth is that in our weakest, most feeble times, G ...
Richard Bradley
Romans 8:26-30
Ever feel like you need to pray but you don't exactly know how? This is a common experience for Christians. If this has happened to you you're in good company. It's happened to all of us at one time or another. The thing is, according to Paul, we don't have to know exactly what to say to God because God lives within us. The fact is, because God lives so close He understands our situation far better than we know it ourselves. Don't worry when you don't know exactly what to say to God, the Holy Spirit does.
Look at our passage and see just how overrated words can be when it comes to prayer.
Romans 8:26-30
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. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Even in times when we can't pray or don't know what to pray for, God is already praying for us.
THE HOLY SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR US IN TIMES OF WEAKNESS
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.
The ''weakness'' of verse 26 has to do with a feebleness of either body or mind. The ''help'' of verse 26 means ''to take hold of.'' The simple truth is that in our weakest, most feeble times, G ...
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