Our Prayer Partner
Have you ever been speechless before God? Perhaps
you know the frustration of being utterly unable
to find the right words to pray.
Imagine a loving parent seeking to help a child
with a speech problem. As a youngster struggles
to express his feelings and desires, the parent
with his own voice formulates what the child wants
to say. This is a picture of how the Holy Spirit
catches our deepest longings and aspirations and
brings them in line with the Father's ultimate
purposes for us.
The weaknesses spoken of in (Romans 8:26) refer
to our inability to pray intelligently. This is
evident from the phrase that immediately follows;
"For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought."
The Holy Spirit, who knows us better than we know
ourselves, helps us. He takes our feeble attempts,
and in a language all His own He interprets them to
the Father in keeping with His holy will.
What a mystery! What a motivation to pray...especially
when the words do not come freely. Even the faintest
cry of "Father" (Rom. 8:15) reaches heaven's thrown.
We may not know what to pray for, but we have a holy
For we do not know
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prayer partner who does. That should stir us to keep
on praying, no matter how helpless we feel.
When you can't put your prayers into words,
God hears your heart.
The spirit also helps
in our weaknesses.
what we should pray
for as we ought.
(Romans 8:26)
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