February 16, 2025 – When You Can’t Even Pray
Romans 8:26-27
Sermon: 2061 Turning Hurts into Hallelujahs, Part 2
Pray Over This
“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. 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 8:26-27
Ponder This
The Holy Spirit comes alongside us in our sorrow. Have you ever hurt so bad you couldn’t even pray? I have. All you can do is groan. But the Holy Spirit says, “I will groan with you; I will pray for you; and I will intercede for you before the Father.” Both the Holy Spirit and Jesus intercede for us before the Father.
There is the guilt we exhibit, and there is the grace we enjoy, but there are still groans that we endure: the groaning of creation, the groaning of the Christian, and thank God, the groaning of the Holy Spirit. His groans remind us we are not alone, but they also comfort us as He takes our needs to the Father even when we don’t know what to say. Because of the Holy Spirit, every hurt can turn into a hallelujah, every tear into a pearl, every midnight into a sunrise, and every Calvary to a resurrection.
- When have you been speechless in grief? Where did you turn in that time?
- When has the Holy Spirit been a comforter to you? How can you remind yourself to go to God in your grief?
Practice This
Share with God the grief you have been carrying. Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your heart and comfort you.
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