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A Prayer for Owning Our Weakness and Resting in the Spirit’s Intercession

     And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Rom. 8:26-28 (NLT)

     Dear heavenly Father, I’m so grateful for this passage, and all the encouragement, freedom, and hope it offers. I have zero difficulty acknowledging my weakness this morning. For the past month, I feel like I’ve been swimming in a turbulent ocean of hungry sea creatures. Shoulder surgery and physical therapy, friends in crisis and churches in distress, family illnesses and yesterday my stepmom graduated into your presence. I’m worn out, Father, loved, but nearly running on empty.

     It’s heartening (and life-giving) to know your Spirit doesn’t abandon us when we’re weak, but he helps us in our weakness—faithfully praying inside of us with “wordless groans.” Though I don’t understand everything that means, I love the fact, Father, that you search our hearts and you know the mind of the Spirit.

     No one knows our hearts better than you, Father—the good and bad, broken and beautiful. You search our hearts to save us, not to shame us; to deliver us, not to demean us; to change us, not chide us. You know my dignity and my depravity, my fears and my longings, my struggles with sin and my standing in Christ.

     And at this very moment your Spirit is praying inside of me, perfectly tuned in to my needs and in total harmony with your will. I cannot measure the peace that brings. I gladly groan to your glory. I know you are at work for my good in all things, including this turbulent season. You have called me to life in Christ, and you will complete your purpose in me. I do love you; Father, and I would love you much more. So very Amen I pray, resting in Jesus’ righteousness and reign.

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