And
The Holy Spirit
Help
Us
In
Our Weakness …
Scripture
Romans
8
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 For
God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his
Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and
sisters.
30 And
having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called
them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them
right standing, he gave them his glory.
Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
31 What
shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us,
who can ever be against us?
32 Since he
did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he
also give us everything else?
33 Who
dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God
himself has given us right standing with himself.
34 Who then
will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised
to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s
right hand, pleading for us.
35 Can
anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no
longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or
hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
36 (As the
Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are
being slaughtered like sheep.”)
38 And I am
convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears
for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of
hell can separate us from God’s love.
39 No power
in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all
creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that
is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Observation
I
don't know about you but there are days when I feel really weak and I
am so glad that God's Holy Spirit lives inside of me and helps me
even when I don't know what to pray.
I
am not talking about just being physical weak, I am talking about
being emotionally weak, wiped out by what is happening in the lives
of those around me. Not even knowing how to pray for them.
Maybe
you can identify with me because you go through the same thing.
So
that is why I included so many verses from Romans 8 today in this
blog. It is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible.
I
don't know about you, but I could just camp out on Romans 8:28 and
meditate on it all day long. Wow! And how about verses 35-38!
Application
When
I am weak and I don't even know how to pray about something I know
that the Holy Spirit is praying to my Heavenly Father for me.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, Romans 5 – 8 have so much for me that I could have written
about today. Your Word is so important to me. I don't know how I
would manage life without having Your Word to encourage me every day.
I
pray for any person reading this simple blog today. Help them to
depend totally on You today to meet their needs. Help them to stay on
track. Help them dig into Your Word. Help them rely on Your Holy
Spirit when they don't even know how to pray about something. Give
them Your strength today!
Daily
Bible Reading: Romans 5,6,7,8
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