*Text: Rom. 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.”

Many of us as God’s children are concerned about our weaknesses, our human frailties. We are concerned that these weaknesses of ours will not allow us to please God. We are concerned that these weaknesses if care is not taken may rob us of eternity with God. But there is good news for us this morning and the news is that God is mindful of our weaknesses and has done something about it. He has given us the Holy Spirit, who among other things helps us in areas of our weaknesses.

Prayer remains a challenge for many of God’s children today. Many struggle to build and to sustain a prayer schedule. Many who pray, according to James 4: 3, pray for the wrong motives and so they do not receive the result they seek in the place of prayer. Many who are ready to pray struggle in the place of prayer for lack of prayer points to pray, and many pray the wrong prayer points. Our text reveals to us that only with the help of the Holy Spirit can we discover the right prayer points to pray.

God is concerned about the trials of His people. When He was ministering on earth, Jesus groaned when He saw what sin was doing to mankind (Mark 7:34; John 11:33, 38). Today the Holy Spirit groans with us and feels the burdens of our weaknesses and suffering. But the Spirit does more than groan. He prays for us in His groaning so that we might be led into the will of God. We do not always know God's will. We do not always know how to pray, but the Spirit intercedes so that we might live in the will of God in spite of suffering.

Now why is it important that we pray in line with the will of God? The reason is that it is only when we pray in line with the will of God that we have assurance of desired answers from God. If you desire to always have your prayers answered then be more open to the move of the Holy Spirit and allow Him room to reveal the mind or the will of the Father to you so that you can pray in line with God’s perfect will and not His permissive will.

As you begin to give room for the Holy Spirit to express Himself more in your life in the place of prayer, God will grant you grace to record amazing testimonies and results in Jesus name. Shalom.

Prayer Points

1. Father thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit to me, who amongst other things helps me in my areas of weakness

2. Father through the help of your Spirit within me, may my prayer life be revived in Jesus name.

3. Father through the help of your Spirit within me, may I discover your will for my life and please grant me grace never to wander away from it in Jesus name.

4. Father in spite of the whatever suffering or hardship I may go through, please empower me by your Spirit never to wander away from you in Jesus name

5. Father please help me to be more open to the move of the Holy Spirit and allow Him room to reveal the will of the Father to me so that I can pray in line with God’s perfect will in Jesus name.