Prayer and Teaching of Paul
Romans 8:26, 27 (ESV)
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, becausethe Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
A Theme to Remember:
Man makes the plea and God makes the answer. The plea and the answer compose the prayer. God is more ready, more willing and more anxious to give the answer than man is to give the asking. The possibilities of prayer lie in the ability of man to ask large things and in the ability of God to give large things. (Adapted from E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer)
Words to Remember:
Happy the man whose words come from the Holy Spirit and not from himself.
–Anthony of Padua