Don’t Know What to Pray For? The Spirit Pleads Your Cause

Scripture Applied

Have you ever had a Romans 8:26 moment when you didn’t know what to pray? It’s that moment in life when you need help, but you don’t know what to do—whether you should quit that job or take that job; if you should ask that girl to marry you or not. You don’t know what to pray about your cancer diagnosis—whether you should be crying out to God for patience or deliverance. Here’s the good news: when we don’t know what to pray, the “Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom. 8:26). So, relax. Be patient, for God prays better than we do. His Spirit helps us in our weakness and pleads our cause.