Groan Your Desires to God

SCRIPTURE

 

Romans 8:26-28 (selected)

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words… He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

(NASB)

 

 

PRAYER

 

Lord, at times ______ finds herself in such a place of pain and confusion that she is not even sure how to pray. Her soul aches for both your will and her heart’s desire. Swirling around the mix is a healthy dose of people’s sinful actions and the attendant consequences that flow. Making sense of it all, and articulating a prayer that is in line with your will, and will work good from the chaos just seems beyond her. Thank you that your Spirit takes ______’s deep heart and conveys it accurately in a prayer that is according to your will. Thank you that you will take everything in this girl’s life and work it together for her good. I ask that you would help her to feel your Spirit groaning with her, pushing together in a direction that will ultimately work your perfect purpose and plan from the imperfection that surrounds her life. Hear her desire for your will Lord, and honor that with an answer that makes her heart leap. Amen.

 

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

 

He knows your heart and his. He can do this, dear girl, he can work the magic of good from even this. Groan your desires to God through His Spirit, and watch him weave the sovereign tapestry for your good and his glory.