Daily Worship

The Holy Spirit intercedes

Norah Summers May 15, 2026 0 0
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Romans 8: 26-27 (NIV-UK)

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

I have no idea how my computer works.

But I am sitting here typing, confident that my thoughts are being recorded and can be sent (as if by magic!) when I am finished to the amazing editor who will polish any rough edges and make it presentable for whoever is going to read it.

In these verses today we are reminded that we do not understand how our prayers are going to come to God, but that his Spirit is able to see into our hearts and discern our needs and speak for us.

We may be hesitant in our requests, hardly daring to believe that God really will get back to us, but we keep seeking: after knowledge, after reassurance, after comfort, after the promised Kingdom.

 

Keep watch.

Take heart.

 

“Seek first the kingdom of God. Seek and you shall find.

Wait for the Lord, his day is near.

Wait for the Lord, keep watch, take heart.”

(From Taizé, it can be found in Church Hymnary 4, 276)

 

Prayer:

 

Loving God,

may we follow your Spirit’s guiding in our prayers and actions,

so that your Kingdom may come.