We are in Weakness, as Christians (TMF:1755)

Friday, December 31, 2021
Peace to Live By: We are in Weakness, as Christians (TMF:1755) - Daniel Litton
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       Continuing along. Verse 26 of Romans chapter 8: “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, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:26, 27, ESV). We are in weakness as Christians because of our sin-nature, and the effects of that. Paul had just been talking about how the sin-nature affects the creation as a whole, and now he focuses on ourselves individually. In view of the sin-nature and the complexity of the world around us, and all the problems we see on this earth, sometimes we don’t know exactly what we should be praying for in our lives, in the lives of others, for our society, our government, our nation, and the earth as a whole. We may pray a prayer, but it isn’t as precise as we would like it be. Or, it doesn’t hit home like we would like it to.