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NASB | Romans 8:26 ¶ 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; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:26 ¶ In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. |
Bible Question:
I have a question about prayer. I pray in tongues and in the natural and this scripture talks alot about the holy spirit helps our weakness for we know not what to pray. Praying in tongues is praying Gods perfect will, the holy spirit knows everything. I hope this is not a crazy question. When I pray do I have to call out someones name before praying in tongues, example: when I pray for my family, church, etc do I have to call out there names one by one and then pray in tongues? I do a lot of praying in tongues around the house especially when I'm cleaning or cooking and sometimes I don't pray in the natural at all but I want to cover everyone in prayer(family, children, etc). I hope I got my question across. Thanks for all your help |
Bible Answer: 8788, Yours is more of a statement about your prayer life than it is a question. Did you have a specific question about prayer or tongues? The Commentary Critical says this about Romans 8:26, "maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered—that is, which cannot be expressed in articulate language. Sublime and affecting ideas, for which we are indebted to this passage alone! “As we struggle to express in articulate language the desires of our hearts and find that our deepest emotions are the most inexpressible, we ‘groan’ under this felt inability. But not in vain are these groanings. For ‘the Spirit Himself’ is in them, giving to the emotions which He Himself has kindled the only language of which they are capable; so that though on our part they are the fruit of impotence to utter what we feel, they are at the same time the intercession of the Spirit Himself in our behalf." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |