Our Great Intercessor

Chuckle: How would you make a marriage work? "Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck." -- Ricky, age 10

Good Quote: "To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven." --Isaac Watts

"And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will" (Romans 8:26-27 NLT).

Are there times when you feel so distressed, depressed, and discouraged that you don't know where to turn and have difficulty putting your feelings into words? Are there times when your feelings are so complex and confusing that you don't know how to ask God for relief? I'm sure each of us has experienced such feelings at one time or another. When this happens, we must be reminded that, as Christians, we are not alone in this battle of life. We are not limited by our own finite resources in coping with difficulties, disappointments, and distractions.

When you feel distressed, it is not necessary to put your prayer requests into words, because the Great Intercessor will do that for you. With God, Himself, helping you to pray, there's never a reason to be hesitant or afraid to come to Him in prayer. "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence (boldness), so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need" (Hebrews 4:16 NIV).

We should boldly and confidently approach God even when we realize how little we know and how poorly equipped we are to pray properly. But the Holy Spirit stands ready to help us express our love for God, our deep desire to worship Him, our sincere attitude of repentance, or even with our personal requests. Even when nothing but groans come from within us, the Holy Spirit understands and will intercede for us in accordance with God's own will; and God will certainly answer such prayers.

The Holy Spirit is God, but He is in some ways distinguishable from the Father. The Spirit prays for us to the Father. The Spirit is a form of God as is Jesus, the Son of God. This intercessory communications within the persons of the Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are a part of the great mystery of the Trinity.

The intercession of the Spirit introduces a level of divine communications which is far above the level of human words in which our sometimes awkward prayers are interpreted and translated into the high and majestic language of God Himself. PRAISE!!

Love, Jerry & Dotse