Spirit maketh intercession with unutterable groanings

Romans 8: 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

I have heard questions like ‘if God is God and knows everything, then does He require us to pray/ask Him, He should be giving us without asking’.

Today’s scripture is about prayer. When we read the translations of today’s scripture, it causes a person to have a mystical picture; a person praying for something not aware of and saying something that cannot be said!

It is only when we go deeper into the Greek text and its root meanings that we get the real picture or understanding.

Expanding Romans 8:26
In the same manner, the [Holy] Spirit also helps strengthen [mood ‘indicative’, thus not guaranteed – conditions apply] our weaknesses [spiritual rather than natural] for we do not know how we need to pray as we ought to, but the [Holy] Spirit Himself on behalf of us leads us to the mark with sighs [cries] which cannot be expressed in words.

If we understand prayer, the words that we utter are not for God but more for us, but the communication that comes from our spirit, our hearts, is what God hears. We can fool people with loud prayer or using big words, but they would be just noise to God. He hears that which comes from our hearts, our spirit.

Today’s scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit guides us in how to really pray and receive all that the Lord has already made available for us. It is sin and corruption that have taken away our provisions, and it is faith [believing in the truth] that helps us receive them. Prayer without faith is just blabber. Faith cannot be expressed in words; what we pray in spirit matters, everything else is either to help our spirit pray or prevent us from praying.

Our prayers many a times are obstacles to our praying, like when we rattle words given by someone else, keep repeating without understanding, giving thought to what we are saying, when we pray for things against the Will of God/Word, etc…

[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You are Almighty God. You, Lord, are Spirit and Your Kingdom is Spirit World. Lord, You are not fooled by our words for You read our thoughts and see our feelings. Lord we pray we understand the power of prayer and experience it in our lives…

This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

[Reference Scriptures]
Romans 8:24-27
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.

1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Psalms 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Dated 31 Jan 2026
Bro Rollwyn