One of the most reassuring passages in the whole Bible recognizes that we all sometimes find it hard to pray and promises that the Holy Spirit is here to help us. 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. 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.[11]
