Romans 8:20-21, 23, 26 NLT

...But with eager hope,  the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 

And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory...

We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. 

For example, 

we don't know what God wants us to pray for. 

But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 

Romans 8:20-21, 23, 26 NLT

This word weakness literally means "without strength".

Where are we "without strength"?

Paul uses the example of prayer and it may be in that space, or it may be somewhere else that we are "without strength".

Where do I need to invite the Holy Spirit in to today?

Where am I "groaning", struggling, waiting, hoping, looking for change?

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