1. The Spirit also groans for the fulfillment of God’s promises.
2. The Spirit’s help is necessary because of our weakness.
B. The Spirit’s help is intercessory prayer. (26b)
1. The Holy Spirit makes up for our weakness through intercession.
2. How does the Spirit “intercede” for us?
C. The Spirit’s prayer is according to the will of God. (27)
1. The verse talks about an interaction between God the Father and God the Spirit.
Psalm 139:1 NASB95
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
Jeremiah 17:10 NASB95
“I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
2. How God the Father knows the thoughts and desires of God the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 6:18 NASB95
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,