Sonday Sunday

As many of you know- last week my family spent a lot of extra time in prayer. (Don't you hate it that sometimes it takes a crisis to really bring us to the Lord- but that's a whole other lesson) Anyways... Not by chance, the Lord used my Sunday School teacher last Sunday to remind me of the most perfect verse for our circumstance. It just so "happened" that the class lesson was on prayer, and one of the first verses we looked at was Romans 8:26-27.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. Romans 8:26-27

Wow! Oh Lord-glory! That is exactly what I needed to hear! I was struggling so much with how to pray for my little niece. Selfishly, I wanted to beg the Lord (and I did) for a miracle that he would give my brother and his wife a perfectly healthy baby and that they would be spared any heartbreak. But I knew I was suppose to pray for "His Will" and although I knew God would bless whatever the outcome was, I just did not want to have to go through the valley to get to the mountain top. So oh how this verse ministered to me. Once again Jesus was right there to give his mercy and peace. He said all I had to do was be obedient to turn the situation over to him, and he would go to the Father for me! Wow what a God!

So that is what I did. I remember excusing myself from class because I was so overcome by the magnitude of the gift that was just presented to me. I went to the bathroom and just cried. I looked up to the Lord and said- "Take it!" "I don't know what I'm supposed to say, so Spirit you know my heart and the situation- take the message to the Father." What peace!

I want this verse to be embedded in my heart so I can call on this powerful resource whenever I don't have the words to pray.

In the meantime, I am going to ask the Holy Spirit for just the right words to express my thankfulness to the Lord for His answer to our prayer!