How do you pray when you are drowning?
Like Peter, who when sinking, called out, “Jesus, help me!”
How do you pray when you are a blind man begging for mercy?
Like the man from Jericho who called out persistently and loudly, “Jesus, Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
How do you pray when you’ve been isolated by your illness?
Like the leper who came to Jesus, implored him, kneeling
down to him and said, “If you are willing you can make me clean.”
How do you pray when you are bedridden and cannot walk?
Like the paralyzed man who asked his friends to physically lift him up and place him before Jesus for prayer.
How do you pray when you’ve been bleeding and afflicted for
12 years?
Like the woman who searched for Jesus in the crowd and
reached out for his healing touch.
How do you pray when you have been scorned for your sin and
are sitting alone in the heat of the noonday sun?
Like the Samaritan woman by the well who was thirsty and
asked Jesus for Living Water.
How do you pray when you have been convicted for your crime
and are sitting on death row?
Like the criminal on the cross who confessed his sin and
called out to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
How do you pray when you’re desperate for your child to be healed and the situation seems hopeless?
Like the father of the boy who was mute, deaf, and
suffering from seizures, “Jesus, I believe. Help me overcome my unbelief!”
And how do we pray when we are at the end of our rope? When
we are too weak to lift our heads? When we are too brokenhearted to utter
words? We don’t. Jesus, our Faithful and Loving Intercessor, prays on our behalf.
Romans 8:26-27
(AMP)
Our Victory in Christ
In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our
weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our
need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. And He who
searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit
intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in
accordance with God’s will.
Romans 8:34 (AMP)
Who is the one who condemns us? Christ Jesus is the One who died [to pay our penalty], and more than that, who was raised [from the dead], and who is at the right hand of God interceding [with the Father] for us.
Love,
Yolanda
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