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 I've grown up every summer going to a house on the shore of Lake Erie that my mom grew

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 up in. We go there for vacation, learn how to sail, sunfish there, play in the sand, swim, all sorts of

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 wonderful things. I have a very vivid memory one day. My two brothers and I took out our old, and if you

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 know anything about boats, slightly leaky and fairly rickety sunfish. Three of us on a slightly

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 waterlogged boat with a rudder that kept popping out if you pushed it too hard against the waves

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 of the wind and the pressure. We decided to take this boat out on a quite windy day where the breakers

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 were breaking over the sandbar, and as we headed out in the southeasterly direction with the southwest

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 wind blowing us this way, we set a course, and if you head out, the first thing you need to do is to

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 get enough momentum to turn the boat and get back into the bay. We lived in a bay that sort of circled

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 around like this, and if we didn't get back into the bay, we'd get pushed out over the reef and out

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 into the lake. Well, hard over, the winds are pushing this way. The waves are pushing this way.

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 The rudder kept popping out every time. We couldn't come about. My brother even jumped off the boat and

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 tried to swim the bow of the boat out to the right direction. Eventually, we gave up, and as we sang,

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 we all live in this yellow submarine, we headed out into the eastern end of Lake Erie, and if you know

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 anything about the geography of Lake Erie, it dumps itself into the Niagara River, which is one of the

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 strongest currents in the world and ends in Niagara Falls, which is a lovely place to be, but not on a

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 sailboat. All of our strategies in the face of winds and waves had failed. We had no way to help ourselves,

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 and we are headed out to sea, so to speak, uncertain as to how it would turn out, or how we would be saved.

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 I think many of you have experienced times in your life when you have faced things that are

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 overwhelming, when you don't know what to do anymore, when all of your strategies have failed,

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 failed, and where you wonder where your help is going to come from.

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 It might be in your studies, as you face the overwhelming amount of work, and your inability

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 to actually accomplish it and complete it. It may be in your marriages, as you see the path ahead

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 only being full of briars and thorns and darkness. It may be when the bottom falls out in your life,

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 and you lose your job, and you lose your home.

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 It may be that the relationships you've leaned on suddenly disappear.

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 In the face of trials, in the face of suffering, in the face of life in a fallen world,

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 we feel often overwhelmed, alone, and helpless.

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 So where do we turn?

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 We read Psalm 121.

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 This is what the psalmist asks.

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 Where does my help come from?

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 That's what we're going to talk about this morning.

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 And as we talk about it, I want to say this.

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 It is a weighty thing for us to talk about.

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 We are delving into the depths, yes, of theology, but even more of the depths of our experience

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 of God and the reality of the gospel at work in our lives.

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 It is a privilege, and I know I speak for Greg and for Nick, it is a privilege as our pastors

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 to walk with you and know many of you are facing situations like this even now.

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 And we hope, because this passage points us to a place of hope this morning.

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 We're in Romans chapter 8.

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 I forgot to write down the number.

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 Anyone?

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 It's in the bulletin.

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 I heard lots of murmurs and no number.

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 It's in the bulletin.

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 So, Romans chapter 8.

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 We're going to continue in our series as we've looked on this.

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 But the fundamental message of this passage that we're going to look at this morning is this.

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 God is with you to help you.

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 It's not very complicated.

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 I hope it will be meaningful as we explore this passage together.

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 So, let's read Romans.

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 We're going to start all the way back in verse 16 of Romans 8 in order to get the run-up.

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 We're going to be focusing particularly on verses 26 and 27 this morning.

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 So, let's read and look together.

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 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God and if children,

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 then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

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 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it,

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 in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption

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 and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

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 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruit of the Spirit,

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 grown inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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 For in this hope we are saved.

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 Not now.

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 Hope that is seen is not hope.

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 For who hopes in what he sees?

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 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

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 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 For we do not know what to pray for as we ought.

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 But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit

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 because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, we thank you for your word.

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 And we thank you that it is not just advice, not just information.

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 But Lord, in your word.

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 Lord, you point us to life and hope in you.

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 And you point us most of all to yourself.

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 Who you are and what you have done for us in Christ.

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 And Lord, as we look at this passage this morning, I pray that you would help us to see and to know and to have confidence

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 that you are God who helps.

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 Lord, that you have not left us abandoned or alone or without help.

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 But Lord, you are with us to help us.

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 Lord, I pray that you would, by your Spirit, work in us this morning for your glory,

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 for your namesake, and for our good.

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 Lord, we pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The context of this passage, as we've read it, I want to just run you quickly through the flow of thought

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 so that we see where we're coming.

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 Because these verses, 26 and 27, that we're looking at this morning,

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 it'd be very easy to take out of context.

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 In fact, many times in the church, they have been taken as an isolated unit

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 and then taken in all sorts of interesting directions, interpretively.

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 And so, I want to ground it in the argument.

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 Paul has said, going all the way back to verse 16,

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 you are, for those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ,

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 you are now children of God.

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 He has declared it and he has made you so.

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 And therefore, as you face sufferings in this world, right?

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 Verse 17 and following.

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 As you face sufferings, you have recognized that these sufferings,

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 as great as they actually are, are not worth comparing

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 to the salvation and the glory that results from it

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 that is for all who have placed their faith in Christ.

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 And he says, he goes on, he says,

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 for creation was subject to the futility of corruption.

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 That is, the fall of humanity has corrupted everything.

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 So, we live in this place that's so hard to live in.

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 And in fact, we ourselves groan, longing for this fullness of redemption

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 because we know in ourselves we are not yet what we could be

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 and what we ought to be.

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 And we struggle and we groan in this gap between what is now

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 and what has been promised, the reality of our present sufferings

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 and the glory, the beauty of this future that God has accomplished for us

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 and awaits us in Christ.

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 And this is the hope that sustains us.

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 And then we come to verse 26 and he says,

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 likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 And then he explains why.

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 He explains how it is that the Spirit helps us in our weakness

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 just as this future glory gives us strength to persevere in our present suffering.

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 Likewise, the Spirit helps us.

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 How is it that the Spirit helps us?

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 Look again at verse 26.

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 First of all, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

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 What is this weakness?

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 I hardly feel like I need to say anything about this.

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 But let's just explore it for a minute.

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 Do you know your weakness?

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 Do you know that you live in a fallen world

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 where it's not going to be as it should be?

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 Do you understand that your inability to perfectly manage your life,

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 to perfectly live a life of righteousness,

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 to perfectly respond to trials and to the fallenness of the world,

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 do you understand this is what Paul is saying in your weakness?

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 All of us suffer from this weakness.

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 Paul is saying, I get it.

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 All of you are experiencing these things in various ways.

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 And just as Nick talked about two weeks ago,

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 and so we experience the painfulness like the pain of childbirth.

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 And friends, it goes on for this life,

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 because the childbirth now is producing the glory later.

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 So we suffer these trials.

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 If you haven't been here the last couple of weeks

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 and heard Nick and Greg expound 18 through 25,

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 go back and listen to them.

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 I don't want to re-preach their sermons,

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 but they did a beautiful job in explaining and digging into

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 what is it about life in this fallen world that's so profound.

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 Go back and listen to them if you're wondering how to connect to that.

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 So first, Paul says,

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 the Spirit helps us in our weakness,

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 and that weakness is connecting to the groaning,

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 the groaning of creation,

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 and the groaning of the children of God,

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 as we long for what is not yet,

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 and look forward to it.

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 But then he goes on and he says,

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 specifically, we have a particular kind of weakness, right?

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 Look at verse 26 again, the second half.

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 For we do not know how to pray as we ought.

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 And this is particularly about life in between the now and the not yet.

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 When you are suffering, what do you pray for?

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 Do you pray for relief that God would take the trial away?

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 Or do you pray for sustaining grace,

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 that God will carry you through this without removing it?

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 Friends, if you feel confused about that,

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 welcome to the club.

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 The Apostle Paul thought that.

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 In Philippians 1, he says,

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 well, I long to go and to be with Christ,

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 but I think it's better for me to stay and be with you.

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 But he felt the pull and the tug.

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 Now, Paul seems to have resolved it there,

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 but think about other places.

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 In Acts 16, he wants to go over here

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 to Bithynia to preach the gospel,

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 and God says,

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 no, that's not the right thing to go.

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 I want to take you over to Macedonia.

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 Or think about 2 Corinthians 12.

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 Paul's suffering.

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 Whatever his thorn of the flesh is,

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 it is suffering for him.

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 And he pleads,

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 Lord, take it away.

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 Three times,

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 Lord, take it away.

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 The Lord says,

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 no.

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 See, you don't know how to pray as you ought.

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 My grace is sufficient for you.

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 My power is made perfect in your weakness.

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 Preacher Charles Spurgeon

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 talks about the confusion of our prayer in this way.

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 How can I pray?

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 My mind wanders.

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 I chatter like a crane.

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 I roar like a beast in pain.

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 I moan in the brokenness of my heart,

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 but oh my God,

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 I know not what is my inmost spirit,

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 what it is my inmost spirit needs.

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 Or if I know it,

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 I know not how to frame my petitioner right before you.

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 I know not how to open my lips

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 in your majestic presence.

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 I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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 My spiritual distress robs me of the power

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 to pour out my heart before my God.

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 Friends, if you haven't faced this confusion yet,

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 you will.

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 And if you think that your prayer life

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 needs to be encompassed by

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 theologically precise,

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 carefully crafted,

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 beautifully articulate prayers,

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 let the scriptures correct you.

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 You don't know how to pray as you ought.

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 And when you're pushed

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 in the face of suffering and trial,

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 you will get there and you will know.

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 But the passage goes on.

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 He says,

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 the Spirit helps us.

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 Even though we are in this place of weakness,

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 even though we don't know how to pray,

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 the Spirit is there.

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 And He has come to help us, right?

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 Look at the second half of 26.

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 The Spirit Himself intercedes for us

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 with groanings too deep for words.

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 Now, the commentators have spilled more ink

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 than I have time to even repeat this morning

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 about what all of this actually means.

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 I'm going to cut to the chase.

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 If you want to talk to me about it afterwards,

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 you can ask me all of your questions.

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 But I think the clearest meaning of this

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 is that the Spirit,

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 because He dwells within us,

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 which we've already learned earlier in Romans 9-11,

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 because the Spirit dwells within us,

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 He is writing on our hearts

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 and working in our groanings

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 to God that are inarticulate.

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 He is writing on our hearts

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 these longings and desires

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 that we cannot put into words.

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 And as then we groan these things towards God,

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 He takes them to the Lord.

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 We'll see that in the next verse a little bit more.

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 But here, I think the clearest sense

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 is that His intercession is not for us,

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 like He is standing between us and God

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 and telling to God what we can't articulate,

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 but in fact He is working in us

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 and through us

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 these groanings,

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 these expressions of longing.

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 And somehow, in the mystery of the fact

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 that God Himself dwells within us,

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 in the place of our greatest trial,

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 where the greatest pressure is,

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 God tells us the Spirit is there working.

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 I am with you.

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 John Piper says this,

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 one of the reasons this matters so much

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 is that it means that in the very moment

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 of some of our deepest frustrations,

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 our groanings are the very work

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 of God's Spirit for us

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 and not against us.

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 Remember, Paul is helping us

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 to endure the suffering and futility

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 and decay and the groaning of this world.

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 That is the point of all of these verses.

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 And here, he encourages us

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 by saying that our weakness in this world

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 will always include some ignorance

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 about what the will of God is

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 and how to pray.

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 And in that ignorance,

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 to know that God is with us

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 in the middle of it.

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 So friends,

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 when you face those overwhelming circumstances,

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 when you feel like

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 you've been abandoned

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 and are alone

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 and there's no help,

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 the Spirit helps you

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 in your weakness.

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 The Spirit helps me

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 in our weakness

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 with these groanings

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 that He writes on our hearts.

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 There's a place in Branford,

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 I can't remember what it's called,

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 it might just be called

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 the Trolley Trail

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 or something like that.

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 Some of you may be familiar with it.

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 You get there

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 by going out to Stony Creek.

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 But there's a trail out there

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 where you can walk

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 on what used to be

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 a railroad track.

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 And in the last couple of years,

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 that has been,

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 for me,

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 a place

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 where I go

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 and groan.

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 Drop the kids off to school,

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 head on out,

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 grab a cup of coffee

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 along the way,

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 and then I walk.

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 And often I would walk

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 in the sunshine,

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 sometimes I'd walk

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 in the cold of the winter.

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 And I often didn't have words

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 to pray.

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 I often didn't know

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 what to say

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 or what to ask for.

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 Feelings,

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 the groanings,

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 the longings

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 that spilled out of my heart

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 as I walked,

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 sometimes with tears

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 of pain

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 or of grief,

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 sometimes of longing,

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 expressing my longing

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 for God

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 and for His kingdom

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 and His will,

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 sometimes for help

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 and for healing.

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 sometimes the old

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 Episcopalian liturgy

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 that I learned

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 way back when,

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 Lord,

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 have mercy.

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 Christ,

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 have mercy.

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 Lord,

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 have mercy.

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 I think that's

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 as articulate

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 as I got

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 a lot of the time.

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 In these times

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 when it often felt

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 like God was far off

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 and I cried,

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 where are you?

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 I was reminded

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 by this passage

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 and others.

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 The Spirit

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 is with me.

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 The Spirit

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 was with me.

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 The Spirit

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 will be with me.

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 And these groanings

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 and these times,

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 He's helping.

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 maybe you've been there.

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 Maybe you haven't

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 been there yet.

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 Jesus did promise us

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 in this world

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 you will have tribulation.

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 I doubt

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 that you will make it

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 through this life

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 without a moment

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 where you will face

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 this kind of

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 depth.

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 death.

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 And I hope

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 that this verse,

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 this passage

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 will be an anchor

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 for your soul

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 at that time.

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 That you will cling

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 to this and say

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 I am not abandoned

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 and I am not alone.

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 And even though

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 I don't even know

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 what to say,

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 God is with me.

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 He's my help.

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 I do want to say this,

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 friends.

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 This is for those

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 who have the Spirit

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 of God.

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 That is for those

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 who have believed

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And if you're here

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 this morning

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 and you are facing

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 deep waters

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 and great storms

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 and you are looking

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 for help,

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 friends,

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 the help is there

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 but it comes

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 first of all

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 by looking

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 at the foot of,

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 by standing

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 at the foot

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 of the cross,

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 by looking

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 at Jesus

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 who in his

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 sufferings

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 for us,

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 for our sin

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 cried out,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have you

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 forsaken me?

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 He who

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 interceded

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.680
 for us

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 and entered

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 in with us

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 in our sin

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 so that we

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 might be forgiven,

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 so that we

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 might have

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.379
 new life,

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 so that we

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 might be

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.260
 restored

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 in a relationship

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 to God.

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 I hope

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.920
 this morning

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 that in the

00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:16.620
 midst of your

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.060
 storm

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.580
 and in the

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.140
 midst of your

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.500
 pain,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.640
 you hear

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:21.860
 the invitation.

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 The Lord

00:24:23.280 --> 00:24:23.580
 says,

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:23.980
 come,

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 come to me

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 and abandon

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 yourself to me

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.940
 and my salvation.

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.820
 Trust in Christ,

00:24:32.520 --> 00:24:33.680
 receive my spirit

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.880
 and I will be

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.400
 your help.

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 And if you're

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.680
 here this morning

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.220
 and you have

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.940
 placed your faith

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.519
 in Christ,

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.100
 then that help

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.600
 is there,

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.240
 right there

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.799
 for you.

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 Remember this

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.039
 and have hope.

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.680
 our hope.

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.819
 But the spirit

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.899
 not only helps

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.579
 us by standing

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.420
 with us

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.399
 in the middle

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.019
 of suffering,

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.460
 but verse 27

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.299
 tells us

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.639
 that there's

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.299
 more than that.

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.200
 Verse 27

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.559
 says that

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.240
 the spirit

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.700
 stands for

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.259
 us

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.779
 and that

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.539
 in his work

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.200
 he is bringing

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.759
 about God's

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.779
 perfect

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.799
 and best

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.159
 will

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.240
 for our

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.680
 lives.

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:27.840
 so let's look at verse 27 we want to read it again it's not a simple passage and not a simple verse

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:32.360
 he says and he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the spirit because the spirit

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:35.900
 intercedes for the saints according to the will of God

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:44.140
 what does this mean let's try to take it apart a little bit so that we know first of all who is

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:50.880
 he who searches our hearts friends this is God the father you can look throughout scripture this is

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:55.820
 the description of God the father the one who knows the thoughts and intentions of our hearts

00:25:55.820 --> 00:26:04.800
 God the father is searching our hearts the depths he's he is looking into the depths of the groaning

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:10.759
 that we are bringing before him that does not have articulation that does not have words

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:17.039
 to capture it God is searching our hearts and he knows the mind of Christ

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:23.759
 and if I understand this rightly this is not the mind of Christ that we saw back in

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:29.579
 verses six and seven which is contrasted with the mind of the flesh that's in rebellion against God

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:37.339
 this is God knows what the spirit is doing as he is writing on our hearts these groans and these cries

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.339
 that we cannot articulate

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:45.740
 God knows what the spirit is doing through us

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:53.539
 and as the spirit is working through us with these groans of prayer where we cry out to the Lord

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:56.779
 God the father is looking in that and he knows

00:26:56.779 --> 00:27:02.539
 how to respond

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:07.220
 because he knows the mind of the spirit

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:15.500
 because the mind of the spirit knows our perfect knows God's perfect will for us

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:19.200
 there is this beautiful convergence

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:23.000
 of the three persons of the trinity in us

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:27.099
 Christ is assumed

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:30.720
 God the father looks into the groanings of our hearts

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.660
 he sees what the spirit is writing on our hearts

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:36.019
 to accomplish the perfect will of God

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:39.620
 which we will see in this whole chapter of Romans 8

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:43.100
 is about us being conformed to the image of Christ

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:49.079
 and living out the salvation that he has accomplished in Christ for us

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:55.019
 this is a beautiful thing

00:27:55.019 --> 00:28:01.799
 it is not an easy thing for us to wrap our minds around

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:07.740
 let me read another commentator who tries to elucidate exactly what's going on here

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:11.000
 as God searches the heart of the children of God

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:14.579
 he finds unuttered and unutterable groanings

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:17.920
 though they are thus inarticulate

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:21.440
 there is a meaning and intent that cannot escape

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.559
 the omniscient eye of God

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:27.620
 that is they are wholly intelligible to him

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.740
 and furthermore

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.519
 they are found to be in accordance with his will

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:34.059
 they agree with his will

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:36.680
 because though surpassing our understanding

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.660
 and ability to articulate

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.940
 they are written by the Holy Spirit

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:45.320
 and are the ways in which the Holy Spirit's intercession

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:47.279
 comes to expression

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:50.440
 in us consciously

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:56.539
 and since they are the intercessions of the Holy Spirit for us

00:28:56.539 --> 00:29:00.039
 they always meet with understanding and approval

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:13.759
 God is for you in a profound way

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:17.379
 and the Holy Spirit is now interceding

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:19.619
 his writing on our hearts

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:21.420
 bringing the will of God

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:25.480
 to bear on this unutterable groaning that we have

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:28.700
 gives us this

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:32.359
 absolutely unshakable confidence

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:35.700
 that God will do

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:38.000
 what is good and right

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.440
 in our lives

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:43.259
 in the face of the biggest storm

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:46.680
 we have one who is interceding for us

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:49.240
 doing things that we cannot do for ourselves

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:53.220
 so that God's good would be done in our lives

00:29:53.220 --> 00:30:03.440
 stealing an illustration from Spurgeon

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:05.840
 it's like we are poor

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:08.100
 uneducated people

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:11.500
 who are being sued

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:13.859
 by unscrupulous people

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.919
 by an unscrupulous man

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:18.039
 who wants to take all of our land

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:20.759
 and all of our property away

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.099
 and we don't know what to say

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:25.159
 we don't know how to fight this charge

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:26.719
 we know that it's come to us

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:29.599
 and we feel ourselves completely unable

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:31.399
 to defend ourselves in court

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.740
 against these accusations

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:37.559
 and then

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:42.059
 one of the great lawyers of the land

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.900
 comes and says

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.120
 I will take up your case

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.680
 I understand the law

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.240
 I understand the matters

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.859
 and the means

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.099
 that

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.380
 of what's going on here

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.680
 and I will give you words

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:52.480
 I will allow you to

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.000
 I will give you the ability

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.960
 to plead your case

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.599
 I will intercede for you

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.720
 and I will defend you

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:00.400
 and I will stand for you

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.040
 and I will accomplish

00:31:02.040 --> 00:31:02.840
 what is right

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.080
 in this circumstance

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:11.960
 we who are helpless

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.780
 then have one

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.560
 an advocate

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:16.640
 who comes alongside of us

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.560
 and is able to do

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.259
 all the things

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.820
 that we aren't able to do

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:25.480
 so that what may be right

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.220
 in our lives

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.860
 would actually be the outcome

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:32.219
 it's always humbling

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:34.059
 to have an illustration like that

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.139
 because we have to admit

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.019
 that we are poor

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:38.019
 and we are inarticulate

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.299
 and we are unable

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:42.759
 takes humility for us

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.979
 to know how desperately

00:31:43.979 --> 00:31:45.059
 we need this help

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:49.599
 but what this passage tells us

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:51.179
 is that that help

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:55.199
 is the best help

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:56.299
 you could ever have

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:59.099
 Spurgeon ends this illustration

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.700
 by saying

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.579
 how happy are you and I

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.559
 that we have the Holy Spirit

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.839
 to be our counselor

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:06.440
 to be our advocate

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:13.619
 because when the Holy Spirit

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.899
 intercedes for us

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:17.099
 as he is standing for us

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.859
 before God

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.919
 and speaking through us

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:21.460
 these words to God the Father

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.500
 who receives them

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.579
 and approves them

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.559
 and will accomplish them

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:26.039
 because they are according to his will

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:30.299
 it means that

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.720
 even though our circumstances

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.500
 suggest

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:34.119
 that God's will

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:35.059
 is not being done

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.539
 when we suffer

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:38.359
 when we face trials

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.039
 and we think

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.420
 God

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.680
 can this really be your will

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.440
 this is so hard

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:45.240
 this is too hard God

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.740
 I cannot bear this

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.299
 can this really be

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.099
 what you want to do

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:56.879
 God comes and says

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.319
 yes

00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:00.099
 I am working out

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.279
 my perfect will

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.779
 for you

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:04.659
 look at

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.379
 look with me

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:07.359
 at the text again

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:10.199
 friends this is what launches us

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.819
 into these

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:12.019
 beautiful words

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.219
 that we know so well

00:33:13.219 --> 00:33:15.339
 and we know

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:16.879
 that for those

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.919
 who love God

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:19.560
 all things work together

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.300
 for good

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:22.080
 for those who are called

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:23.420
 according to his purpose

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.500
 for those whom he foreknew

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:27.039
 he also predestined

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.380
 to be conformed

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.800
 to the image of his son

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:31.460
 in order that he might be

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.259
 the firstborn

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.759
 among many brothers

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.960
 and those whom he predestined

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:37.100
 he also called

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:39.920
 and those whom he called

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:41.460
 he also justified

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:43.580
 and those whom he justified

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:46.539
 he also glorified

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:55.839
 just let that sink in

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:59.199
 he is working all things for good

00:33:59.199 --> 00:34:00.379
 for those who love him

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:03.179
 what you are walking through now

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:05.240
 is a part of his good plan

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.579
 and it does not mean

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.919
 that the thing you are enduring

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:09.599
 must be called good

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.779
 it may be evil

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:12.059
 it may be suffering

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:14.699
 but God is working

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.059
 for good in it

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:20.079
 and not only is he working

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.659
 for good

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:22.199
 but he is working for you

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.320
 so that you might

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:25.019
 accomplish the fullness

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.920
 of what Christ saved you for

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.619
 which is that you might be

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:30.500
 conformed to his image

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:32.500
 that you would be transformed

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.739
 out of

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.059
 your fallenness

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.199
 your sin

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.079
 your ignorance of God

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.480
 your rebellious

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.059
 independent ways

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:42.000
 your desire

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.900
 to do things

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.900
 on your own

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:45.440
 your selfishness

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.059
 your unwillingness

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:48.139
 to allow him

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.500
 to be king in your life

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:53.500
 God is going to rescue you

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.539
 from all of that

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.460
 and bring you into this place

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.259
 where you will be conformed

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:59.480
 to the image of Jesus

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:02.059
 who is perfectly

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:06.679
 what we are meant to be

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.659
 as human beings

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:12.699
 and then he reminds us

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:14.320
 in verse 30

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.519
 of the process

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:18.719
 God has chosen you

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.159
 God has called you

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.880
 God has declared you

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:23.159
 right before him

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.659
 and God is taking you

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.380
 to glory

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:27.920
 and so he goes back

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.159
 to this theme of glory

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.739
 that we have already seen

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:32.460
 in verses 18 through 25

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:35.739
 brothers

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.239
 sisters

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.119
 do you see

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:40.399
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:41.759
 is interceding for you

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:43.079
 so that you might have

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.819
 these things

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.819
 and he will

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.960
 not fail

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.559
 he will bring you home

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.639
 he will take you

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.539
 to this place

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:54.679
 and I know

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.839
 it doesn't feel like that

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.639
 for some of you

00:35:56.639 --> 00:36:00.339
 I know

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.099
 for some of you

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.759
 it just looks like

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.219
 darkness

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.859
 and hopelessness

00:36:04.859 --> 00:36:06.239
 and pain

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.279
 it's unbearable

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:10.699
 but it's not

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:14.639
 that's what this verse

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.859
 has to say to us

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:18.980
 no eye has seen

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.699
 no ear

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.799
 has heard

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:23.960
 nor the heart of men

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:25.219
 imagine what God

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.739
 has prepared

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.500
 for those

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.419
 who love him

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:36.219
 so what do we

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.419
 respond to this

00:36:37.419 --> 00:36:41.659
 first of all

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:43.439
 I don't know

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:44.000
 about you

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.519
 but when things

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.099
 are hard

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.979
 sometimes praying

00:36:47.979 --> 00:36:49.219
 is the last thing

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.119
 I want to do

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:53.679
 I don't want

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.399
 to talk to him

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:57.220
 it's too hard

00:36:57.220 --> 00:37:01.800
 but friends

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.460
 do you see

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.220
 what this passage

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:04.000
 is telling us

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.820
 about our prayers

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:07.920
 you don't have

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.700
 to come to God

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.420
 with anything

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.559
 but your groanings

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:12.599
 you don't have

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.200
 to muster

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:14.139
 articulation

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.380
 you don't have

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.500
 to have good words

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.119
 to say

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:20.779
 because our prayer

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.440
 is entering

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.619
 into a conversation

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.980
 within the Trinity

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.920
 that is already

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.420
 happening

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.420
 for your behalf

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:29.019
 Christ is standing

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.319
 giving you access

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:31.380
 to the throne of God

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.059
 the spirit

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.719
 is working

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.579
 in you

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.559
 stirring

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.779
 these longings

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.799
 and these groanings

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.279
 and even

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:39.259
 exposing

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.299
 this pain

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.299
 for you

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.980
 to bring

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.440
 to God

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.039
 the Father

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.699
 the one

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.240
 who loves

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.559
 you

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.800
 the one

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.000
 who is

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.639
 accomplishing

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.240
 his perfect

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.519
 will

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.179
 in your life

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:51.679
 you don't

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.320
 have to do

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.740
 anything

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.280
 but just

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.099
 run to him

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.119
 and fall

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.659
 on him

00:37:55.659 --> 00:38:01.340
 and let him

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.000
 catch you

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.480
 and know

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.280
 that the spirit

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.940
 in you

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.599
 is with you

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.500
 and the spirit

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.159
 in you

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.260
 is for you

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.960
 in that moment

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:14.380
 pray

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.340
 pray

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.980
 pray

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:17.460
 as you face

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.100
 trials

00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:21.480
 I'll give you

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.000
 the GPS

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.860
 to that trail

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.400
 in Branford

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.880
 if you want

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.400
 to go walk

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.740
 with me

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.160
 and we'll just

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:26.000
 groan together

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.420
 that'll be good

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:30.120
 pray

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:32.700
 allow your prayer

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.820
 life to be messy

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:35.840
 if you need help

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.900
 let the psalms

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.760
 be your guide

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.600
 the psalms

00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:39.180
 are not neat

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:39.620
 and tidy

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.579
 if you think

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.920
 they are

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.219
 you haven't

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.539
 read them

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:41.980
 carefully

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.759
 go back

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.059
 and read

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.579
 them again

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:45.359
 and let them

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:46.159
 be your guide

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:54.380
 the commentator

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.980
 Murray says

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.239
 this

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.880
 the encouragement

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.239
 extended to the

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:58.019
 people of God

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.519
 is that

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.659
 the unuttered

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.139
 groans

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:01.480
 are the index

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.199
 to the fact

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.880
 that God

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:04.099
 does exceedingly

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.619
 abundantly

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.440
 above all

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.420
 that we ask

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.019
 or think

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.579
 we ask

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:20.219
 we can go to God

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.679
 in prayer

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.599
 because we are

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.259
 weak and because

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.940
 we don't know

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.599
 what to pray

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.920
 and the Holy Spirit

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.259
 is there with us

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:29.200
 and we are not

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.480
 effective in prayer

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.320
 because we know

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.300
 exactly how to pray

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.660
 rightly

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:34.480
 we are effective

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.160
 in prayer

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:37.480
 because we have

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.620
 nothing to bring

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:40.140
 but the Spirit

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.960
 is with us

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:42.320
 and so we can

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.080
 bring everything

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:44.320
 and let God

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.600
 do what He's

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:46.240
 going to do

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:47.540
 in our lives

00:39:47.540 --> 00:39:50.300
 so we need

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.820
 to pray

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:52.960
 and we need

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.260
 to hold

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:53.820
 on to hope

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:57.980
 this is what

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.980
 Romans 8

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.760
 is all about

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.620
 it's why

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.160
 we're preaching

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.800
 through it

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.480
 it's because

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.700
 God has done

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.580
 in Christ

00:40:05.580 --> 00:40:06.440
 all that is

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.960
 necessary

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.840
 for you

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.340
 to be

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.920
 secure

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.880
 in Him

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:13.059
 secure

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.760
 in your

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.320
 relationship

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.880
 with Him

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.280
 secure

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:16.000
 in your

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.920
 forgiveness

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.460
 where there

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.280
 is no longer

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.460
 any condemnation

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.800
 secure in your

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.940
 battle to do

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 what is right

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.199
 and to live

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.019
 a righteous life

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.539
 because now

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.179
 the Spirit

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:26.099
 is in you

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.559
 and has set

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.179
 you free

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:27.659
 from the

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.179
 slavery

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.440
 of sin

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:33.500
 you are

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.500
 secure now

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.000
 because He

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.480
 has called

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.099
 you His

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.980
 sons and His

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.460
 daughters

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.780
 and heirs

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.280
 of His

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.699
 kingdom

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.300
 that is yet

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.900
 to come

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:43.079
 you are

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.500
 secure

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.480
 because the

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.960
 resurrection

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.820
 of Jesus

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.240
 Christ

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.699
 is the

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.340
 first fruits

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.639
 of the

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.099
 resurrection

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.900
 that we

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.139
 will anticipate

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.519
 and experience

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.360
 one day

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:53.039
 with Him

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:55.960
 and you

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.619
 are secure

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:58.940
 when you

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.320
 head out

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.900
 to sea

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:02.059
 and your

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.500
 rudder is

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.119
 too weak

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.860
 and the

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.320
 waves are

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.880
 too big

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.940
 and the

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.240
 wind

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.920
 is too

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.420
 strong

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:12.420
 there is

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.940
 a glory

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.619
 waiting for

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:13.940
 you

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.340
 and the

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.740
 Spirit

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.280
 is with

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.579
 you

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:19.079
 friends

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.619
 this is

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.139
 our hope

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:23.799
 this is

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.159
 the good

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.559
 news

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.559
 of the

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:25.880
 gospel

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.539
 for us

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.819
 let's pray

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:42.840
 Lord have

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.360
 mercy

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.840
 Christ

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.780
 have mercy

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:49.600
 Lord have

00:41:49.600 --> 00:41:50.539
 mercy upon

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.059
 us

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.900
 for we

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.480
 are weak

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.820
 and we

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.260
 need your

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.620
 help

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:55.920
 Lord I

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.619
 pray this

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.059
 morning

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:59.460
 Lord that

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.659
 these truths

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.299
 would sink

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:02.000
 deep into

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:03.299
 our souls

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:07.679
 Lord and

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:08.059
 that we

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.880
 might know

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.739
 your

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.299
 Spirit's

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.819
 work in

00:42:10.819 --> 00:42:11.179
 us

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:12.339
 Lord that

00:42:12.339 --> 00:42:12.639
 we would

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.019
 know it

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.299
 in our

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.799
 heads

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:14.199
 that we

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.699
 would know

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.059
 it in

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.480
 the depths

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.859
 of our

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.279
 souls

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:19.339
 God we

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:19.980
 pray that

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.420
 you would

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.940
 give us

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.279
 hope

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.280
 today

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:25.920
 Lord I

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.360
 pray these

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.860
 things in

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.480
 Jesus name

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:29.120
 Amen