Promise: a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen.

Last week Julie encouraged us to carry God’s promises in our pocket. This week I have shared some of the many promises of God. The Bible is full of promises. In fact if you Google “scripture about promises” you will have a list of many sites to refer to. However, sometimes there are those instances when you just don’t know what to say or pray. In those trying times, there is one promise that I have learned to always turn to.

“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 through wordless groans.” Romans 8:26

What a comforting promise. Can’t you just imagine it? When we are at a loss for words, the Holy Spirit groans on our behalf! The Holy Spirit intercedes for you and me! The Holy Spirit helps uswhen we don’t even know how to help ourselves!

I have to admit, this scripture has been the promise I needed this week. My family and I have been battling with COVID over the last couple weeks. Praise God that our symptoms have overall been minor. But there were moments that I felt overwhelmed and worried and unsure of what to pray. Actually some of the symptoms I have had the hardest time with are low energy level and what is being called “COVID brain fog.” I am having trouble getting going in the mornings and concentrating which has made my devotion time routine rather non-existent. As I have shared before, my morning devotion is the glue that holds me together. So this last week it was a struggle for me to even write for my daily posts. Each of these days when I wasn’t sure what to say to you, the Holy Spirit interceded for me and groaned on my behalf. God gave me the inspiration and Julie has been so helpful! I have been writing my posts in the evening and sending it to her and she posted for me each morning. What a blessing and an answer to the prayers I didn’t know how or what to pray! 

What’s going on in your world today? Do you find yourself at a loss of words for your current situation? Do you feel like you don’t know what to say? I encourage you to make Romans 8:26 one of the promises you put in your pocket. Spend some time today memorizing it and committing it to memory. Then call on this promise whenever you find you are at a loss for words.