{"id":3449,"date":"2024-09-04T07:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T07:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2024-09-02T19:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T19:57:40","slug":"when-words-fail-just-pray-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/when-words-fail-just-pray-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"When Words Fail, Just Pray Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, September 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When Words Fail, Just Pray Part II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don\u2019t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. <\/em><strong>Romans 8:26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Do you know that prayer is not always about finding the right words? In fact, some of the most powerful prayers are wordless\u2014moments when we simply sit in God\u2019s presence, allowing our hearts to communicate what our mouths cannot. Romans 8:26 reminds us that in our weakness, when we don\u2019t know what to pray, the Holy Spirit steps in, interceding on our behalf with groanings too deep for words.<\/p>\n<p>Remember in the silence, God is near. He doesn\u2019t need you to explain everything; He already knows. When life doesn\u2019t make sense, and you\u2019re tempted to withdraw into the quietness of your pain, remember that your silence can be a prayer. Simply lifting your heart to God, even without words, is an act of faith and trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, when life is confusing, and I don\u2019t know what to say, help me to turn to You in prayer, trusting that You hear my heart. Teach me to find peace in Your presence, knowing that the Holy Spirit intercedes for me when words fail. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, September 4 When Words Fail, Just Pray Part II And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don\u2019t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. Romans 8:26 \u00a0Do you know that prayer is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}