The Intercession

"And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God." Romans 8:27 (NIV)

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I worried, for years, that my prayers might miss the target, that I would ask wrongly and be denied for asking badly instead of asking rightly.

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But You do not leave my prayers to my own aim.

You intercede in accordance with the Father's will, translating my clumsy requests into exactly what He already knows I need.

I have prayed for the wrong thing and watched You somehow ensure the right thing arrived anyway.

I called it a happy accident.

It was You, correcting my aim before the prayer ever left the room.

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Forgive me for thinking my prayers depended entirely on my own precision.

You intercede according to His will, not my wording.

I can pray imperfectly and still be perfectly heard.

Interceding Spirit, correct my aim and carry my prayer where it actually needs to go.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for interceding according to His will, not my precision.

Thank You for correcting what I could not have aimed correctly myself.

Carry my prayers today, however clumsy they are. Amen.

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