Summary: AS WE ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS OF THIS LIFE, THE HOLY SPIRIT TRANSLATES OUR PRAYERS INTO ASKING FOR THE EXACT THINGS THAT WILL HELP US BEST (THE COMPASSIONATE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS KEEP US ON TRACK AS WE ENDURE THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS LIFE ON OUR WAY TO GLORY) 1.

AS WE ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS OF THIS LIFE, THE HOLY SPIRIT TRANSLATES OUR PRAYERS INTO ASKING FOR THE EXACT THINGS THAT WILL HELP US BEST

(THE COMPASSIONATE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS KEEP US ON TRACK AS WE ENDURE THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS LIFE ON OUR WAY TO GLORY)

1. (:26a) The Holy Spirit Helps Us Right Now in Our Weakness and Suffering

a. Our weakness and suffering is very real and very painful

b. Our best resource in this life is the person of the H.S.

c. The Holy Spirit is our "together/instead of" Helper

2. (:26b) We Do Not Know How/What to Ask God For, But the Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us

(the contrast between our helplessness and confusion vs. the compassionate intercession of the Holy Spirit)

3. (:27) We Can Be Certain the Holy Spirit Will Ask God For the Exact Things That We Need, and We Will Receive Them;

The Harmony between God the Father and God the Holy Spirit

(between the mind of God and the mind of the Spirit; between the will of God and the will of the Spirit; between the love of God and the love of the Spirit for us; between the desire of both to see Christ glorified in us) ensures that His Compassionate Intercession will keep us on track (since His help is totally consistent with the will of God)