I am reminded of Romans 8:26..."Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
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"The flesh habitually looks only at the things that are present and is influenced and impressed only by them; but it regards as worthless the things that are not present, those which the Word teaches, because it does not see them. Therefore it transgresses under both conditions, when its prospects are bright and when they are unfavorable. When they are bright, it does not keep within the bounds of moderation; for it does not see the threatening evils. When they are unfavorable, it cannot be comforted; for nowhere does it see the deliverance that the Word promises.
And yet in the godly there remains a sighing that has its seat in the innermost heart; and in some measure, although very faintly, it opposes the distrust and despair and impatience that are in the flesh, lest we become blasphemers. This the Lord regards; the rest He forgives."
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