Welcome to the InTouch Podcast with Charles Stanley from Monday, April 17th.

Have you ever wondered if you were praying for the wrong thing?

If so, your fears can be set aside as you learn about the role of the Holy Spirit as our helper and prayer.

When you prayed, do you pray with a sense of confidence that God is listening and that He's going to answer your prayer?

Or do you pray with this cloud of doubt over you thinking more than likely, He's not listening?

Probably not going to answer my prayer and you walk away sort of indiscussed or at least very discouraged.

When you come to Him in prayer, do you think my words are just ricocheting off the ceiling in the walls?

I'm not getting in and where I might as well quit.

Or do you have this overwhelming sense of confidence by loving Heavenly Father's listening?

He loves me, He cares for me, He's interested in me, He hears my plea, He's going to answer my prayer.

So when you turn if you will, the Romans chapter 8.

And in this 8th chapter of Romans, the Apostle Paul has been talking about suffering and so forth,

but he's also been talking about the work and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

And one of the things he says about the work of the Holy Spirit, he says for example the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead,

he's the one by which we have the power to lay aside sin, and he's the one who bears witness in our light that we're the sons and daughters of Almighty God,

then he comes to this 26th verse which is a familiar verse and he says what he says.

He says in the same way, what does he mean by that?

In the same way in which the Spirit has been doing these other things, in the same way the Holy Spirit also helps our weakness.

Now what weakness? But we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with the groanings too deep for words.

What does He mean by that? And he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is because the intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Now we all know this next verse. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God,

to those who call the cordon to his purpose.

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