The Message Bible MSG
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26 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.
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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
27 He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.
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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.
28 That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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