The Lord's Prayer #10
Romans 8:26-36
Help for Pathetic Pray-ers
I. Our Pathetic Prayers (Rom. 8:26a)
In prayer, we are ignorant, not just of the right manner or attitude in prayer, but we are ignorant of what to pray for. And that is true not just some of the time, but all of the time.—Richard Gaffin
II. Personal, Perpetual, Perfect Intercession (Rom. 8:26-27, 34)
After he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.—Mk. 6:46
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.¬—Rev. 8:3-8 |
