“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matt 3:11).
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 (Rom 8:26).
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit…
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for (Heb 11:1-2).
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:27).
“I just can’t believe in ____.” “I just have too many doubts.” “I wish I could…
My tears have been my food day and night (Ps 42:3a).
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud (Gen 27:38).
I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes (Ps 6:6-7).
Jesus wept (John 11:35).
When I was a…