When God Hears What You Don’t Say

Have you ever sat down to pray and realized you had no idea what to say?

There are certain days that life is just tough. A diagnosis. A broken relationship. Deep loneliness. Too much pressure. Or maybe just that dull ache that won’t go away.

If you are a praying person, you might close your eyes, try to form a prayer, and nothing comes. You feel overwhelmed, empty, or confused or mind wanders. You want to talk to God, but the words just won’t happen.

So what do you do? That’s exactly where the Holy Spirit steps in.

I think we don’t talk about the Holy Spirit nearly enough. We talk about God the Father and we talk about Jesus the Son. But the Spirit? He gets left out of the conversation.

And yet Jesus said something incredible about Him. Jesus said it would actually be better for us if He left because the Spirit would come.

“But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. When I go away, I will send the Helper to you. If I do not go away, the Helper will not come” (John 16:7 NCV).

That Helper, also called the Advocate, Comforter, and Spirit of Truth is the Holy Spirit.

He is not a mist or a feeling. He is the very presence of God living inside of every believer. He hears, He helps, and He hovers over us like a gentle guide. Always ready to comfort, direct, and strengthen us.

And here is the cool part. When it comes to prayer, especially when we’re weak or worn out, He does something powerful that we rarely stop to appreciate.

“Also, the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us, even begs God for us with deep feelings that words cannot explain.” (Romans 8:26 NCV)

“God can see what is in people’s hearts. And he knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit speaks to God for his people in the way God wants” (Romans 8:27 NCV).

Read that again. The Holy Spirit prays for you. When you’re too broken to speak, too tired to think, too overwhelmed to even begin, He steps in. I think that’s amazing.

He carries your sighs and groans into the throne room of God.

And He does it perfectly. He knows what you need. He knows what God wants. And He brings those two together when you can’t.

That means you are never alone in prayer.

Even when you’re speechless. Even when you feel like you’re failing. Even when the only thing coming out are tears. The Spirit of God is praying with you, in you, and for you.

So don’t let silence make you think God isn’t near. He hears what you don’t say.

Instead, just sit with Him. Rest. Cry. Breathe. Read His word. The Holy Spirit is already praying on your behalf. He was praying before you even thought about it.

He is here. He is in you. And He is helping you even when you don’t know what to pray.

HOLY SPIRIT, thank you for watching, listening, helping, praying and strengthening me (us). We need you every hour. So thank you. IJNIP amen ♥️