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. 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 . (Romans 8:26-27) Continuing the line of thought from the past couple of days, when a good father is allowing a child to struggle or even suffer a little because it will help the child, what does the father do? I’ve seen reels on social media of fathers who seemingly aren’t paying attention catching a falling child, or grabbing something that would either hurt the child, or that the child knocked over. The old standby for this is the father holding the bike up and running alongside while the kid learns how to pedal and balance the bike. Then, of course, there is the father that taunts or coaxes his ch...
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