Jesus instructs His Disciples on Prayer:
Let's continue to look at the instructions that
Jesus gave His disciples during the last supper:
 "If
you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 "If you love Me, you will keep My
commandments. 16 "And I will ask the
Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He
may be with you forever; 17 that is the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you
know Him because He abides with you, and will be in
you. 18 "I will not leave you as orphans;
I will come to you. John 14:14-18 (NAS)
Jesus knew that He would soon be crucified...and
that He would be resurrected and would also ascend
to heaven. Jesus would not be with His
disciples continuously, but He would come back in
the second coming. For that reason Jesus
speaks of a helper, the Spirit of truth, that His
Father would give to them. Later we learn how
the Spirit would help the disciples in their prayer
life:
And
in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the
Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too
deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows
what the mind of the Spirit is,
 because He
intercedes for the saints according to the will of
God. Romans 8:26-27 (NAS)
Question:
According to the scriptures above, who (if
anyone) helps the disciples of Jesus in their
prayers...even when they do not know how to pray?
- The Spirit of God...the Spirit of truth.
- The saints that are in heaven.
- Jesus' disciples do not need help.
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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 with groans that
words cannot express. 27 And he who
searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit,
because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in
accordance with God's will. (NIV)
Likewise
the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do
not know what we should pray for as we ought, but
the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now
He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of
the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the
saints according to the will of God. (NKJ)
And
in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought;
but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for (us)
with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27
and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the
mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession
for the saints according to (the will of) God. (ASV)
Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And
he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the
mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession
for the saints according to the will of God. (KJV)