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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Nor is it only the Holy Spirit who is thus helping us onward towards the grand finale.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. That is the philosophy of prayer. Whatever God’s will is, the Spirit of God writes it on the hearts of praying saints, and they pray for the very thing which God intends to give. As the barometer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. When we ourselves hardly know the mind of the Spirit, he that searches all hearts knows it. When we feel as if we could not pray, yet the Spirit of God makes intercession in us, and the great Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, When you do not know your own mind, God knows the mind of the Spirit, and that is the very essence of prayer. He “knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,” — Rom_8:27. Because he maketh intercession for (or, in) the saints according to the will of God. Whatever the spirit of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. That is the whole process of prayer. The Spirit of God knows the will of the Father, and he comes and writes it on our hearts. A true prayer is the revelation of the Spirit of God to our heart, making...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This explains what to many is the mystery of prayer. The Holy Spirit, being himself God, knows the secret purposes of the divine will, and therefore moves the saints to pray in accordance with that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. That is, when the mind lies still, and God the Holy Spirit writes his will upon it, and also writes God’s will. Hence such prayers are sure to be effectual, for they are but the shadow of God’s secret...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that searched the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. The Spirit knows what we want. God knows: what the Spirit is asking for; and so our prayer makes the complete round, and God sends us the blessing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. It cannot be supposed that the Father does not know what is the mind of the Spirit, since they are one God, and, moreover, inasmuch as the Spirit of God never intercedes for anything which is not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
<Ver. 28. And we know that all things work together for good,.... There is a temporal good, and a spiritual good, and an eternal one. Temporal good is what the men of the world are seeking after, and generally have the greatest share of, and the saints the least; and yet they have as much as is needful for them, and what they have, they have with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And you know that he is the first-born in this sense — not only as the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know This is not a matter of opinion. This is scarcely a matter of faith. “We know.” We are sure of it. We have proved it. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, They all work. They work in harmony. They work for one purpose. That purpose is for good. Rom_8:28. To them who are the called according to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. We know it: we are assured of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know – Now we are getting upon a dear old passage which reads like music. There is no eloquence in the world that ever touches the eloquence of the Apostle here. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. I do not like to hear this text quoted, as I often do,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, “All things.” That is a very comprehensive expression, is it not? It includes your present trouble, your aching head, your heavy heart: “all things.” “All things work.” There is nothing idle in God’s domain. “All things work together.” There is no discord in the providence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know— Paul, like John, was no agnostic; he did not even say, “We think, we imagine, we suppose.” No; “ we know”— Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good— We must not stop there, otherwise the statement will not be true, for all things do not work together for good to all men, but only— Rom_8:28. To them that love God, to them who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, Not yet “all mankind,” but these who “love God.” Rom_8:28. To them who are the called according to his purpose. For they would never have loved God if he had not called them to it, and had not purposed to call them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know We know: we are sure of it. Rom_8:28. That all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. We know this, for we have proved it in our own experience. “All things work.” There is nothing inactive in the providence of God. “All things work together.” There is a unity in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Almost everything in this world looks to us to be in confusion, but to God’s eye all is in order. One wave dashes this way, and another that, but they are all working together, and they are all working with one great...