Basically, groans from the voice box mean nothing but they can come, during and after the contractions take place, as the person's way of dealing with the situation, just like in natural births. The suffering and groaning the Christian is said to experience in verse 23 is linked to the believer’s possession of the Holy Spirit. The groaning of the world and the groaning of believers are two different Greek words. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. The Spirit groans with us and for us, and this groaning becomes part of the experience of the Triune God. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words." If we want to change the world, we begin by praying with groanings too deep for words in order to receive power from the Holy Spirit to successfully do so. Groaning in the Spirit is one of the most powerful things Christians can do when we feel the need to pray but we do not know the right words. Comp. In verses 19-22, Paul writes about the groaning of the creation (mistranslated creature) waiting for deliverance. Meaning of Praying in Spirit According to John Gill’s commentary , prayer, “when performed aright, is performed ‘in the Spirit’; with the heart, soul, and spirit engaged in it. WEEPING- Weeping brings great harvest and is one of the expressions of the Holy Spirit in intercession. The word for groaning is found only six times in the New Testament. Notes at these places. This groaning is not the full manifestation of the fruit which the Spirit produces, but it is a part of the first fruits. Romans 8:26, ESV: "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. 2Tim 3:16,17, Acts 19:2 Then what is groaning? (33) He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. For non-believers it means “to moan,” but for believers, it can also mean to “pray inaudibly.” Mainly, it is simply the Holy Spirit filling, interceding, and enabling, you to pray for a particular situation or person. It is a type of strong prayer. It may be in words, tongues, or groans. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Whenever the Spirit weeps in us, we are bearing seeds of deliverance, salvation and breakthrough (Psalms 126:5-6). When you feel what a person is suffering, or sense what they are going through, it helps you pray more effectively, with genuine compassion. Rather, the Spirit is present within us and experiences our suffering as a sympathetic friend, and thus the Spirit groans as well. And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans." In Romans 8:22, 23, 26 the word stenazo and its variants refer to three different things: creation groans (vv. In verse 22, he says that saints also groan. —The word rendered “groaned” occurs, besides in this verse and John 11:38, three times in the New Testament; in Matthew 9:30 (“and Jesus straitly charged them”); Mark 1:43 (“and He straitly charged him”); and Mark 14:5 (“and they murmured against her”). Hannah was also groaning under the influence of a spirit, but it was the Holy Spirit. In the Greek the word groaning can be traced back to a word meaning to give birth, or travail. I'm not starting a new doctrine here; I'm just revealing something of the Holy Spirit. 25-30). The Spirit does not simply know our suffering in some mere cognitive sense. 23-25), and the Holy Spirit groans (vv. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans” (Romans 8:26). 18-22), believers groan (vv. 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