Inner Intercession: Spirit Groanings
Romans 8:26-27 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The Spirit helps our infirmities in prayer; when we do not know what to pray for, the Spirit intercedes with groanings beyond utterance, and God searches hearts to know the mind of the Spirit and its intercession according to God’s will.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of infirmities not as illness, but as the unknown conditions of consciousness that haunt your waking prayers. In Neville's terms, the Spirit is the I AM within you—your true sense of self—that knows what the mind cannot articulate. When you want to pray and words fail, you are not abandoned; you are being attended to by a higher form of awareness that intercedes for you, aligning your inner state with God’s will. The groanings you imagine are the felt movements of consciousness seeking harmony, not random sounds. The Father, who searches the hearts, reads the silent intention of the Spirit and translates it into a state of consciousness that corresponds to the divine purpose. Therefore prayer is not begging, but a shifting of your inner posture toward the supremely known will. By assuming the feeling of being guided, you allow your inner world to converge with the spiritual reality that already is. Your task is not to trumpet demands but to re-enter the quiet I AM and rest in the assurance that the Spirit makes intercession in you according to the will of God.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit in silence and feel the I AM as a warm, guiding presence. Revise your prayer by saying you are led by divine will, and dwell in the felt sense of that inner intercession for a few minutes.
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