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b'READ: PSALM 139:1-6; ROMANS 8:26-28\\n\\n\\n\\nHave you ever had to interpret for a toddler? As little ones learn their words, it can be hard for them to get the pronunciations right. Water might become \\u201cwawa.\\u201d Dog might become \\u201cdah.\\u201d Potato might become \\u201cbay-yo.\\u201d And yellow balloon might become \\u201cwahyo boon.\\u201d Often, a little one needs an interpreter from their household to explain what they\\u2019re saying to any visitors who aren\\u2019t used to this toddler\\u2019s own personal dialect.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn a way, we\\u2019re all a little like toddlers. Just like these little ones need help communicating, all Christians need that kind of help sometimes when we pray. We don\\u2019t always know what to say or even what to ask God for, but Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit to help us. The Holy Spirit makes our requests clear and right before God.\\n\\n\\n\\nRomans 8:26-27 says, \\u201cThe Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don\\u2019t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God\\u2019s own will.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nDo you ever feel like you don\\u2019t know how to pray? Is it sometimes hard for you to tell God what you need or how you feel? This happens to all of us! When we have trouble finding the right words, the Holy Spirit takes our prayers and makes them just right. So we don\\u2019t need to worry when we find it difficult to pray\\u2014God hears our prayers and will give us exactly what we need. \\u2022 A. W. Smith\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 Can you think of a time when you didn\\u2019t know what or how to pray? How might it be comforting to know that God still understands us and knows what we need?\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 Sometimes we don\\u2019t have words at all. When we pray, we can use the words in the Bible to help us too. Almost the entire book of Psalms is prayer in song form, and in Matthew 6, Jesus lays out what\\u2019s known as the Lord\\u2019s Prayer or the Our Father, a simple prayer that shows us how to pray for God\\u2019s kingdom to come as we talk to God about our daily needs\\u2014even when our words fail. Are there any prayers from Scripture that have resonated with you? Which ones?\\n\\n\\n\\nBut the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. Romans 8:26b (NLT)'