While Christians join all of creation in groaning, waiting for the second coming, Paul writes that God Himself is helping us with groans too deep for words. The key example in this verse of how He helps us is in knowing what to pray for.

Paul writes that as we wait for what we cannot see, we wait for it patiently. I talk about how I'm bad at being patient but how the new heaven is worth being patient.

After writing about our eager waiting in verse 23, Paul turns that into hope in verse 24, noting that our hope is special because it is in something not seen. We talk about that basic facet of faith and its importance.

Paul says that it's not just the creation groaning, but us as well. Why are we groaning? Because we've seen what's the come by its firstfruits.

Paul gives us another verse about creation, this time writing that the whole of creation is groaning together for fixing. We talk about what it means to groan.

Paul continues to talk about creation and how it is bound to corruption or decay. We talk about our world's decay, and how it will one day be set free.

Paul continues writing about creation, in this verse describing how creation feels the futility of this world since the fall. We talk about that futility.

Paul's first verse about the glory to be revealed delves into creation, which he says is eagerly longing for the revealing of the sons of God. We talk about how creation can sense things we can't and what that means for future glory.

Paul launches into this fantastic section on future glory by making the point here that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory to come. We talk about the fact of suffering in the world.

Paul reveals a benefit of being children of God: being his heir. We dig into how profound that was back then and how profound it is today.