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title: "Question 182: How doth the Spirit help us to pray? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
description: "Westminster Larger Catechism, question 182: How doth the Spirit help us to pray? We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, by enabling us to understand both for whom, "
canonical: "https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-182-how-doth-the-spirit-help-us-to-pray/"
source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=154"
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# Question 182: How doth the Spirit help us to pray? | Westminster Larger Catechism

We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, by enabling us to understand both for whom, and what, and how prayer is to be made; and by working and quickening in our hearts (although not in all persons, nor at all times, in the same measure) those apprehensions, affections, and graces, which are requisite for the right performance of that duty.

Scripture proofs: Rom. 8:26-27; Ps. 10:17; Zech. 12:10.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=154)

## Related reading

- [Question 181](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-181-why-are-we-to-pray-in-the-name-of/)
- [Question 183](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-183-for-whom-are-we-to-pray/)

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