The Power of following the Spirit of the Lord

Reading Romans there a progression of themes. They build on each other reinforcing each other making it stronger. From looking back to where I got to now in my reading has helped me see the power and Grace that God poured out. From Knowing God's righteousness, to our sins to our helplessness, to the sacrifice of Christ which frees us from the bondage of sin; yet a struggle, to a life lived by the spirit. I look at my life and see the hope in Christ but also the work that still needs to be done in me. For a while I felt so utterly helpless thinking I can't do this God thing in my life. It calls me to give up lots of thing that I still hold dearly and a battle rages on inside me. I am still a work in progress. living to by the spirit calls us to give control to his power and as human beings we desire control. looking at how we even run things in life, even in church, we need control the second we lose control is when we see failure. The Christian life is hard, the world treats like it any religion with it based beliefs and morals to follow, but it not like that it's actually hard! I come to to the point to challenge myself giving my control to the spirit, we all know it's true but to actually to do it is the challenge. How? how can you let the spirit take control?
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will Rom 8:26-27