It’s a time to stop the hustle, bustle and busyness of life to be grateful for our freedoms, family, friends and abundant life. We are so blessed in the United States to have Thanksgiving as a national observance to thank God and honor Him for all He has given us. Hagin discusses many principles of prayer found in God's Word.There is untapped power in praise and thanksgiving that belongs to you! This Thanksgiving, serve up a hearty portion of praise and thanksgiving! In his Bible Prayer Study Course, Kenneth E.
Learning how to pray effectively is one of the most important things a believer can do in their Christian walk. God's highest and best is that people turn to Him and live. In conclusion, it is important that we equip ourselves with an understanding of God's will when we go before Him to intercede on behalf of others. You are responsible to take time to pray and intercede for others and to obey the gentle urgings of the Spirit to do so. However, He does not do the praying apart from you. You can intercede with your understanding, as Abraham did, or with your spirit in tongues or in groanings and travail inspired by the Spirit. To be effective, intercession must be made at the prompting and under the direction of the Holy Spirit. And you have the authority in the Name of Jesus to help others through prayer and intercession! You are a covenant child of God, just as Abraham was. How much more will God hear your prayers for your lost loved one, city, and nation under the New Covenant? Under the Old Covenant, Abraham interceded for people and God heard him. In Genesis 18:23-32, Abraham's prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah is a clear example of the prayer of intercession. He said, "I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none" (Ezek. God doesn't enjoy seeing people judged, so He looks for people of prayer to stand in the gap and intercede in order that lives can be spared. If the ones who have sinned and caused judgment to come on themselves don't turn and repent, the only hope for judgment to be prevented is for someone to intercede for them. Through love and compassion, you also identify with those for whom you pray.
Jesus identified with fallen humanity to bring our deliverance. Normally, intercession is made for those who are lost.
When you intercede on behalf of another, you are asking God to hold back judgment from a person or persons who provoked judgment upon themselves through their wrongdoing. Equipped with this knowledge, believers can cooperate more fully with the Holy Spirit because He always works in conjunction with the Word. The purpose of defining intercession, or any kind of prayer, is not to limit prayer to a set of rules and regulations, but to give a better understanding of what the Bible teaches about each type of prayer. The word intercede, means "to act between two parties with the thought of reconciling the two of them." Therefore, the prayer of intercession is standing in the gap in prayer on behalf of another. To better understand intercession, we'll take a basic look at this kind of prayer by answering three questions: What is it? What is its purpose? What is the role of the Holy Spirit? But the most effective prayer is one the Holy Spirit inspires which is needed at the moment.
For a long time, almost all prayer was called "intercession." It was thought that intercession was the only effective kind of praying.