Category Archives: Prayer A to Z Excerpts

What it Means to Pray in Jesus’ Name

Just before the end of Jesus’ life on earth He began teaching His disciples to pray in His name.  Before this time the concept was unheard of.  Prayer was always to the Father but never in Jesus’ name.  But all … Continue reading

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Four Ways Intercession Will Bless You

“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold” (Job 42:10).  Spurgeon comments, “Intercessory prayer was the sign of Job’s returning greatness…When Job’s soul begun to … Continue reading

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How to Carry Out Your Responsibility to Intercede

If you want to be a faithful priest to God in this area of intercession, you must first acknowledge your total inadequacy.  Hence, you must be totally dependent on Christ and the Holy Spirit to do this great work of … Continue reading

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Our Great Responsibility to Intercede for Others

 It is certainly clear from scripture that we have a great job ahead of us—to pray for all men.  But why must we do it? And if we must do it, how do we get motivated to do it?  Why … Continue reading

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Paul’s Prayer Request’s for His Disciples – 8 requests from various verses

  1. That God would give you wisdom to see clearly and really understand who Christ is and all that He has done for you (Eph. 1:17).   2. That your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can … Continue reading

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Eight Groups of People We Should Pray For

Paul wrote, “first of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men” (I Timothy 2:1).  We see from this verse that there is a sense in which our prayers must … Continue reading

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What Is intercession? A 7 Point Summary

Here is a seven point summary of Intercession from this book Basics of Prayer:  1.  It is standing in the gap or praying on behalf of a person who needs help, and in many cases, for whom Satan is trying … Continue reading

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Daniel the Intercessor: Five Things to Learn from Daniel’s Intercession

  Dan 9:3-19 3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O … Continue reading

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A Picture of Intercession from the Book of Esther

The story of Esther gives us a clear picture of how intercession works. In the story, Queen Vashti was divorced from King Ahasuerus because she refused to dance before the king and his guests at a banquet.  Later, after the … Continue reading

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Four Ways the Holy Spirit Intercedes for Us

The Holy Spirit is the person of God who intercedes for us on earth.  Here is a picture of His intercession.  1.  He prays for us.  A big part of the intercession of the Holy Spirit is His prayer for … Continue reading

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