1 Question Survey: What does Intercession Mean to You?
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This week I decided to find out what some of the missionaries here at the International House of Prayer have to say about the topic of intercession. I asked 4 people the same question and got some very interesting and helpful answers. Here is the question:
What does intercession mean to you and how do you practically walk it out during a regular week?
Sean Downs is a full-time missionary at IHOP and is the Production Manager for the Evening Section (6pm – 12am).
“To me intercession means simply agreeing with the heart of God. It means coming together as a corporate body and taking a topic such as God encountering the hearts of young adults in college campuses or for the ending of abortion and agreeing that the Lord is going to do what He said He will do. I use my intercession times in the prayer room to root inside me the desires of God’s heart so when I am outside the prayer room during my regular week those desire’s stay with me, i.e. by saying 10-30 second prayers throughout the week or by singing the prayers that we prayed during the intercession set. I find that intercession is the most practical and easiest way to walk out humility, righteousness, and love.”
Wendy Miller is a full-time missionary at IHOP and is a Prayer Leader in the Evening Section (6pm – 12am).
“For me intercession is about partnering with Jesus, who ever lives to make intercession for us. For me there are three main components to this, one is having specific times in prayer for cities, churches and people that are on my heart, secondly continuing to grow in revelation of Jesus Christ through the meditation of Scripture that I can partner with his heart and thirdly living a lifestyle of holiness that my life is reflective of what He says to good and right.”
Samuel Moseley is a full-time missionary at IHOP and is the Production Manager for the Afternoon Section (12pm – 6pm).
Well, the first thing that comes to mind is “Standing in the gap”. Ezekiel paints a perfect picture of this in Ezek 22:30:
“And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it”…
To me this is the intercessors call, to carry a burden through prayer seeking breakthrough. Standing in the gap on behalf of the land crying out to God asking Him for mercy so that He would withhold His righteous judgments for a little while longer so more sons and daughters will be saved. This is exactly what Jesus did on the Cross; He gave Himself in intercession on behalf of all mankind when He prayed “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”. He willingly laid down His life so others could be free from sin, sickness and death.
How do I walk it out as a full time intercessor week to week?
I help build the House of Prayer that sustains the solemn assembly of Joel 2:15-17
Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, and call a sacred assembly.
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children… Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, spare Your people, O God…
I join in with others in unity praying the prayer of faith and using Apostolic Prayers (that are God’s Biblical prayers for the Church) I ask for His light to shine on darkness. I carry my own personal “prayer burdens” throughout the week knowing that God hears me when I pray and I am actually moving Angels and demons when I tell God what He tell me to tell Him…through His Word and prayer. I recognize daily that my prayers really matter and that God acts on behalf of a praying people.
Dawn Spalding is a full-time missionary at IHOP and is a Service Coordinator for the Student Ministries department. She is also a Production Manager and a Worship Team Administrator.
Intercession, it is key to know that it’s an act of partnership with the heart of God. It’s not just something that is done from oneself for oneself, or another. Intercession is joining in what the Lord has already been praying and is praying for. It’s not a new concept to Him.
The way I personally walk it out is, first, to listen and be still. Knowing what it is the Lord is speaking is critical. Second, I write out what I have heard. I search for it in scripture what He is saying to me. Speak it out, and join in corporate worship, and prayer times. I believe that my heart and my soul move when I am in communion with His heart. To join in what He is doing. For We were made for Him. To partner with him. Not that we would benefit. But oh the joy when we do fully partner with Him prayer. We gain an eternal peace to live with Him. For when He returns oh the beauty of giving our life now to be doing what He is doing. Intercession.
What does intercession mean to you?
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