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Vision for Intercession in Your Prayer Life

Filed under: Intercession

“So 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; but I found no one.” (Ezekiel 22:30)

God is seeking and searching for those who will intercede, who will “stand in the gap”, for people and nations of peoples. Sin requires a response from God, however God does not want anyone to perish but that all would come to repentance.

This may seem obvious but many of us do not have a vision for the importance of intercession in our prayer life. And even for those of us that do we must be encouraged again and again of God’s purpose for and response to intercession.

Without Moses’ intercession for God’s people, God’s wrath would have been poured out against His people many more times than it was for their sin (Exodus 32:7-14; Deuteronomy 9:8-9, 12-20, 23-27; Psalms 106:23). When man’s sin requires a response from God we can change the outcome through intercession like Moses did in Exodus 32:7-14… “So the Lord relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.”

When we get a vision that intercession is both an intimate partnership and an agreement with God we will begin to enter into it with a greater passion to touch the heart of God. God wants us to know His heart and more so, to feel the very emotions of His heart, then to hear us cry out for the longings of His heart to come to pass. We begin to feel and do what the Father feels and does.

“For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest…” (Isaiah 62:1)

“I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest…” (Isaiah 62:6)

When we partner with the heart of God in intercession we are being the means by which God’s will is established on earth. God does not act apart from human beings partnering with His heart. In intercession we come into agreement with God and what God promised to do. When we ask God to do what He desires to do, we are declaring that we agree that His desires are good, and that His desires have become our desires.

Below are some practical ways to encourage ourselves and others in gaining vision for intercession:

• Experience God’s Beauty (Intimate Partnership) by
  • Simply asking God to reveal His beauty to you
  • Turning the Word in to dialogue with God
  • Praying in the Spirit and Singing Spontaneously
• Experience God’s Desires (Agreement w/ God) by
  • Praying the prayers of Scripture
  • Practice praying positive prayers
• Pray Aloud, Leading Others in Intercession (when applicable to your prayer meeting)

Other Scriptures on Intercession:
Genesis 18:23-32; Job 16:21; Lamentation 2:18-19; Joel 2:17; Acts 12:5-12;

Tags: Agreement with God, Apostolic Prayers, Intercession, Prayer, Praying the Word, Vision