Intercession

PRINCIPLES OF INTERCESSION

1. Praise God for who He is.

God's power is especially released through worshipful song. "As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against [the enemy], and they were defeated" (2 Chronicles 20:22)

2. Make sure your heart is clean before God...

By giving the Holy Spirit time to convict should you have any unconfessed sin. "If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened" (Psalm 66:18). "And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins" (Mark 11:25).

3. Acknowledge that you can't really pray effectively without the Holy Spirit's enabling.

The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for" (Romans 8:26b).

4. Deal aggressively with the enemy.

Come against him in the all-powerful name of the Lord Jesus Christ and with the sword of the Spirit - the Word of God. "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).

5. Die to your own imaginations...

Desires and burdens for what you feel you should pray. "...Lean not on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5b); "He who trusts in his own mind is a fool" (Proverbs 28:26a RSV); "For my thoughts are not your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8a).

6. Praise God now in faith for the remarkable prayer time...

You're going to have. He's a remarkable God and will do something consistent with His character.

7. Wait