For this past week, my family and I have been doing intercession prayer that I’ve learned from Youth With A Mission.
Usually intercession prayer is about praying for others but the one we are doing is to build relationship with God by asking and waiting on God to hear what we need to pray for/about then we pray together with things we shared with each other. It’s about hearing from God first then we pray on what God has inspired, spoken, and shown us to pray.
I wanted to do this because it’s very good spiritual practice to be comfortable and getting used to ask God and wait to hear His voice. We often want/need to hear God’s voice at last minute but if we don’t recognize the voice, how do we know and trust the voice?
I also thought this could benefit us as we wait on Pentecost in 50 days and of course, times like this gives us perfect opportunity to spend time with God. So here’s how we do it.
Praise God - Sing a song or praise God for who He is
Repentance - Psalms 66:18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Rely on the Holy Spirit - Romans 8: 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Deal with the enemy - James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Trust and rely on God to speak to you - If possible, have your Bible with you, should God want to give you direction or confirmation from it. Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Share with others - When God ceases to bring things to your mind for which to pray, finished by praising and thanking him for what he has done, reminding yourself of Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and for him are all things to him be the glory forever! Amen.”
Finish with prayers
- Pastor Rein