The Ministry of Intercession - Preparing for Sunday, November 22, 2020

 

The month of November our preaching has been centered around teaching on the subject of prayer ending with at least ten minutes of prayer time each Sunday.  It was the request of the disciples in Luke 11:1 "Teach us to pray."

Tomorrow (11-22-20) we are dealing with what I consider to be the most vital and blessed aspect of prayer - intercession.  It is the reason last Sunday we dealt with confession - so a believer is clean before God so He can go "boldly to the throne of grace" and as Aaron, the priest, bring others with you.

It is the current ministry of Jesus to intercede for us and the Holy Spirit intercedes. 

I have taught the church in years past how to do a prayer journal (different than your daily journal used to chronicle your walk with God).  Here I just want to remind you what I use.  The tool you use to keep people before your heart and God's may be different, and that is fine.  But if this can help, then use it.

Each day of the week I focus on praying for:

Sunday - Your Church (leaders, the worship service) - Colossians 1:3

Monday - Your Family - Joshua 24:15

Tuesday - Fellow believers - Acts 20:20

Wednesday - Those in authority - I Timothy 2: 1-4

Thursday - Lost and backslidden - John 3:18; I Timothy 2:4

Friday - World vision and missionaries - Acts 4:29; Matthew 24:14

Saturday - Other churches and pastors - II Timothy 4:2; Acts 18:10