Thank you brother Todd - yes all very edifying particular for those just starting out as intercessors. Praying Abba Father will open the eyes & ears of many in these last days to intercede more as "the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous one avails much". - James 5:16 Amein!
I've also seen another sort of prayer, not for others but for myself, when a situation arises that's complex and difficult and I don't quite know how to deal with it. I explain the matter to God, maybe expressing my fear or frustration, maybe asking for solutions. But even if no solution arises, I find myself with the wisdom I need. In a case, maybe, where my character needed some correction it got it. I find myself changing often, but the situation very rarely.
Odd, isn't it, how it often works that way. I find it too in praying for someone in my life who is annoyingly difficult. The more I pray for them, the more my attitude changes toward them, even though they don't. The Lord seems more interested in molding our internal disposition than our external condition.
Thank you brother Todd - yes all very edifying particular for those just starting out as intercessors. Praying Abba Father will open the eyes & ears of many in these last days to intercede more as "the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous one avails much". - James 5:16 Amein!
Amen, thank you. Praying more people praying more.
I agree with this perception of prayer.
I've also seen another sort of prayer, not for others but for myself, when a situation arises that's complex and difficult and I don't quite know how to deal with it. I explain the matter to God, maybe expressing my fear or frustration, maybe asking for solutions. But even if no solution arises, I find myself with the wisdom I need. In a case, maybe, where my character needed some correction it got it. I find myself changing often, but the situation very rarely.
Odd, isn't it, how it often works that way. I find it too in praying for someone in my life who is annoyingly difficult. The more I pray for them, the more my attitude changes toward them, even though they don't. The Lord seems more interested in molding our internal disposition than our external condition.