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10 Examples of Intercession in the Bible

In the examples the people that did the intercession found grace in the eyes of the Lord and by their faith and obedience were made righteous. There are great lessons hidden in the stories of these people and there are more examples

• Noah's offerings - Gen 8,9

• Noah's offerings interceded for all mankind, so that God promised not to destroy all the people of the World again with flood

• Abraham - Gen 18

• In the Scriptures we have great examples of intercession - Abraham that interceded for Sodom an Gomorrah

• The great example of Moses - Ex 32, Deut 9

• God wanted to destroy Israel and Moses reminded God of the example they are to the world of who the true God is. There are many more examples where Moses's actions stopped the destruction of the nation.

• David was another example - 1 Chronicle 21

• David were responsible for the plague that struck Israel but he repented and asked God to take away the plague, and God gave David and assignment of building and altar

• Elijah and Elisha 1 Ki 18, 2 Ki 2, 2 Ki 6:17

• Elijah contended with the Baal priests and rid Israel of the idol worship and Elisha were called upon when there was a crisis to ask God for help

• Daniel interceded for the nation - Dan 9

• Daniel had an excellent spirit and he prayed according to the promises to set them in motion - He prayed for a nation - Daniel trusted His God

• Nehemiah interceded - Nehemiah 1,2

• Nehemiah wept mourned and fasted for Jerusalem and God gave him favour with the King who provided for the rebuilding of the walls. Nehemiah also strategized through spying out the land first. Nehemiah had to work in spite of critics and schemes of the enemy.

• Jesus the Great Intercessor - Heb 1, Ro 8, Heb 7

• Jesus not only came to intercede for all man kind present, past and future but his sacrifice was more than just tears, His sacrifice cost Him everything even to death. He is our perfect intercessor and still continues to intercede on our behalf

• The Church of Jerusalem in Act

• This church clearly had a mission - the mission that Jesus left with them - to go into all the world and make disciples - it was a persecuted church but also a church that fully walked in love. The more the persecution mounted the more they entreated God to make them powerful witnesses

• Lastly Paul - Col 1, 2 Cor 11

• Paul gave birth the many local churches among the Gentiles and Paul would never leaves those without care or prayer, interceding for them daily, his intercession also formed the basis for his letters to the churches - Godly direction and Godly warning

11 Different Areas of intercession

It is clear through these examples that there are different areas of intercession and these intercessors had a specific sphere of influence with God and man. What can be more businesslike than Nehemiah bringing building material and establishing a town and rule in that town. What can be more statesman like than Daniel who lived close to the rulers of a foreign country but was the best ambassador for the people of Israel with God. Paul like a mother had the care of little and growing congregations. And David that knew how to love and worship God. Abraham and Moses had a faith walk with God, establishing God's ownership over a nation and willing to draw close to God living in the miraculous.

Is the sphere of our influence is also the sphere of our responsibility in intercession. We can soon stop prayer and believing for a mountain when we are intimidated by those that persecute us. We forget to seek God's view and strategy for the change of that city, church, country or community. Do we continue to have a clear vision for our family and or business, our mountain or mindmoulders? We can be as inspired and equiped as Nehemiah with a strategy to impact our nation, it's legislation, the education system and media, taking ruined cities and rebuilding it and its gates that are burned.

O for a man that will stand in the gap!

If you have a call of intercession on your life you will feel stirred to again take up a mountain to triumph over. Do you see your mountain - can you see what amazing change you as God's intercessor can bring? Are you hungry to see change.

Do not let the enemy steal your mountain from you - you are chosen to take that mountain - see like with Caleb it is your inheritance. It is yours not by people's consensus but you will possess the land by fighting for it. Do not believe the enemy when he insists all belong to him, he will surely flee when you resist him, but are you have to consistently keep the airways clear and the land clean of all the weeds that want to invade it.

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• Some encouragement in Intercession
• A Bible study for the basic teachings and foundations for prayer and intercession in Word Study
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Last update Jan 2011