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issional Intercession
Romans 8:18-27 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth
comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
19For the creation waits with eager
longing for the revealing of the children of God;
20for the creation was subjected to futility,
not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation
itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of
the children of God.
22We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains
until now;
23and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the fi rst fruits of the
Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24For in
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hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26Likewise the Spirit
What do we learn about intercession
in these passages?
helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit
intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
27And God, who searches the heart, knows what
is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of
God.
Exodus 33: 1-5, 12-17 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and
the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, `I will give it to your descendants.'
2 I will send an angel
before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
3 Go up to the land fl owing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you
are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."
4 When the people heard
these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.
5 For the
LORD had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, `You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go
with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will
decide what to do with you.' "......
12 Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me,
`Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have
said, `I know you by name and you have found favor with me.'
13 If you are pleased with
me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to fi nd favor with you. Remember
that this nation is your people."
14 The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and
I will give you rest."
15 Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do
not send us up from here.
16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with
your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all
the other people on the face of the earth?"
17 And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the
very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
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Moses said, "Show me your glory, I pray."
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cession: Where God and Campus Collide
Intercessory prayer is one of many types of prayer...
·
is your private, individual prayer relationship with Jesus. (John 15:1-11)
·
is praying for a person in person. Often this involves prayer for some type of healing, and it often involves laying
on of hands as a gesture of our request that God would touch the person's need. (James 5:14-18)
·
Petitionary prayer is prayer that happens alone or in groups. In petitionary prayer, we bring the requests of our
heart to God and ask him to intervene. (Phil. 4:6-7)
·
Intercessory prayer is between God's purposes and feelings, and the condition of his creation. It always involves
(through listening prayer, Scripture, community, and leadership) about his purposes, and it always involves
the condition of God's mission on earth. It is best done in groups, and it often involves God's purposes being done in the people
who are praying. (Jason Jensen)
Some other examples of intercession: Genesis 18:17-33, Nehemiah 1, Ezekiel 37:15-23, Daniel 9, John 17
The real meaning of intercession is
. What makes a good mediator?
·
with both sides.
· is key. Intercession always begins with listening, observing, asking, hearing...
· Drawn to the what is the heart of the issue?
· Deal with your own issues fi rst.
What would it mean to intercede for situations on campus with this paradigm of
mediation? How could it change the way you pray? We want to kiss boring prayer
meetings goodbye! The challenge is - how do we connect the dynamic in our prayer
group with the dynamic for which we are praying? Remember that in intercession our
language (verbal and non-verbal!) needs to refl ect both the concern of God and the
reality of the situation for which we are praying.
How might you lead prayer as mediation in the following situations?
· Praying for the conversion of seekers in your dorm
· Praying for racial reconciliation on your campus when hate crimes have targeted minority students
· Praying for a revival of spiritual interest in your fraternity or sorority
· Praying for your campus fellowship to gain a passion for evangelism
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of Leadership o o o o >
issional Intercession
Romans 8:18-27 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth
comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
19For the creation waits with eager
longing for the revealing of the children of God;
20for the creation was subjected to futility,
not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation
itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of
the children of God.
22We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains
until now;
23and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the fi rst fruits of the
Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24For in
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hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26Likewise the Spirit
What do we learn about intercession
in these passages?
helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit
· Intercession is dynamic back and forth,
intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
27And God, who searches the heart, knows what
give and take, esp. between Heaven and
is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of
Earth, between God and his people.
· The presence of a go-between: Moses, the
God.
Holy Spirit, even ourselves!
Exodus 33: 1-5, 12-17 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and
· We have a part in both sides: we groan
and sigh with the earth, yet we have the
the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to
Spirit who has the mind of God. We, with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, `I will give it to your descendants.'
2 I will send an angel
the Spirit, are invited into mediation in
prayer.
before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
· Notice Moses negotiating God's own feel-
3 Go up to the land fl owing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you
ings and intentions.
· The position of humility (our weakness, we
are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."
4 When the people heard
do not know how to pray as we ought), and
these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.
5 For the
boldness (Moses' honesty and requests).
· The problem of sin - things are not as they
LORD had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, `You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go
should be. We hold in tension the reality of
with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will
weakness/disobedience/ignorance (ours and
others) and the purposes of God paradox!
decide what to do with you.' "......
12 Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me,
· Yearning, longing, waiting, asking holy
`Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have
desperation is part of intercession.
· The Spirit is our guide, "for we do not
said, `I know you by name and you have found favor with me.'
13 If you are pleased with
know how to pray as we ought." We lack
me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to fi nd favor with you. Remember
objectivity, we don't know the whole story,
we think of ourselves as bigger than we are,
that this nation is your people."
14 The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and
we think of God as smaller, there is no clear
I will give you rest."
15 Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do
`right way'...We need discernment!
· The reality of hope God is at work to
not send us up from here.
16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with
reveal his glory through the children of God!
your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all
We stand on the promises of God.
· The goodness of God He really is for us!
the other people on the face of the earth?"
17 And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the
He longs to bring about the fulfi llment of his
very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
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will among his people, and all of Creation.
· God's commitment to his glory, for the
Moses said, "Show me your glory, I pray."
sake of all creation. All mission springs from
His great mission.
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cession: Where God and Campus Collide
Intercessory prayer is one of many types of prayer...
·
D e v o t i o n a l P r a y e r is your private, individual prayer relationship with Jesus. (John 15:1-11)
·
P r a y e r M i n i s t r y is praying for a person in person. Often this involves prayer for some type of healing, and it often involves laying
on of hands as a gesture of our request that God would touch the person's need. (James 5:14-18)
·
Petitionary prayer is r e q u e s t - b a s e d prayer that happens alone or in groups. In petitionary prayer, we bring the requests of our
heart to God and ask him to intervene. (Phil. 4:6-7)
(Intercession is most often mistaken as simply "petitionary prayer for others." True intercession moves beyond petition...)
·
Intercessory prayer is m e d i a t i n g between God's purposes and feelings, and the condition of his creation. It always involves
l i s t e n i n g t o G o d (through listening prayer, Scripture, community, and leadership) about his purposes, and it always involves
o b s e r v i n g the condition of God's mission on earth. It is best done in groups, and it often involves God's purposes being done in the people
who are praying. (Jason Jensen)
Some other examples of intercession: Genesis 18:17-33, Nehemiah 1, Ezekiel 37:15-23, Daniel 9, John 17
What it means to "intercede." Have you ever done mediation?
The real meaning of intercession is m e d i a t i o n . What makes a good mediator?
Put yourself "in their shoes", feel what they feel. Think of Daniel and Nehemiah repenting on behalf
· C r e d i b l y i d e n t i f y with both sides. of their brethren, or Jesus (the ultimate mediator/intercessor) identifying with sinners!
· L i s t e n i n g is key. Intercession always begins with listening, observing, asking, hearing...
· Drawn to the g r e a t e s t t e n s i o n what is the heart of the issue? What is really going on here? Ask Jesus, "How are you praying for this?"
· Deal with your own issues fi rst. Need maturity. It's not about you...even though God is involving you to pray. Repent of your own frailties fi rst.
What would it mean to intercede for situations on campus with this paradigm of
mediation? How could it change the way you pray? We want to kiss boring prayer
meetings goodbye! The challenge is - how do we connect the dynamic in our prayer
group with the dynamic for which we are praying? Remember that in intercession our
language (verbal and non-verbal!) needs to refl ect both the concern of God and the
reality of the situation for which we are praying.
How might you lead prayer as mediation in the following situations?
· Praying for the conversion of seekers in your dorm
· Praying for racial reconciliation on your campus when hate crimes have targeted minority students
· Praying for a revival of spiritual interest in your fraternity or sorority
· Praying for your campus fellowship to gain a passion for evangelism
Ask... Who are the parties involved?
How does God care about the issues and feelings on all sides?
What kind of transformation might the Spirit of God yearn for?
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©2007 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship 6400 Schroeder Road, P.O. Box 7895 Madison, WI 53707-7895
tel 608.274.9001
email info@intervarsity.org
web www.intervarsity.org
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