JoAnn Richmond sent these notes from Beni Johnson's book, The Happy Intercessor, to us this week, thinking that it is a timely message to the Body. God is on our side during intercession!
Capturing the heartbeat of Heaven declaring or praying that into the world. True agreement with Heaven .
TRUE INTERCESSION - MIXTURE OF LOVE, JOY, AND EXTREME HEARTBREAK FOR OTHERS.
I agree with the plans that God already has for people’s lives, for regions and for the earth. I see God doing things and I say yes God, do that God, go there Father.
Praying from His heart and calling into existence the very desires that are already in the heart of God. John 7:38
We are the womb of God and in intercession we are creating and birthing the things in heaven. We carry the life of God’s Kingdom within us and it will flow out in us in our intercession. Luke 17:21
We need to listen to the heartbeat of God and not always present our own ideas to Him. I want to spend time with God and feel His presence. I don’t bring my own agenda before Him.
Learn to respond to His leading. Intercession is just the fruit of being with Him birthed in my own heart, spending time with Him. Go into His presence to love Him and to experience “Spirit to Spirit”. My heart is picking up the same heartbeat as He’s pouring out upon me “liquid love: from His heart. His heart broken for humanity. Our two hearts are intertwined. When you feel that, and when you see His heart broken and His amazing love, you only response can be to pray with burning passion and compassion for a lost generation. II Cor. 1:20-22
God is waiting for us to enter into Him. He is longing for us to see His world, to see into that glorious realm of His Kingdom. He wants us to partner with Him for heavenly breakthrough.
Pray from a place of security. I go into prayer believing that God is on my side.
When God gives us strategies to pray, the ones that we burn with, we can become so focused on His voice that we don’t become distracted. Nothing can take us away from His voice. I become lost in the presence of God and listen to His plans, His heart, and His voice that comes so real that it is almost as if He and I become one.
The devil lost the ball at Calvary. ONE FOCUS – TO GET THE TOUCH DOWN. As intercessors – we must listen for the plays that the Lord is calling and pray them in, so the team can catch the ball and make the touch - down. Our job is to focus on God and partner with His plan.
1. We are the offensive team – praying from a place of victory.
2. Pray from a place of security
3. Choose not to partner with fear. Give no legal rights to the devil.
4. Believe God is on my side.
5. God longs for us to see His world and see into that glorious realm of His Kingdom.
6. Partner with Him for heavenly breakthrough – who knows the plays of Heaven.
7. As intercessors – on offensive team – take the land for the devil lost the ball at Calvary.
8. The entire offensive team knows where the ball will go and who will catch it. I Cor. 9:24
9. Must listen for the plays the Lord is calling and pray them in. I Phil. 3:14
10. Don’t worry about the enemy’s strategies
11. We make the plays that God calls.
12. Our job – find out what God wants to do – opposite of what the enemy is saying.
13. Begin to pray what God wants
14. Don’t allow the enemy to bring distractions.
15. Make choice not to partner with fear. Eph. 4:14; Psalm 112:6-8
16. When bad reports come your way – ask God what’s going on? Is it warfare? Say No to it.
17. Fear has a way of coming up and biting you.
18. As an intercessor make a choice to resist fear. Proverbs 3:25-26
19. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jer. 29:11
20. Effective intercessors – focus on our prayers and strategies – hitting the mark. Job. 36:32
21. Quest to search the heart of God. We go to His word to find His heart.
Emergency Prayer or high alert: Stop and ask God how to pray about the crisis and for His direction in prayer. I stay focused on God and not the crisis.
Stay focused and keep to the plan is most important. Do you understand the importance of His presence and that being there will cause you to live an offensive lifestyle? Our prayers are strong and mighty because we have spent so much time with God and He has stamped that on our hearts of who we are. Out of that relationship of love we become strong love warriors taking on the strategies from His heart. We are carrying joy and intercession within us as we pray. Sit in God’s presence and enjoy Him – His presence is deep inside of me, in my spirit man.
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