Quotes About Intercession

Most people have no idea how to pray for you. If you want them to pray something more than, "Be with [fill in the blank] as she works with lost people in [fill in the blank]," then you need to teach them how to pray. Teaching them how to pray effectively is your responsibility.

God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.

Intercede for all souls.

No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.

intercession is the highest expression of love - it is pure giving, teach me such love dear Lord

He Himself has been praying for me all along: "He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them" (Heb. 7:25, NIV).

Today there are so many people I would like to seek forgiveness from, but I don't know where most of them are anymore and my health prohibits me from leaving my home easily. For these people I offer up my daily torment of every kind of physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional suffering imaginable. Although I can never make things right by myself, I entrust these people to Our Lady, knowing that she can bring them peace and healing.

I don't want to stand on stage night after night, without being on my face beforehand truly crying out for those that have come to the event.

Dallas Willard writes, "If you want to experience the flow of love as never before, the next time you are in a competitive situation, pray that the others around you will be more outstanding, more praised, and more used of God than yourself. If Christians were universally to do this for each other, the earth would soon be filled with the knowledge of God's glory."4

Was Christ a chosen servant of God, and shall not we take God's choice? Is not God's choice the best and the wisest? Hath God chosen Christ to work our salvation, and shall we choose any other? Shall we run to saints' mediation, to the virgin Mary, and others, for intercession, which is a part of Christ's office? Who chose Mary, and Peter, and Paul to this work? There is no mention in Scripture of them for this purpose, but behold my servant, whom I have chosen.

If we have held back from being an intercessor then it is time that as individuals and as a church we repent and turn our hands, our will, and our hearts to interceding for the redemption and salvation of those who are broken and lost.

Prayer is releasing the energies of God. For prayer is asking God to do what we cannot do ourselves. - Selected

When you pray, all heaven prays with you. That's a mighty army.

And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?

Seven paters seven times, Send Mary by her Son, Send Bridget by her mantle, Send God by His strength, Between us and the faery host, Between us and the demons of the air.

Jesus, no one understands a heavy load better than you. No one has ever borne heavier. Bear up under this one with Ann, so she will know her only purpose here is to help others, love expansively, and be your hands and feet, your words of advice and wisdom when opportunities present themselves for her to help Grace and Karen. And yes, Josh and Will and Gabriel. Do whatever is necessary for Ann's success in the days ahead. Show your love to my friend and comfort her by your Spirit. Amen.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

We need to pray for our brethren around the world.

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

Bernie Sanders has never asked me, but I'm just saying if he did ask me to pray for him, I would.

It is through our prayers, through our acts of faith that God works in partnership with us.

The Savior is the perfect example of praying for others with real intent. In His great Intercessory Prayer uttered on the night before His Crucifixion, Jesus prayed for His Apostles and all of the Saints.

Pray for the people of West Africa. You cannot be apathetic towards people for whom you are earnestly praying.

Pray for someone else's child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There's no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer.