Quotes About Intercession

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of creation. It makes history possible.

A BASIC TENET OF QUAKERISM WAS THAT IF A MAN or woman tended the divine fire that burned within each human breast, one could establish direct relationship to God without the intercession of priest or rabbi. Songs and shouted prayers were not necessary to attract God's attention, for He dwelt within and could be summoned by a whisper. Nevertheless

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'

God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.

The man or woman at home who prays often has as much to do with the effectiveness of the missionary on the field, and consequently with the results of his or her labors, as the missionary.

The one thing that is said to have surprised God is that the voice of intercession had ceased. 'And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor' (Isaiah 59:16).

Prayer in Jesus' name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men 'whatsoever and anything' they shall ask.

Do you suppose, daughters, that He is alone when He comes to us? Do you not see that His most holy Son says: "Who art in the Heavens"? Surely such a King would not be abandoned by His courtiers. They stay with Him and pray to Him on our behalf and for our welfare, for they are full of charity.

We should pray most regularly for those who give us light.

For, under the Lord, I owe it to such persons that I am not in hell; I was always very fond of asking them to commend me to God, and so I prevailed upon them to do so.

Jesus said, 'You have not, because you ask not.

He sank in emotion, but kept praying, lifting Beth up to the throne of heaven, laying her in the arms of God, begging him for healing. Even Logan, who usually prayed in halting one-sentence prayers, talked openly to God, appealing to the Creator of the universe to pull Beth from the edge of death.

Intercession I once heard intercession defined as "rebellion against the status quo." To pray for your group members and to reserve meeting time for them to pray for one another acknowledges dependence on the Holy Spirit. It

The worshiping community confesses and intercedes on the basis of, not the theory of God's existence, but the experience of a multigenerational community of witnesses.

Romans 8:26: Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings

There is a principle that is often painful to young intercessors who are full of zeal: God is not in a hurry. He takes the time He needs to build His character in us. He will patiently and methodically clean up our wicked hearts so He can allow us to pray His purposes into human affairs. Most of us want everything to happen immediately, but God loves to marinate.

is the "one mediator between God and men" (1 Tim 2:5; also Heb 8:1, 6; 9:15; 12:24).

For pastors, no asset is more precious than the consistent prayers of God's people. However, one major problem in the church today is that people spend more time criticizing their pastors than they do praying for them. More than ever, God's servants need to be upheld in prayer. More than ever they need utterance, boldness, and clarity in presenting the gospel. It is time we stopped criticizing and started interceding.

If God was going to do what He thought was best anyway, why bother to ask for anything one wanted? If you prayed, and God thought that what you asked should be granted, He would grant it. If you did not pray, and it was true that God always acted in one's best interest, you would receive whatever He wanted you to receive anyway.Prayer, thought Allison, was a dreadfully unfair, rather unsportsmanlike affair, with all the advantages on one side.

Ask God to make you like David: an intercessor, even in the midst of your own great sins and great needs.

Some complain they find no benefit by the word preached; perhaps they did not pray for their minister as they should.

know this, that when you cannot pray, Christ prays for you, and he prays that you may pray.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Cuando sienta una carga por orar, eso indica que hay algún asunto en la voluntad de Dios que requiere su oración.