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Prayers of Intercession
Note: There are four main parts or types of prayer;
- Adoration, Worship, thanks,and praise,
- Confession and repentance
- Conversation and fellowship
- Requests, intercessions, and Petitions
This page will mainly concentrate on the latter. God loves the intercessor and acts upon intercession IF it is IN ACCORDANCE TO HIS WILL; man's will nor his desires will ever supercede God's will.
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Luke 18:1-8
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But
thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to
thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee
openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that
they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your
Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Matthew 6:5-8
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be
forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:14-16
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matthew 21:21-22
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Ephesians 6:17-18
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in
the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans 1:9
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be
given unto you. Philemon 1:22
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Matthew 7:7-11
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I
go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. John
14:12-14
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye
shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23-24
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are
pleasing in his sight. 1st John 3:21-22
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1st John 5:13-15
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4:3 (note: wrongful motives)
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-8
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Isaiah 59:1-2
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Psalms 66:16-20
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even
his prayer shall be abomination. Proverbs 28:9
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a
pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Matthew 23:14
They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one
on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. But Jesus said unto them,
Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with? And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them,
Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized
withal shall ye be baptized: But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine
to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. Mark 10:37-40
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there
was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should
be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart
from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upon me. 2nd Corinthians 12:7-9
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham
shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. And the LORD said, Because the
cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down
now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come
unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went
toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous
within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous
that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee:
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but
dust and ashes: Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will
not destroy it. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be
forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. And he said unto him,
Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found
there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. And he said, Behold now, I
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.
And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he
said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had
left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. Genesis 18:17-33
This page was last updated on 09/20/02