12/13/2025 – Intercessory Prayer / “… men always ought to pray and not lose heart.” (Luke 18:1) // Gotquestions.org link: “What is intercessory prayer? / Daniel 9, a wonderful model and more…
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What is intercessory prayer?:
https://www.gotquestions.org/intercessory-prayer.html
An excerpt:
“A wonderful model of intercessory prayer is found in Daniel 9. It has all the elements of true intercessory prayer. It is in response to the Word (v. 2); characterized by fervency (v. 3) and self-denial (v. 4); identified unselfishly with God’s people (v. 5); strengthened by confession (v. 5-15); dependent on God’s character (vv. 4, 7, 9, 15); and has as its goal God’s glory (vv. 16-19)…”
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Comments:
Pray that we integrate all these elements in our individual and communal prayers!
I haven’t read this book yet, but what a title! : “The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution by Albert Mohler, Jr.” As one commentator noted, “we die spiritually if we stop praying.”
Element #1: Response to His Word regarding prayer specifically: Do we really believe what we say we believe is really true? It hit me when I read this and it stuck by God’s grace: If I did, wouldn’t I be praying more often and fervently?
(See the 17 bible verses on prayer, posted on 12/05/2025, all coalescing around: “ask and it shall be given to you”. What does that tell us? )
Note – “Strengthened by confession”, 11 verses, the longest element.
The “ACTS” acronym for a suggested order for prayer: Adoration; Confession; Thanksgiving; Supplication (or Petition), not to interfere I submit with Holy Spirit driven intervention.
Soli Deo Gloria!