THE PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

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THE PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
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THE PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

• Intercession is the act of going to God on behalf
  of another or others.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.

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1 Timothy 21-4

• 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that
  supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving
  of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and
  all who are in authority, that we may lead a
  quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
  reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in
  the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all
  men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of
  the truth.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.

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Matthew 937,38

• 37 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest
  truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38
  Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send
  out laborers into His harvest.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.

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2 Thessalonians 111,12

• 11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our
  God would count you worthy of this calling, and
  fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and
  the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of
  our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you,
  and you in Him, according to the grace of our God
  and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• a. We empower them for unity.

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John 1720-21

• 20 I do not pray for these alone, but also for
  those who will believe in Me through their word
  21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are
  in Me, and I in You that they also may be one in
  Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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John 1722-23

• 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given
  them, that they may be one just as We are one 23
  I in them, and You in Me that they may be made
  perfect in one, and that the world may know that
  You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have
  loved Me.

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Romans 155,6

• 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant
  you to be like-minded toward one another,
  according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with
  one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father
  of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• We empower them for unity.
• We empower them for evangelism.

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2 Thessalonians 31,2

• 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word
  of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified,
  just as it is with you, 2 and that we may be
  delivered from unreasonable and wicked men for
  not all have faith.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• We empower them for unity.
• We empower them for evangelism.
• We empower them for spiritual growth.

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Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Colossians 111-12

• 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
  glorious power, for all patience and
  longsuffering with joy 12 giving thanks to the
  Father who has qualified us to be partakers of
  the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• a. We empower them for unity.
• b. We empower them for evangelism.
• c. We empower them for spiritual growth.
• d. We empower them for trials.

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Luke 2231,32

• 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon! Indeed,
  Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as
  wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your
  faith should not fail and when you have returned
  to Me, strengthen your brethren.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• 4. By doing so we improve society.

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1 Timothy 21,2

• 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that
  supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving
  of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and
  all who are in authority, that we may lead a
  quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
  reverence.

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Proverbs 211

• 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,
  Like the rivers of water He turns it wherever He
  wishes.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• 4. By doing so we improve society.
• 5. By doing so we follow the example of Jesus.

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Hebrews 725

• 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the
  uttermost those who come to God through Him,
  since He always lives to make intercession for
  them.

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For Whom Should We Intercede?
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1 Timothy 21-4

• 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that
  supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving
  of thanks be made for all men,

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies

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Matthew 544

• 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless
  those who curse you, do good to those who hate
  you, and pray for those who spitefully use you
  and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of
  your Father in heaven for He makes His sun rise
  on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on
  the just and on the unjust.

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies
• 3. Our political leaders

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1 Timothy 22

• 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we
  may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
  godliness and reverence.

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies
• 3. Our political leaders
• 4. All Christians everywhere

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Ephesians 618

• 18 praying always with all prayer and
  supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to
  this end with all perseverance and supplication
  for all the saints--

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies
• 3. Our political leaders
• All Christians everywhere
• The Lost

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Romans 101

• 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God
  for Israel is that they may be saved.

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How Should We Intercede?

• 1. See anothers needs.

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Proverbs 2012

• 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord
  has made them both.

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Proverbs 2113

• 13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
  Will also cry himself and not be heard.

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Proverbs 2827

• 27 He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he
  who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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Mark 634

• 34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great
  multitude and was moved with compassion for them,
  because they were like sheep not having a
  shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.

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How Should We Intercede?

• 1. See anothers needs.
• 2. Identify with that persons needs.

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Romans 1215

• 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with
  those who weep.

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2 Corinthians 1128,29

• 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me
  daily my deep concern for all the churches. 29
  Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to
  stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

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Mark 921,22

• 21 So He asked his father, How long has this
  been happening to him? And he said, From
  childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both
  into the fire and into the water to destroy him.
  But if You can do anything, have compassion on us
  and help us.

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How Should We Intercede?

• 1. See anothers needs.
• 2. Identify with that persons needs.
• 3. Carry that persons needs to God in prayer.

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Galatians 62

• 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the
  law of Christ.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Ephesians 320,21

• 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
  abundantly above all that we ask or think,
  according to the power that works in us, 21 to
  Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
  generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Matthew 85-8

• 5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a
  centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6
  saying, Lord, my servant is lying at home
  paralyzed, dreadfully tormented. 7 And Jesus
  said to him, I will come and heal him. 8 The
  centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not
  worthy that You should come under my roof. But
  only speak a word, and my servant will be
  healed.

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Matthew 89-10

• 9 For I also am a man under authority, having
  soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,'
  and he goes and to another, Come, and he
  comes and to my servant, Do this, and he does
  it.
• 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to
  those who followed, Assuredly, I say to you, I
  have not found such great faith, not even in
  Israel!

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What Should We Ask for Others?
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Luke 252

• 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and men.

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Luke 252

• 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and men.

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Luke 252

• 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and men.

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Luke 252

• 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and men.

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Luke 252

• 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and men.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 1. We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• Governmental leaders wisdom

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Proverbs 2028

• 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by
  lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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Proverbs 2914

• 14 The king who judges the poor with truth, His
  throne will be established forever.

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Ecclesiastes 413

• 13 Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and
  foolish king who will be admonished no more.

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1 Timothy 21,2

• 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that
  supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving
  of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and
  all who are in authority, that we may lead a
  quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
  reverence.

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Micah 68

• 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good And
  what does the Lord require of you But to do
  justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with
  your God?

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Micah 68

• 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good And
  what does the Lord require of you But to do
  justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with
  your God?

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Micah 68

• 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good And
  what does the Lord require of you But to do
  justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with
  your God?

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 1. We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• a. Governmental leaders wisdom
• (1) "Do justly"--make decisions fairly and
  impartially.
• (2) "Love mercy"--have humane compassion for
  those they govern.
• (3) "Walk humbly"--serve the people with meekness.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 1. We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• a. Governmental leaders wisdom
• b. Fellow Christians knowledge in three areas

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Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 1. We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• a. Governmental leaders wisdom
• b. Fellow Christians knowledge in three areas
• (1) Knowledge of the Lord's will
• (2) Knowledge in all spiritual wisdom (how to
  apply His will)
• (3) Knowledge in all spiritual understanding (how
  to see each situation from God's point of view)

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 2. We ask God to bless them physically.

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3 John 2

• 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all
  things and be in health, just as your soul
  prospers.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 2. We ask God to bless them physically.
• a. Protection in travel

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Ezra 821

• 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of
  Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our
  God, to seek from Him the right way for us and
  our little ones and all our possessions.

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Ezra 822,23

• 22 For I was ashamed to request of the king an
  escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us
  against the enemy on the road, because we had
  spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God
  is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His
  power and His wrath are against all those who
  forsake Him. 23 So we fasted and entreated our
  God for this, and He answered our prayer.

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Ezra 831,32

• 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on
  the twelfth day of the first month, to go to
  Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us,
  and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy
  and from ambush along the road. 32 So we came to
  Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 2. We ask God to bless them physically.
• a. Protection in travel
• b. Healing from injuries and/or illnesses

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James 514,15

• 14 Is anyone among you sick? 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.
  15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick,
  and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has
  committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 2. We ask God to bless them physically.
• a. Protection in travel
• b. Healing from injuries and/or illnesses
• c. We are also obligated to meet the needs of the
  needy ourselves as God enables us.

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James 215-17

• 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute
  of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them,
  "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you
  do not give them the things which are needed for
  the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also
  faith by itself, if it does not have works, is
  dead.

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Galatians 610

• 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do
  good to all, especially to those who are of the
  household of faith.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness

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Luke 2334

• 34 Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for
  they do not know what they do. And they divided
  His garments and cast lots.

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Acts 760

• 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud
  voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin.
  And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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1 John 516,17

• 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which
  does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will
  give him life for those who commit sin not
  leading to death. There is sin leading to death.
  I do not say that he should pray about that. 17
  All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not
  leading to death.

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Daniel 91-3

• 1 In the first year of Darius the son of
  Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was
  made king over the realm of the Chaldeans-- 2 in
  the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood
  by the books the number of the years specified by
  the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the
  prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years
  in the desolations of Jerusalem.
• 3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make
  request by prayer and supplications, with
  fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• Identify with the sin.

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Daniel 94-6

• 4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made
  confession, and said, O Lord, great and awesome
  God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those
  who love Him, and with those who keep His
  commandments, 5 we have sinned and committed
  iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled,
  even by departing from Your precepts and Your
  judgments.
• 6 Neither have we heeded Your servants the
  prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and
  our princes, to our fathers and all the people of
  the land.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• Identify with the sin.
• Accept the shame of the sin.

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Daniel 97,8

• 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to
  us shame of face, as it is this day--to the men
  of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all
  Israel, those near and those far off in all the
  countries to which You have driven them, because
  of the unfaithfulness which they have committed
  against You.
• 8 O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our
  kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we
  have sinned against You.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• Identify with the sin.
• Accept the shame of the sin.
• Admit the sin and the rightness of its
  condemnation.

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Daniel 99-11

• 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and
  forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
  10 We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our
  God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us
  by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all
  Israel has transgressed Your law, and has
  departed so as not to obey Your voice therefore
  the curse and the oath written in the Law of
  Moses the servant of God have been poured out on
  us, because we have sinned against Him.

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Daniel 912,13

• 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He
  spoke against us and against our judges who
  judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster
  for under the whole heaven such has never been
  done as what has been done to Jerusalem. 13 As
  it is written in the Law of Moses, all this
  disaster has come upon us yet we have not made
  our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might
  turn from our iniquities and understand Your
  truth.

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Daniel 914,15

• 14 Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in
  mind, and brought it upon us for the Lord our
  God is righteous in all the works which He does,
  though we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And
  now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out
  of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made
  Yourself a name, as it is this day--we have
  sinned, we have done wickedly!

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• Identify with the sin.
• Accept the shame of the sin.
• Admit the sin and the rightness of its
  condemnation.
• Ask for forgiveness of the sin.

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Daniel 916,17

• 16 O Lord, according to all Your righteousness,
  I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned
  away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy
  mountain because for our sins, and for the
  iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your
  people are a reproach to all those around us. 17
  Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your
  servant, and his supplications, and for the
  Lord's sake cause Your face to shine on Your
  sanctuary, which is desolate.

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Daniel 918,19

• 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear open
  Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city
  which is called by Your name for we do not
  present our supplications before You because of
  our righteous deeds, but because of Your great
  mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O
  Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own
  sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are
  called by Your name.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• Identify with the sin.
• Accept the shame of the sin.
• Admit the sin and the rightness of its
  condemnation.
• Ask for forgiveness of the sin.
• Confess your own sin.

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Daniel 920,21

• 20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and
  confessing my sin and the sin of my people
  Israel, and presenting my supplication before the
  Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21
  yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man
  Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
  beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached
  me about the time of the evening offering.

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Matthew 73-5

• 3 And why do you look at the speck in your
  brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in
  your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your
  brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'
  and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5
  Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own
  eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the
  speck from your brother's eye.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• b. Evangelistic success
• (1) Pray for workers to be sent out.

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Matthew 937,38

• 37 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest
  truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38
  Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send
  out laborers into His harvest.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• b. Evangelistic success
• (1) Pray for workers to be sent out.
• (2) Pray for workers to be bold.

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Ephesians 618-20

• 18 praying always with all prayer and
  supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to
  this end with all perseverance and supplication
  for all the saints-- 19 and for me, that
  utterance may be given to me, that I may open my
  mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the
  gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in
  chains that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought
  to speak.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• b. Evangelistic success
• (1) Pray for workers to be sent out.
• (2) Pray for workers to be bold.
• (3) Pray for workers to have opportunities and to
  be clear in their presentation.

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Colossians 42-3

• 2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in
  it with thanksgiving 3 meanwhile praying also
  for us, that God would open to us a door for the
  word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I
  am also in chains, 4 that I may make it
  manifest, as I ought to speak.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• b. Evangelistic success
• (1) Pray for workers to be sent out.
• (2) Pray for workers to be bold.
• (3) Pray for workers to have opportunities and to
  be clear in their presentation.
• (4) Pray for workers to be able to spread the
  word unimpeded.

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2 Thessalonians 31,2

• 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word
  of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified,
  just as it is with you, 2 and that we may be
  delivered from unreasonable and wicked men for
  not all have faith.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• 3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• a. Forgiveness
• b. Evangelistic success
• c. Perfection (praying that Christians come to
  maturity)

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 19-10

• 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard
  it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that
  you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
  in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10
  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 111-12

• 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
  glorious power, for all patience and
  longsuffering with joy 12 giving thanks to the
  Father who has qualified us to be partakers of
  the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 111-12

• 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
  glorious power, for all patience and
  longsuffering with joy 12 giving thanks to the
  Father who has qualified us to be partakers of
  the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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Seven Evidences of Maturity Colossians 111-12

• 11 strengthened with all might, according to His
  glorious power, for all patience and
  longsuffering with joy 12 giving thanks to the
  Father who has qualified us to be partakers of
  the inheritance of the saints in the light.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• 4. By doing so we improve society.
• 5. By doing so we follow the example of Jesus.

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies
• 3. Our political leaders
• All Christians everywhere
• The lost

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How Should We Intercede?

• 1. See anothers needs.
• 2. Identify with that persons needs.
• 3. Carry that persons needs to God in prayer.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• We ask God to bless them physically.
• We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• 4. We ask God to bless them socially.
• Unity

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Ephesians 531-33

• 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father
  and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
  shall become one flesh. 32 This is a great
  mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the
  church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in
  particular so love his own wife as himself, and
  let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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Ephesians 61-4

• 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for
  this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother,
  which is the first commandment with promise 3
  that it may be well with you and you may live
  long on the earth. 4 And you, fathers, do not
  provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up
  in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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John 1720-23

• 20 I do not pray for these alone, but also for
  those who will believe in Me through their word
  21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are
  in Me, and I in You that they also may be one in
  Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given
  them, that they may be one just as We are one 23
  I in them, and You in Me that they may be made
  perfect in one, and that the world may know that
  You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have
  loved Me.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

• We ask God to bless them intellectually.
• We ask God to bless them physically.
• We ask God to bless them spiritually.
• 4. We ask God to bless them socially.
• Unity
• Love

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Colossians 314

• 14 But above all these things put on love, which
  is the bond of perfection.

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Romans 1310

• 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor therefore
  love is the fulfillment of the law.

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1 Peter 48

• 8 And above all things have fervent love for one
  another, for love will cover a multitude of
  sins.

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Philippians 19-11

• 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound
  still more and more in knowledge and all
  discernment, 10 that you may approve the things
  that are excellent, that you may be sincere and
  without offense till the day of Christ, 11 being
  filled with the fruits of righteousness which are
  by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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1 Thessalonians 311-13

• 11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our
  Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. 12 And
  may the Lord make you increase and abound in love
  to one another and to all, just as we do to you,
  13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless
  in holiness before our God and Father at the
  coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His
  saints.

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Why Should We Intercede?

• 1. God commands it.
• 2. By doing so we invite God to act in the lives
  of others.
• 3. By doing so we empower the saints.
• 4. By doing so we improve society.
• 5. By doing so we follow the example of Jesus.

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For Whom Should We Intercede?

• 1. Our family and friends
• 2. Our enemies
• 3. Our political leaders
• All Christians everywhere
• The lost

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How Should We Intercede?

• 1. See anothers needs.
• 2. Identify with his needs.
• 3. Carry his needs to God in prayer.

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What Should We Ask for Others?

1. We ask God to bless them intellectually.
2. We ask God to bless them physically.
3. We ask God to bless them spiritually.
4. We ask God to bless them socially.

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DO YOU INTERCEDE FOR OTHERS?