11.23 Interceding until the burden lifts
We are priests and the Holy Spirit uses us to intercede for others. When the circumstance arises, the Holy Spirit may place a burden in us to intercede. It is like a sudden urge to pray or a sense of restlessness in our spirit.
Sometimes, we may receive a vision or a dream. God may put a person before us but on other occasions, we may not know whom the burden is for. We may not know the reason why we need to intercede, but it is important for us to cooperate with the Holy Spirit anyway.
God wants to intervene in our lives and in the lives of others, and a priest needs to stand in the gap to pray in order for God to intervene. When the burden to intercede comes upon us, we should be sensitive and respond to the Spirit.
We can pray beyond our limited knowledge by praying in tongues. Praying in the spirit enables us to intercede in the perfect will of God. We should pray until that burden lifts. If the Spirit leads you to call someone or to take specific action, do follow His leading.
There are countless miracles of people who have been delivered from danger and death because someone else responded to the call to intercede.
In 1956, while in California, Rev. Kenneth Hagin was awakened suddenly in the night with a prayer burden. He knew something was wrong but did not know exactly what. So he let the Holy Spirit lead him as he prayed in tongues. He prayed for an hour before he felt the release in his spirit that the Lord had intervened. Then he went back to sleep.
As he slept, the Lord showed him in a dream that his brother had died in Louisiana. In the dream, the doctor told him that the brother was dead but he told the doctor that his brother was alive. Jerking the sheet from his face to prove that he was dead, the doctor saw that his brother was breathing and his eyes were open. He saw his brother rise up well and the dream ended. He knew then that this was what he had been praying about.
Three months later, his brother told him that he almost died. In fact, the doctors thought he was dead for 40 minutes. Rev. Hagin told him about the prayer burden and how he had interceded.
(Reference: In The Holy Spirit by Kenneth E. Hagin, Faith Library Publications)
The next time you intercede, it may be for a loved one. Be ready to intercede as New Covenant priests.
Sometimes, we may receive a vision or a dream. God may put a person before us but on other occasions, we may not know whom the burden is for. We may not know the reason why we need to intercede, but it is important for us to cooperate with the Holy Spirit anyway.
God wants to intervene in our lives and in the lives of others, and a priest needs to stand in the gap to pray in order for God to intervene. When the burden to intercede comes upon us, we should be sensitive and respond to the Spirit.
We can pray beyond our limited knowledge by praying in tongues. Praying in the spirit enables us to intercede in the perfect will of God. We should pray until that burden lifts. If the Spirit leads you to call someone or to take specific action, do follow His leading.
There are countless miracles of people who have been delivered from danger and death because someone else responded to the call to intercede.
In 1956, while in California, Rev. Kenneth Hagin was awakened suddenly in the night with a prayer burden. He knew something was wrong but did not know exactly what. So he let the Holy Spirit lead him as he prayed in tongues. He prayed for an hour before he felt the release in his spirit that the Lord had intervened. Then he went back to sleep.
As he slept, the Lord showed him in a dream that his brother had died in Louisiana. In the dream, the doctor told him that the brother was dead but he told the doctor that his brother was alive. Jerking the sheet from his face to prove that he was dead, the doctor saw that his brother was breathing and his eyes were open. He saw his brother rise up well and the dream ended. He knew then that this was what he had been praying about.
Three months later, his brother told him that he almost died. In fact, the doctors thought he was dead for 40 minutes. Rev. Hagin told him about the prayer burden and how he had interceded.
(Reference: In The Holy Spirit by Kenneth E. Hagin, Faith Library Publications)
The next time you intercede, it may be for a loved one. Be ready to intercede as New Covenant priests.
posted by Joshua Lye @ 11:31 PM
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