A Study of Prayer: Intercession Part 1| Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center

A Study of Prayer: Intercession Part 1| Pastor Cheryl S Jackson | Grace Christian Center

We aren't to move with guessing. We should move with assurance, confidence, trust, a spirit of boldness, and authority that we know what belongs to us from the Word of God.

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STUDY GUIDE

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Matthew 4:23 and 9:35 Jesus went about teaching, preaching, and healing.
Prayer produces power. We should have scriptural basis that supports all of our experiences in life.

Understand the kinds and purposes of prayer as it is outlined in the Bible. To have a successful prayer life, it must be based on the Word of God.

God wants and is in favor of demonstrations of the Holy Spirit. It is up to the Body of Christ to know from His Word what demonstrations are truth. The more we hunger for the truth and the things of His Word, the greater the manifestation will be by the Holy Spirit. What is manifestation? It is a showing forth of the power of God.

In James 5:16 (Amplified Classic) the word “earnest” means: eager to obtain. “Heartfelt” indicates that we need to be praying out of our heart, not out of our mind. It is not just a mental expression that we've heard others say, but connecting our spirit with the Holy Spirit. “Tremendous” indicates that the power is extraordinarily great in amount, in intensity, and size. James says it is available. How do we get it to be available? Just because we are in the Body of Christ the power does not just automatically show up. There is something we have to do. Just like the development of our physical bodies takes nurturing in order to grow, God's Word is spiritual food for our spirit to develop.

We find in Genesis that the earth was chaotic and void of form (Genesis 1:2) and the Holy Ghost brought order there. God gave His Word for us to develop spiritually in order to equip us with truth, authority, His Name, and His Word, so we can have an affect here on the earth. God's Word should be first place in our life.

What is prayer? Addressing God with adoration, thanksgiving, supplication, confession, or to make a humble request. There are many kinds of prayer. What is the prayer of intercession? When God uses one to intercede, or stand in the gap, on behalf of another. We will not be able to yield to the Holy Spirit if we do not understand the skills in the Word of God. Just like we don't want someone performing heart surgery who is a General Practitioner, but rather one who is a Specialist. God wants us to be skilled in His Word.

We aren't to move with guessing. We should move with assurance, confidence, trust, a spirit of boldness, and authority that we know what belongs to us from the Word of God. When there's hesitancy in moving with the Spirit of God, that's the opposite of boldness. Boldness makes a difference.

God wants us to respond to the enemy: “Daddy said I could say No! and my older brother (Jesus) gave me the right to say No!” That's the spirit we are to function in always – the spirit of boldness.