This series on intercessory prayers is based off my handwritten notes, which I took as I attended a church conference on this topic in Aug 2024.
Introduction:
- Rev 5:10: We are given a double anointing of being both: kings and priests
- Double anointing is something, God gives to every born-again
God’s original plan:
- God’s original plan was for everyone to come face-to-face with Him, as a priest
- We see that, when God brought them out of Egypt (Exo 19:5-6)
- Priesthood (prayer): People coming to the presence of God
- But since Plan A didn’t work, God moved to Plan B: Aaronnic priests representing people, in intercession and personal contact with God hearing from Him
- Prayer is intercession, intimacy with God
- Kingship is the outflow, of what happens in the prayer room
Restoration of God’s original plan:
- But in the New Testament: Jesus came, died, rose, and we are back at the original plan of God (1 Pet 2:9-12)
- In addition, God added kingship as well, this enables us to flow with signs, anointing, preaching, crusades (please refer to Prophetic Part 5: Learning to be Led by the Holy Spirit article)
- Joel 2:15-17: Everybody is called old and young, rich and poor, not just a selected group, to come before the Lord (please refer to Joel 2:31 article)
- v17: Weep (Hebrew: Bakah): Has 2 opposing meanings
- One side: Strong prayer, decree warfare
- Other side: Cry, weep, silence
- When we flow in the Holy Spirit with prayer, we will be led in either direction (of weeping)
Porch and the Altar:
- Joel 2:17: Weep between the porch and the altar
- Firstly, God answers not whether we are rich or poor, smart or not, but He looks at our heart
- The altar is a place and position of prayer and worship, where we hear God (Luke 1:8-21)
- Zechariah received a promise at the altar, and came out of the temple dumb, unable to speak
- And the porch is the place of outflow, where power, signs and miracles happen
Areas impacted when we spend more time praying at altar:
- Worshipper
- Humility
- Brokenness
- Proclaiming God’s word
- Authority
Worshipper:
- John 4:23-24: Worship is not necessarily singing, but the expression of your Spirit
- Let’s give ourselves more at the prayer place, don’t have to be for hours, just 3-5 mins of undivided attention to God is also good for a start
- Like how Jesus went to a quiet place every morning to pray
Humility:
- We know we are weak, before God, let’s demolish our pride, and seek God’s help in prayer (2 Chron 7:14, James 4:6-7)
- But His mercies and grace, are new every morning
Brokenness:
- Psa 51:17: We can give ourselves to God, and He can move our heart, because we are flexible
- For instance, if He wants us to pray for this country or something else, we flow with the Holy Spirit
- And we let God shape our prayer list, however He wants
Proclaiming God’s word:
- Not just reading God’s word, but praying and working with it, God uses word we say to action on things (John 15:7-9, Isa 57:19)
- That His word will never come back empty / void (Isa 55:11)
Authority:
- Does not mean speaking loudly, for instance screaming: “Jesus please heal him / her!”
- Someone with authority can just speak one word, and everything change
- God has given us authority to resist / trample on the devil, it’s something we have to do on our own (James 4:7, Luke 10:19)
- This is based on the power of God’s word, His blood in us
Conclusion:
- A kingly anointing (porch) is the outflow of the priestly anointing (altar / prayers)
- Speaker spends more time praying, than on pulpit, and makes no negotiation / procrastination when it comes to prayer
- And this results in her powerful healing ministries, which is the outflow of many hours of praying early in the morning
- Prayer can move mountains, but combined prayer moves nations
- We have the greatest intercessors: Holy Spirit, inside of us
- He will teach us how to pray