1) Stay within the parameter of God’s word.
2) Intercession pattern is sing, shout, proclaim, praise, and pray. Prayer is the last stage.
3) Confess your sin against one another before the lord. | We have done wrong.
4) Identify with God’s ultimate purpose - to gather a people for himself
5) Only by God’s Spirit | Pray for release of the HS on the people.
6) Plead for mercy and favour in this set time for your country.
7) Pray for peace for countries.
8) Bless and be Blessed.
9) Don’t tell God what to do.
10) Pray for the harvest of gentiles.
11) Take the sword of the Spirit. Proclaim!
1) Stay within the parameter of God’s word.
The Word of God says in Matthew 24:20, Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
Do not try to pray against God’s purpose or ask him to do what he says he will not do. The Holy Spirit is ruthless He will bring us into God’s purposes whether they suit us or not. Whether we think they are right or not they are right. God is always right. If you want to pray intelligently and effectively you have got to start from the fact that God is right and that what he says is what is going to happen. But he gives us the privilege of praying into being His word. That is the most powerful prayer that you can ever pray is in line with the purpose of God.
David’s House
In 1 Chronicles 17. David told the Prophet Nathan that he was going to build a house for God. But that night God appeared to Nathan and told him, ‘David says he will build a house for the Lord. But I the Lord will build David a house.’ The next day David went before the Lord and said, ‘Do as you have said.’ You cannot pray a more powerful prayer than that. Praying God’s word into being makes you in a sense irresistible.
1 Chronicles 17
New International Version
God’s Promise to David
17 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
2 Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”
3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders[a] whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
7 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth. 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.
“‘I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you: 11 When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.’”
15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
David’s Prayer
16 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:
“Who am I, Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17 And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You, Lord God, have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men.
18 “What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant, 19 Lord. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.
20 “There is no one like you, Lord, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. 21 And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? 22 You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.
23 “And now, Lord, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, 24 so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The Lord Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel’s God!’ And the house of your servant David will be established before you.
25 “You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you. 26 You, Lord, are God! You have promised these good things to your servant. 27 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Lord, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
After the Angel Gabriel gave Mary the message that she was to be the mother of God, she said, ‘Be it unto me according to thy word.' The birth of the Messiah came to pass when Mary said, ‘Be it unto me according to thy word.’ You cannot pray anything higher than the revealed word of God.
Luke 1:26-38
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Angel Gabriel Comes to Mary
26 Six months after Elizabeth had become pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee. 27 The angel went to a virgin promised in marriage to a descendant of David named Joseph. The virgin’s name was Mary.
28 When the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, “You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.”
29 She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.
30 The angel told her,
“Don’t be afraid, Mary. You have found favor [a] with God.
31 You will become pregnant, give birth to a son,
and name him Jesus.
32 He will be a great man
and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his ancestor David.
33 Your son will be king of Jacob’s people forever,
and his kingdom will never end.”
34 Mary asked the angel, “How can this be? I’m a virgin.”
35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God.
36 “Elizabeth, your relative, is six months pregnant with a son in her old age. People said she couldn’t have a child. 37 But nothing is impossible for God.”
38 Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.”
Then the angel left her.
Being An Intercessor
One of the great functions of an intercessor is to pray into being what God has already said will happen. That is why God has set intercessors on the Watch Towers of nations. The function of a secretary is to remind her boss of what is on his calendar. As an intercessor your job is to remind God of what is on his prophetic calendar and say to him do as you have said. That is the base of intercession.
Therefore, an Intercessor has to be familiar with the Word of God; has to be clear about God’s purposes and their outworking.
When you pray for a nation stay within the parameter of God’s word.
Isaiah 62
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,
7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
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2)
Psalm 100:4
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name
The pattern is: Jeremiah 31:7
7 This is what the Lord says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say (pray),
‘Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
Intercession pattern is sing, shout, proclaim, praise, and pray. Prayer is the last stage.
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3) Confess your sin against one another before the lord.
The example is Daniel. Say, ‘We have done wrong.’
Pattern of Daniel
Daniel 9:5
New International Version
5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. 6 We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.
7 “Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. 8 We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you. 9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; 10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.
“Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. 12 You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. 14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.
15 “Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
An intercessor always say, 'We have sinned.' Not, 'They have sinned.'
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4) Identify with God’s ultimate purpose - to gather a people for himself
Titus 2:11-14 (NIV)
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
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5) Only by God’s Spirit
Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)
6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV)
3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
One of the most effective intercessory prayer is to pray for the release of the Holy Spirit on the people.
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6] Plead for mercy and favour in this set time.
Pray according to Psalm 102 :13, 18 (mercy and favour)
13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
Prayer: Lord it is time to show mercy to this country Lord do what you have said.
Grace before a meal: Dear Heavenly father bless our food in Jesus’ name, and the hands that prepared it. Show mercy and favour to the UK in this set time. Send revival to the US, Ireland, and the English-speaking world. Amen.
Quicken our mortal bodies by your Holy spirit and help us to eat wisely.
Proclamation: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 -24
23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify us through and through. May our whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls us is faithful, and he will do it.
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7) Psalm 122:6 (NIV)
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.
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8) Bless and be Blessed
Numbers 24:9
“May those who bless you be blessed
and those who curse you be cursed!”
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9) Don’t tell God what to do.
Isaiah 40
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has informed Him?
14 With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding?
And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge,
And informed Him of the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
16 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
Patriotism not nationalism
Don’t set yourself up against God. Humble yourself. Pray for your government.
To pray effectively for your nation use:
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NASB)
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Confess your sins to God
Psalm 19
12 But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
Barrier to answered prayers.
Isaiah 59
59 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
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10) Pray for the harvest of gentiles.
Romans 11 All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Jesus said the last shall be the first. Israel rejected Jesus so he went to the gentiles. Israel became the last.
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11) Take the sword of the Spirit. Proclaim!
Proclamation is one of the most thing you can do for your country.
Ephesians 6:17 (NIV)
17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
If you take the sword the spirit will wield it but if you don’t take it the spirit has nothing to wield.
One of the effective ways to take the sword is by proclamation of the word of God. Every time you do that you are thrusting with the sword against the forces of darkness.
Pattern of proclamation
Psalm 33:8-12 (NASB)
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord nullifies the plan of nations;
He frustrates the plans of peoples.
11 The plan of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen for His own inheritance.
Psalm 125:3 (NIV)
3 The sceptre of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
Psalm 129:5-6 (NIV)
5 May all who hate Zion
be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
Psalm 17:7-9 (NIV)
7 Show us the wonders of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep us as the apple of your eye;
hide us in the shadow of your wings
9 from the wicked who are out to destroy us,
from our mortal enemies who surround us.