What is the Purpose of Our Travail? It is easy for us to become involved with the conflict and the pains of travail, and to lose sight of the purpose of it. Is the purpose the defeat of Satan? No. Let’s go to Isaiah 66. This chapter talks about several things that we are very… Continue reading God’s plan
Category: Intercession
Persistence-part 2
THE ANXIOUS—PHILIPPIANS 4:6 If we could have one Word for all those who are interceding and praying, it would be out of Philippians, the fourth chapter: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. That is the Word—“Be anxious for nothing.” There… Continue reading Persistence-part 2
The unfolding-part 1
“… THE TRUTH IN LOVE” The most talked about and the least understood subject in the world is love. How many believe in it? How many would like to receive it? How many find it difficult to send it out in some directions? Most of our problems come because we go about all of the… Continue reading The unfolding-part 1
With friends like these?
The book of Job is a story with seven principal characters: Job himself, his three friends, Elihu, God, and Satan. Each one comes on the scene at various times to make his speeches. Job speaks nine times; Eliphaz, three times; Bildad, three times; Zophar, two times. Elihu speaks only once, but it is a very… Continue reading With friends like these?
You are prepared! explode!
The Lord is launching us into what is indeed a whole new beginning. After it explodes in our hearts, like the expanding mushroom cloud of a nuclear blast, it will spread with the swiftness of a prairie fire. We have passed through a number of stages during the past years. A tremendous flow toward restoration… Continue reading You are prepared! explode!
Not “for” but “with”
Progressively many of us have broken through to a freedom in intercession, but there may yet be a struggle before we enter into the next level. This simple message may help you to understand the more effective intercession that lies ahead. The next phase of intercession will require a greater awareness of the Lord through… Continue reading Not “for” but “with”
“Bumblebees can’t fly”
Bumblebees are amazing insects. According to the principles of aerodynamics, bumblebees should not be able to fly. When you compare the size and structure of their wings with the size and weight of their bodies, it would seem to indicate that bumblebees cannot fly. But you cannot convince a bumblebee of that. There are many… Continue reading “Bumblebees can’t fly”
Loose them from their chains!
Let us examine afresh our prayer life. Even those who give themselves wholly to prayer must constantly review what they are doing and why they are doing it. The right motivation behind prayer is very necessary, just as in any other action of faith. Usually people speak in tongues in an initial experience that is… Continue reading Loose them from their chains!
What does He want?
The times of restoration of the Temple, described in the book of Ezra, were prophesied by Haggai and Zechariah. The restoration they were prophesying in their time is closely paralleled with our situation today. We are believing to see the restoration of all creation for God’s Kingdom on earth. The book of Haggai shows us… Continue reading What does He want?
Dedication dissipates deception
By the Holy Spirit we see a trend developing that is like a straw in the wind, a warning of things to come. In Micah 2:8 the Lord warned, “My people are risen up as an enemy.” How subtly the enemy comes to turn people from their loyalty to the Living Word of the Lord.… Continue reading Dedication dissipates deception
The interceding priests
We are entering the time of the fruitfulness of the Kingdom. Our intercession has opened the door to the Kingdom priesthood. As God lays the guidelines before us, we realize that intercession mingled with worship actually is the Kingdom and the priesthood that is spoken of repeatedly in Revelation (Revelation 1:6; 5:10; 20:6). The book… Continue reading The interceding priests
We have the uglies
In these days, there is a necessity for a manifestation of intercession which you will be drawn into in order to walk with God. No one will be able to survive without intercession, because Satan is set to destroy everything that God is bringing forth. Revelation 12:4 tells us that the dragon is waiting to… Continue reading We have the uglies
“Perhaps my sons have sinned…”
The prophet Samuel judged and ruled over Israel spiritually, but he failed to reprove his sons whom he had made judges over Israel. They perverted judgment, and so the people asked to have a king rule over them (I Samuel 8:5). Like Samuel, a man of God in authority may not have a heart to… Continue reading “Perhaps my sons have sinned…”
When the righteous man prays
When the Lord drives you into intercession and prayer, you find that you become more effective every day that you pray. At first you do not have the momentum and the answers you need because of a certain cross-out principle, but as you continue you become more effective in prayer. The effectiveness of what you… Continue reading When the righteous man prays
The cross-out principle
The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced… Continue reading The cross-out principle
Break every yoke
Isaiah 58:6 This message may not be long, but I want it to cause an explosion. We must take this principle and move into it so that we not only read a truth, but we walk in that truth, we experience it, and we minister it. It must become real to us. The truths and… Continue reading Break every yoke
Deception, revelation and intercession
Being what we are, a little too human, we tend to exhibit all the frailties of the flesh. We tend to become distracted, discouraged, dismayed, and doubting, and yet the Lord has something special to help those who want to persevere in the end.… he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be… Continue reading Deception, revelation and intercession
Practical comments and parables on intercession
Many have wondered, “How am I to be related to the Apostle, to the elders and the prophets over me? What is the right and proper relationship?” We know we are to live with a faith of our own and not by the faith of the Apostle or of the elders alone, yet this does… Continue reading Practical comments and parables on intercession
Kingdom intercession
We have the impression many times that intercessors must be some mystical group, usually a very small minority in the church, who pray. The rest of the people hold them in awe, for these are the silent, undergirding minority which keep the church running. There have been times when that was largely true. But the… Continue reading Kingdom intercession
Thy light shall rise in darkness
We see a great contrast, in Isaiah 58, between what God honors and what He hates in the religious efforts of sincere people. He describes the difference between an effective fast and a fast that is an abomination to the Lord. There is such a vast contrast that we should give attention when we fast,… Continue reading Thy light shall rise in darkness
The fast that I chose
In the book of Isaiah, we see the purpose and function of chapter 58 is to reveal to us the true nature of fasting. While we are in a period of intercessory prayer, it is good for us to realize what God wants in order that we be effective. If we were to ask the… Continue reading The fast that I chose
Does he care?
At times God does not seem to be concerned for His own Kingdom. Why should we end up destroying ourselves for something that God doesn’t seem to care about? Have you ever felt that way? In Luke 18 is the parable about the unjust judge who did not seem to care, one way or another,… Continue reading Does he care?
A meeting with the Lord
There are sermons that give an exposition to try to exhaust a story and all the shades of meaning, but sometimes you remember more if someone takes one or two principles out of a passage of Scripture and relates it to you, where you are living. It helps to follow the example of some man… Continue reading A meeting with the Lord
Prayerlessness the sin against the Lord
Samuel, in his address to Israel at a critical time in the war with the Philistines, says: Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. I Samuel 12:23. Sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for people? Yes! Why would… Continue reading Prayerlessness the sin against the Lord
If I regard iniquity in my heart
Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard (or if I had looked with favor, if I had approved), iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not… Continue reading If I regard iniquity in my heart
The spirit of an effective intercessor
There are five qualities of the spirit of an effective intercessor which are very important for us to grasp, for this is what we want to be. First of all, an intercessor has a right spirit (or a righteous spirit). Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy,… Continue reading The spirit of an effective intercessor
Intercession in the Kingdom
This message will be a revelation to your heart of what intercession will be like in the days of the Kingdom, and why it is essential that the end-time restoration be geared a great deal to the ministry of prayer and intercession. No one can have an effective ministry without also being an intercessor. As… Continue reading Intercession in the Kingdom
The necessity of travail
Isaiah said of Zion, “So shall thy sons marry thee,” (Isaiah 62:5). Zion brings forth sons and they in turn are the cause of her fruitfulness. It is an interaction in the Spirit; churches come forth through apostolic ministry and they in turn give birth to higher levels of apostolic ministry. It works back and… Continue reading The necessity of travail
Intercession in the Spirit
Intercession is identified with spiritual warfare. In Ephesians 6:10, 11 it says, Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, and then the passage speaks of the various pieces of the armor and ends in verses 17 and 18 speaking about …the sword… Continue reading Intercession in the Spirit
Every member an intercessor
The twelfth chapter of the book of Acts tells that Herod seized James, the brother of John, and slew him. When he saw that it stirred up so much favorable comment among the Jews that were anti-Christian, he put Peter in prison, thinking that after the Passover he would bring him out and kill him,… Continue reading Every member an intercessor
Intercession
Intercession is one of the least understood and vital subjects of our day. We are beginning to see the emergence of a worldwide prayer movement that is having a phenomenal effect on the way God is moving today. God is raising up the tabernacle of David, in our day. This is a worship and prayer… Continue reading Intercession