Awesome! 6. Prophetic intercession marries the priestly role of holding the needs of the people before God with the prophetic role of leaning into God’s heart for the people. Intercessory Function: Put yourself in place of the Other But when it comes to the Body working as a whole, the intercessors carry a key role. .. when praying for others… cheers…. I often find myself dreaming and praying without realy waking up too. It may be something for you to pray about personally. Examples of intercessors in the bible include: Abraham, Moses, David, Esther, Anna and Jesus to name a few. Thank you again Helen, as always You are such a Wonderful Blessing and Inspiration to ALL the Body of CHRIST. And wow – sounds as though some wonderful things are happening through your dream life with God. If so then God is calling you. Judgments are for God not for the intercessor. It's easy to believe that our own prayers … right now, I am so glad to rest in this as God unfolds it, and lay all that silly condemnation, confusion and doubt aside. “The BEST is Yet to Come”. To remind the Lord of His promises we must always be cognizant of what we know and believe about Him in our hearts. Many times we don’t know how our prophetic prayers are answered, I love Father’s grace in allowing us to see (especially when starting out) a glimpse of what our prayers can accomplish. The Role of Intercessors In the last two decades or so there has been an important prayer movement growing throughout the world. Just finished reading Beni Johnson’s book ‘The Happy Intercessor’ and it’s certainly raised my temperature for intercession! Intercessors are those that pray to God on the behalf of others. • A soldier / a man of valor. "But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts." Twenty four hour prayer houses have sprung up throughout the United States and Europe. One of the most important roles every Christian should play is that of intercession. You have a unique and precious gift from God. God said in the Old Testament that He does nothing unless He first reveals His secret to … 6. As mentioned in point 14, above, a prophet-intercessor may be stationed or sent by God to specific places to pray and make prophetic declarations. 3. As has been often heard, all prophets are intercessors but not all intercessors are prophets. [2] This has sometimes been called ‘travail’ and been related to birthing the purposes of God through prayer. Jesus pleads for us every day, so intercessors are to follow that model. 2. 17). To me, this means having the humility to be accountable to leaders in our gifts. Every blessing to you, and I look forward to reading more of your blogs in due course! It is a specific full-time calling and ministry from the Lord, just as there are other specific callings and ministries (1 Corinth. [1]. My husband Malcolm and I learned the value of having a prophetic intercessor on our prayer team throughout our years of ministry in New Zealand. But we do know that God is faithful. [2] He or she understands what Paul writes about in Romans 8:26-27: ‘In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Love love love reading your blogs this one is no doubt any different. But to be a prophetic intercessor means a full-time job as gatekeeper in His temple. The Role of an End-Times Intercessor. Intercession is praying without … I wrote the following poem last week during the prayer and fast. You do not need to carry an unhealthy emotional burden related to your ministry of prayer. Feelings allowed by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of prayer can (and should) be released completely through intercession. 3. End-times intercessors are pivotal in this hour. 3. They might not depart (available 24 hours per day) from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them." JESUS, You are my GOD, my LORD and my KING To You Forever, I will Sing, You Captured my Heart, and Saved my Soul You gave me Peace, and You made me Whole, You gave me a New Song to Sing You filled my Heart with a New Melody You let me hear Heavens Harmony, The Winds of Heaven Blew on Me You Opened up my Eyes to See The Beauty of Your Love for Me, The River so Crystal Clear Where Healing Waters do Appear, I will Draw Near I will Taste and SEE The Bread of Life is HE, HIS Holy Spirit, is Water for my Thirsty Soul Only JESUS can Comfort me, and make me Whole, As I wait, I Will Declare My GOD is GOOD My GOD is GREAT My GOD is STRONG HE fills My Heart to Overflowing, with a New Melody HE fills My Heart to Overflowing, with a New Song, As I Look around me LORD I See a Tree which once was dry and bare, is Covered Now with Blossoms Everywhere I Hear the Birds Singing a Tune, I had never heard Before I See a Caterpillar in a Cocoon, Emerge into a Beautiful Butterfly, with New Wings to Fly This Brings a tear to my Eye, I See the Petals of a Rose Bud Begin to Unfold I am now Reminded of The Promises You LORD, have Foretold Just Like the Petals of The Rose I SEE My GOD can Unfold All Things, for You and for Me, My GOD is GREAT, and HE is STRONG HE gives to me a New Melody HE gives to me a New Song, Now I have New Hope Now I can Sing GOD is Restoring, My Hope Within, The Winter will Pass The Spring is just about Here I See the Birds, and the Flowers Appear, My Heart will Awaken this Spring With a New Song in my mouth to Sing. Loved what you were saying about fruit and accountability. and yes please more on this topic, especially in praying for others in church meetings… especially when you “feel” things in your body or over organs etc. It is wise to save the ‘emotional’ part of releasing your gift until you can get alone with God. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. In this season, God is calling forth his intercessors to not only to pray for His people but to pray that His kingdom to come on the earth. Sensing the heart of God towards the person or situation requiring prayer. I was very flaky in my own walk and had never before had a word of knowledge – indeed I wasn’t even sure what it was! 12:5) Jesus even referred to … On a different note, when I was in my mid-20s I was on an evangelistic mission in Southern England. Secondly, Intercessors must be trustworthy. Some ways that the Holy Spirit can lead a prophetic intercessor in prayer include: 1. There are many ways of exercising the authority of both of these ministries, but there are some essential differences. Keeping notes about what is happening in our prayer life, having someone (mentor or oversight in church life) to touch base with, being open to adjustment without taking it personally. Wow, that was a remarkable instance of prophetic intercession and how wonderful that God gave you the confirmation of your word and the power of your prayers. In the first place I never thought I would be worthy to fill such a role. An Intercessor is one who reminds the Lord of His promises until they are fulfilled. Do you possess the characteristics of a true intercessor? God looks for men and women that will stand in the gap just like Jesus stands in the gap and intercedes for us. The Apostle Paul said of the Galatians, ‘My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.’ (Gal 4:19) One way this was likely to have been expressed was in his prayers. We are called not just to seek to our own needs and that of our families, but to constantly have in mind and pray for those who belong to the body of Christ. Her opening words after greeting us would be, ‘What is going on?’ Marge always knew by the Holy Spirit when we were having our fiercest battles, and her insights and prayers were a constant encouragement to us. To be an effective prophetic intercessor, you must learn to discern the burden of the Lord. During the conversation, it was apparent she was not a Christian and I had a strong and specific word of knowledge about sin issues in her personal life. As with all spiritual gifts, no two prophetic intercessors will experience the leading of the Holy Spirit in the same way. When we began to study differences amongst types of intercessors in our prayer team, it dealt with a lot of intimidation and condemnation, much that we didn’t realise was affecting some of us until we received Father’s validation of our own uniqueness within the broader ministry of prayer. A prophetic intercessor may at times experience the deep ‘groanings’ of the Holy Spirit. Privacy Guarantee: Enliven Ministries will never share your e-mail address with anyone else. This is why it is important for prophetic intercessors to clean the house of the Lord, to develop the discipline of being detailed oriented. ... Who is an intercessor? Third, Intercessors must be dedicated. A Secret of the Closet 2. 3. On the other hand, those who prefer structured prayer sessions find prayer led by prophetic intercessors frustrating. The intercession prayer is a different prayer; it is done in holiness is to take the place of Learn more about prophetic prayer and be part of the prophetic prayer list. (Acts 2:17). When we do not … very much thankyou…. It is a divine connection, a revelation, an agreement between man and God based on His word or revelations received from the Holy Spirit, and then the manifestation of the answers. Don’t be intimidated by others’ prayer gifts (such as those who have an ability to pray more regularly). i though have condemned myself for not being able to stick to a regular prayer list, and i have caught myself and decided that i will not say : i will pray for you” unless i actually do.. so I prefer to say.. May i pray for you…. and i had not heard of anyone else like me! Belief in Intercession. An intercessor reminds the Lord of His promises until they are fulfilled. And—that the greatest reward of prophetic intercession is intimacy with the Holy Spirit. And yes, Father God has been so good in allowing me to see some of the fruit of answered prayer – even today. to fulfill the Great Commission). And the second thing is accountability. WORD STUDY: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INTERCESSOR . Intercessors have a very high calling of God in helping to build up God’s kingdom. I got saved roughly 2 years ago but only started experiencing visions a couple months ago. An Intercessor faces towards God. First, Intercessors should constantly seek to learn God’s Word, because it is the Word that breaks the yokes of bondage and sets people free. Prophetic intercessors understand symbolism like if it is another language, when the intercessor is versed in the symbolism in the House of God, they begin to become more fluent in the ways God speaks through symbols and dimensions. We need to continue to grow in our … I called this “GOD renews Hope in the Heart”. Your email address will not be published. The prophet is the key to what God does in the earth. It takes dedication to pray continuously for a person or a situation, so intercessors must be dedicated and disciplined so that they can pray without ceasing. 🙂 Love your prophetic poem, such a picture of new life in Jesus and His healing power. have the list, but also allow room for the Holy Spirit to lead through prophetically gifted intercessors as well. Intercession is praying without ceasing. I believe there are two important things we can look for in our prophetic intercession: fruit, and accountability. 🙂 P.S. RHEMA 5/02/13 A STUDY ON TYPES OF INTERCESSORS AND THEIR AUTHORITY . The Prophet as Intercessor. (1 Thess 5:19-22), 5. Proverbs 11:13 states, “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.”  Trustworthiness is important for two reasons; first the people we pray for need to be able to trust the intercessor with their most precious prayer request,  and secondly God must be able to trust the Intercessor to pray for that delicate situation that he sometimes places in the hearts of his intercessors. Prophetic intercession, therefore, paves the way for the fulfillment of the prophetic promise. Abraham interceded for Sodom and Gomorrah(Gen. 18). Now the Apostolic anointing empowers you to execute those orders to fulfill your military career (i.e. I will share it with the staff here, a great encouragement! The Removal of Mountains 5. Intercessors make requests, urge, plead, beg, counsel, discuss, risk, sacrifice, and make war on issues relating to the weaker ones, and thus they have an impact on the final outcomes for those they serve. At the time, I wrestled with the question: Should I have shared the word with her there and then? On the other hand, don’t expect all intercessors to experience prayer the way you do. If you do experience manifestations, be aware of appropriate times and places. Sounds like you are talking about word of knowledge at the end there! ... Making of A Prophet Intensive; Build Your Dream; School of the Seers; Secrets of Best-Selling Christian Authors; School of Prayer & Intercession; Courses & Scholarships. They turn and face the forces of evil and war against them. So the accountability stays in-house, but you can still learn externally (such as this blog). The greatest key to being a prophetic intercessor is your relationship to the Lord. We generally think of a Prophet as one who speaks to … The Counsels of the Heart 3. God looks for men and women that will stand in the gap just like Jesus stands in the gap and intercedes for us. Hi Chontae, that’s exciting about your move to Auckland! In terms of accountability for me all my stuff goes to my pastor and he with diligence and discernment handles the situations and circumstances in the way that God wills for him too. I learned personally about prophetic intercession when the Holy Spirit awakened the gift in me during the 1990’s. How To Increase Your Prayer Support Through Personal Intercession, 17 Signs You May Be a Prophetic Intercessor, © Helen Calder Enliven Blog – Prophetic Teaching, Enliven Ministries: in the David McCracken Ministries family, nailed me to a T…. Remember Jesus used the word against Satan. Chontae here how are you? A prophetic word is like military orders. Prophetic intercession is waiting before God in order to “hear” or receive God’s burden (God’s Word, His concern, warning, conditions, vision or promises), responding back to the Lord and then to the people with appropriate actions. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! And one thing I have learnt is, “I will never despise the day of Small Beginnings”. Prophetic Intercession, Its Power And Pitfalls, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Enliven Blog - Prophetic Teaching by Helen Calder, Still others came to the fore when there was a crisis—swelling the ranks of prayer partners. During our most difficult trials, one of our personal intercessors—an elderly woman named Marge—would invariably phone us. What is the difference between Interception & Intercessory prayer? A sense of identification with the object of prayer—in other words feeling the needs of those being prayed for. I don’t think it matters whether or not the leader is mature or has particular insight into the gift, God is faithful to give wisdom as it is needed in the church. (my home town :-)) Yes Ps Brent Douglas is a friend of our ministry – you will be blessed. In written correspondence after the mission, she confirmed the word of knowledge I had received (without my prompting) and went on to sort out the issues she’d been struggling with. As a leader, I have learned not to place expectations on prophetic intercessors to operate outside of their natural gifting. Honour the leadership and culture of your church in the public expression of your prayer. The gift of tongues facilitates this harmony. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. You are very much on the right track with your gifts and ministry, there are great things ahead as you stay committed, submitted and on fire for God! Look forward to your insight and words of wisdom as always. 4. The communication of prayer requests and testimonies should be seen as fuel for their gift, rather than an expectation that they will pray at a certain time or in a certain way. Hope this helps! Christ set in the Church five distinct ascension gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. To my delight, during the following evening’s meeting she freely gave her life to the Lord! The Intercessor has the mission of opening gaps and interposing between fallen humanity and God, in order to play a role of reconciliation between the two, intervening in the spiritual world with manifestations in the natural according to the will of God inclined to. 7. Sometimes there’s an urgency to pray for something or someone, and just because we feel that urgency, that does not mean that we then have to pray for every other similar situation – example: we are moved to pray for a local church leader engaged in an outreach event – this doesn’t mean we then have to pray ‘out of a sense of fairness’ for each and every other local minister and event! Thank you for this helpul blog article which I found thru Twitter. In this arena intercessors do not face God in prayer as they did in supplication. That his (peace and blessings be upon him) intercession is accepted [with Allah]. I feel that this is encouraging for those who find prayer meetings to be rather formulaic and list-based at times. Remember God looks at the heart. Anna prayed night and day for the coming of the Messiah(Luke 36), and Jesus died for our sins but also continues to intercede on our behalf. Hi Ries, I was so excited to get your response! May you continue to be blessed and learn richly in your journey with Him. We must seek to understand each other and the forces that work against have prayer over the words, the sentence is never completed. As a seer, they are spokesmen, messengers, watchmen, and ambassadors standing in the gap and making up the hedge. Tongues and Healing Prayer Prophetic intercession is our conspiring together with God, “breathing violently” into situations through prayer to bring forth life. For it is a remarkable fact that in the Old Testament it is the prophet and not the priest who makes intercession for the people. That he (peace and blessings be upon him) is an intercessor. LOL so Thankyou! I always pray until i ffeel release, or released… and then pick up whatever i was doing again… i thought that made me shallow or callous compared to the intensity of what went on before…. A prophetic intercessor operates on a different kind of alert system – being directly alerted by the Holy Spirit as to when there is a need to pray. Your email address will not be published. Prophetic intercession is the ability to receive an immediate prayer request from God and pray about it in a divinely anointed utterance. Prophetic intercession is simply praying for another person, group or situation by the direction of the Holy Spirit. If you find yourself being led to spend a lot of time interceding for others and you have had times when you have been very clearly led and have seen definite results, the elements of a prophetic ministry are certainly there. The prophetic intercessor must wait before God with an awakened ear to hear His voice, spiritual eyes to see, and a receptive, sensitive heart to receive God's burden. Prophets pull down, throw down, destroy, build, and plant. Well weeks later she tells me that’s what happened but for some reason she had no desire to look for drugs it was 1:36am she turns and goes home to hubby or another dreaming of domestic violence, suicide all which I have dream’t of and my spirit prays into the situations weeks/months later hear from these people that during these situations things just stopped i.e in the domestic violence situation just when the wife thought this was it the hubby just stopped and walked out. I found Your Book filled with Possibilities, Potential and Purpose, speaks Courage and Faith into me. David was willing to die for Israel (1 Sam. The Binding of the Enemy 6. also there were some very flakey people that my pastor and his wife decided were unhelpful around us, and so i buried this gifting, praying only as led, when at home with lots of kids, busyness, outside work, church duties etc… basically i did not pray unless the Holy spirit moved me to prayer, usually if i actually DID have a quiet time… or when i was absent minded driving the car, i would get images of people and urgency etc.. and later find out that a crisis was occurring or had been averted miraculously… iGod is so good. I love it that there is always more to experience and know of the Spirit’s ways, too. It's easy to overlook. Moses was willing to die for the people after they had made the golden calf (Exodus 32). Some will argue that we all are called to be intercessors, but there is a difference between a person who prays and an intercessor. Helen, that is so Beautiful, just that thought alone fills my heart with New Hope and Joy within. Part of the ministry of intercession is to prophetically call God’s plan into existence. ... One who is called to the office of a prophet uses every gift at his disposal to bring the dominion of the Kingdom into men and women’s lives. We must know His promises, both the promises found in the scriptures and the promises received by revelation – revelation that is aligned to the Word of God or aligned to the principles of the Word of God. a. Isaiah 62:6 &7, "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their ... We must know His promises, both the promises found in the scriptures and the promises that have been given in prayer & prophetic utterance that are in agreement with scripture. Intercessors are those that pray to God on the behalf of others. Note that both 4 And 5 may result in what seems to be an emotional response. The intercessory, prophetic anointing is an unusual one to those unfamiliar with the conditions of the spiritual realm. As my main area of gifting and service is worship leading and I am stepping out in the prophetic in this area too, I am probably considered even more flaky! ii. We are all called to pray, but not all are called to intercede. I wanted to share this story because I felt it aligned really well with what you have written above. Paul Daniel Rader once said: "If … Blessings to you Helen. i thought that was random and unfocussed prayer and also condemned myself for that too… so this is a timely and fabulous article that really affirms what God has been rebirthing in me in the last 6 months, even this weekend as a prayer team is being birthed in our church. When they receive a revelation about the future, they should seek guidance from God about whether it is for the prayer closet or the prophetic platform. From the viewpoint of those of us who are not gifted in prophetic intercession, a prophetic intercessor that is lacking in maturity may seem ‘flaky.’ However, he or she may simply be in need of some pastoral leadership and guidance in the use of the gift. The warrior in prophetic intercession The second purpose of an intercessor who stands in the gap is that of spiritual warfare. Prophetic intercession isn't simply praying. Thanks again for that helpful comment! Who then is the one who condemns? Imam al-Bayjuri mentions that it is obligatory for a Muslim to believe in three aspects of the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings be upon him) intercession. And so we see this really in the role of prophets and we see them in the role of intercessors that I kind of realize those that should actually be facing people but are facing God are actually turning their back on the people and those they should be facing God but are actually facing the people are turning their back on God. The two roles are combined in what we call "prophetic intercession"—a watchman-intercessor prays back to God an inspiration regarding a human concern that comes from God's own heart. The benefit of this is revealed during times when you are in a spiritual battle, or in a crisis where you do not have the ability to send out a general prayer request. On another note we are moving to Auckland for a couple of years to a church lead by Ps Brent Douglas you may know of him so my hubby and I are really excited about this next part of our journey that the Lord has prepared for us. The Sharing of Authority 4. I really didn’t know what to do with this word, so I took it to prayer that evening. An intercessor that does not know the word cannot fight effectively. So there is no faking it. 4. Prophetic intercession is a ministry of faith. When this happens, the person should be very careful to be clear about what they are doing. Intercessors must possess certain characteristics that are important to their ministry. [3] For insights about different prayer gifts, I highly recommend Intercessors Discover Your Prayer Power, by FEMRITE, T; ALVES, E; KAUFMAN, K.  2000.  Ventura : Regal. I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I ... We have been hearing about the Prophet and the Prophetic role of leadership, etc.
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