Whats Different About Intercessory Prayer?
Intercessory prayer is not the same as prayers for yourself, or for ‘enlightenment’, or for spiritual gifts, or for guidance, or any personal matter, or any glittering generality. Intercession is not just praying for someone else’s needs. It is praying with the real hope and real intent that God would step in and actonbehalf of aspecific person(s) or situation. It is trusting that God will act, even if it’s not in the manner or timing we seek. God wants us to ask, even urgently. It is casting our weaknesses before God’s strength and having a bit of God’s passion burn in us.
