Deeper Life Bible Church, AberdeenDeeper Life Bible Church, AberdeenSunday MessageSunday Message 08-08-201008-08-2010

THE HIGH CALLING OF INTERCESSION

Ezekiel 22:30-31; Lamentations 2:19

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3 Points:3 Points:

1. 1. THE HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE INTERCESSORS.THE HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE INTERCESSORS.

2.2. HOLINESS AND HUMILITY OF EARNEST HOLINESS AND HUMILITY OF EARNEST INTERCESSORS.INTERCESSORS.

3.3. HARMONY OF HEARTS AMONG HARMONY OF HEARTS AMONG

EVANGELICAL INTERCESSORS. EVANGELICAL INTERCESSORS.

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1.1. THE HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE INTERCESSORS. THE HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE INTERCESSORS.

Genesis 18:23-33; Exodus 32:9-14; Daniel 9:3,4,16,17; Romans 9:1-3; 10:1,2; Ephesians 3:14-18

Biblical Examples of effective intercessors :

I – Isaiah – 2 King 20:8-11

N – Nehemiah – Nehemiah 1:4-8

T – Titus – 1 Timothy 1:18

E – Esther – Esther 4:15-16

R – Ruth – Ruth 1:17

C – Christ – John 17:15

E – Elijah – 1 King 20:17-23

S – Samuel – 1 Samuel 12:20-22

S – Stephen – Acts 7:59-60

O – Obadiah – 1 King 18:3-5

R – Rachel – Matthew 2:18

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2. HOLINESS AND HUMILITY OF EARNEST INTERCESSORS. HOLINESS AND HUMILITY OF EARNEST INTERCESSORS.

Hebrews 7:25-26; James 5:16-18; Psalm 34:12-16; 66:18-20; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 57:15

7 Qualities of an effective and earnest intercessor:

1) Saved from sin

2) Holiness of life and character

3) Humility

4) Total obedience and submissiveness to Christ

5) Love for God and the brethren

6) Kindness of heart

7) Constantly seek for the glory of Christ

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3.3. HARMONY OF HEARTS AMONG EVANGELICAL HARMONY OF HEARTS AMONG EVANGELICAL INTERCESSORS. INTERCESSORS.

Acts 1:14; Matthew 18:19; Acts 12:5-7; Philippians 2:2-5; Isaiah 52:1,2,6,8-11,15; 1 Peter 3:7-8; Acts 4:24,31,32a

7 Areas of focus of the united heart and prayers of effective biblical intercessors:

1) God will draw men (both sinners & believers) irresistibly to Himself.

2) The spirit of brokenness and humility upon the life of sinners to repent.

3) Grace for people to live a daily glorifying life to God.

4) Believers will grow daily in Chris like maturity and with the mind of Christ.

5) Believer will daily appropriate the whole armour of God to be victorious.

6) Believers will receive the fulfillment of God’s promises in their life.

7) God will empower believers to get involved in soul winning activities.

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ConclusioConclusionn

"I commend intercessory prayer, because it opens man's soul, gives a healthy play to his sympathies, constrains him to feel that he is not everybody, and that this wide world and this great universe were not after all made that he might be its petty lord, that everything might bend to his will, and all creatures crouch at his feet.“ – Charles Spurgeon

“The Holy Spirit has hedged us in according to God’s divinely set boundary lines. The devil also sets boundary lines, but his boundary lines are always to shrink us, to bind us, to pull us back and to remove from us the spirit of faith and vision… Through faith and intercessory prayer, we are to move the boundary lines back to God’s prescribed position.” - Frank Damazio

Ezekiel 22:30

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