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INTERCESSION
Description:
The
gift of Intercession is the divine enablement to consistently pray on behalf of
and for others, seeing frequent and specific results.
Distinctives: People with this gift...
- Feel compelled to earnestly pray on behalf of someone or some cause
- Have a daily awareness of the spiritual battles being waged and pray
- Are convinced God moves in direct response to prayer
- Pray in response to the leading of the spirit, whether they understand it or
not
- Exercise authority and power for the protection of others and the equipping of
them to serve
Traits:
- Advocate
- Caring
- Sincere
- Peacemaker
- Trustworthy
- Burden-bearer
- Spiritually sensitive
Cautions: People with this gift...
- Should avoid feeling that their gift is not valued, by remembering that
interceding for others is their ministry and spiritual contribution to the body
of Christ
- Should avoid using prayer as an escape from fulfilling responsibilities
- Need to avoid a “holier than thou” attitude sometimes caused by extended times
of prayer and spiritual intimacy with God
References:
Romans 8:26-27
John 17:9-26
1 Timothy 2:1-2
Colossians 1:9-12 and
4:12-13
Definition taken from Network: Participants Manual, p. 85.
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