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The Power of Intercession

LAST week the Lord gave me a dream.

After I awoke, I realised that the dream resulted from my prayers, prayers of intercession.

What is intercession: An intercessory prayer means praying on behalf of someone, praying a persistent prayer to plead with God on behalf of others who desperately need God's intervention.

There are many things to intercede about for other people. For example, one's health, physical/spiritual needs, wisdom, freedom and physical healing.

I have prayed many times over the years and lifted people up before God.

But this was the first time I received such an encouraging dream showing me the power of intercession.

Words declared and decreed hold power in the spiritual realm and affect the physical. My time spent in intercessory prayer is usually about battling against spiritual darkness, precisely what God showed me.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

James 5:16 NIV

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people.

Ephesians 6:18 NIV

I share this as an encouragement to you all. Sometimes we don't see physical answers to our prayers, but that does not mean there are no implications in the Spirit. I am more encouraged than ever to continually pray even when we don't know what's happening and have no answers.

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as, in fact, you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV