"THE PRIVILEGE OF INTERCESSION
'...You were to them God-Who-Forgives, though you took vengeance on their deeds. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.' Psalm 99:8,9
Prayer is a privilege that carries with it a mutlitude of blessings. It demolishes spiritual strongholds, it sets in motion a harvest of souls, while all the time God is affecting the heart of this congregation as well as changing our hearts personally to be like His for the world He loves.
The Passion of our Intercession (the God who forgives)
1. To become a channel of His grace to the world - II Corinthians 3:6
2. To stand in the gap in the face of judgement facing our world - Ezekiel 22:30
3. To confess sin for those who cannot in our city and world - II Chronicles 7:14
The Price of our Intercession (took vengeance on their deeds)
1. Was paid on the cross by Jesus - Romans 3:25,26
2. Spared us from the judgment we deserve - John 3:16
3. Jesus the ultimate Intercessor on the cross - Isaiah 53:12, Luke 22:34
The Purity of our Intercession (the Lord our God is holy)
1. Based on who He is and what He does - Isaiah 6:3
2. Bringing about holiness in His own people - II Corinthians 5:17
3. Our call to serve our world in Purity - Luke 1:74,75
The Power of our Intercession (exalt the Lord our God)
1. Worship is the pathway to understanding for the intercessor - Psalm 95:2,3
2. Worship is a tool of victory - II Chronicles 20:21,22
3. Our worship and witness are linked together - I Peter 2:9; Acts 2:47
The Lord is teaching us through prayer how to love His world on His terms. He's answering prayer and changing us in the process. What a wonderful privilege. We believe, by prayer and the Word, God's committed to building us up in the faith to be more like Him, causing us to move with a stability that accomplishes things in the Spirit while all the time producing in us a unity of purpose which lets Him be the Head of the church and us a people knit together in love.
Ron Mehl"