How to intercede effectively

Intercession is prayer that pleads God to meet your needs as well as the needs of others. Intercession entails seizing God’s will and rejecting to let go until his will is fulfilled. Paul clarified in Romans 8:26-27 that we do not know what we have to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us.

Here are five effective methods for interceding.

1. Examine your heart for sin: Ask God to search for your heart to see if there is any sin in your life that is preventing you from hearing God’s voice.

Most of the time, sin is the source of the static noise that prevents us from hearing clearly what God is saying. When God reveals a sin to you, take the time to confess it right away. That is where his grace and voice can be found (1 Peter 5:5-6).

2. Praise God: Take time to praise and thank God for his goodness and for his desire to work with you in intercession. Thank him, in faith, so that he will communicate with you.

We recall, who this prayer time is all about-God himself. He also calls us to “enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.” (According to Psalm 100:4)

3. Meditate on God’s word: Using the words of the Bible’s scriptures is one of the most effective way to intercede. Request that the Holy Spirit shows you a specific verse or passage in the Bible that may apply to the situation you are praying about. Make the words your own and turn them into a prayer.

4. Hand over your thoughts, agendas, and distractions: We confess to God that we do not want to walk in our own wisdom or good ideas about how to pray (Proverbs 3:5-6). As a result, we submit our minds and emotions to the Lord in order to hear him more clearly.

5. Resist the enemy: Declare, “I resist, reprove, bind up and cut off you, Satan, in the name of Jesus.” It’s critical that we assert our authority here. We’re told that if we resist the enemy, he’ll flee (James 4:7). The enemy will try to disrupt our intercession time by instilling fear, apathy, or unbelief. In our time of intercession, we must recognize spiritual warfare and deal with the adversary.

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