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Further up and Further in !
Prayer is
Intercession
Courtyard of the Gentiles
Further up and Further in !
• Enter Gates with thanksgiving courts with praise.
• Sacrifice at Altar of confession
• Climb steps into the HOLY PLACE
• Deco from Bronze to GOLD !
Courtyard of women (on left)
Courtyard of the priests
Petition : Ask for your own needs first
• Ask
• Seek
• Knock
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 7:7
Petition :Ask for spiritual needs
• Branch 1 -wisdom and understanding
• Branch 2 -counsel and might
• Branch 3 –knowledge of God and the fear of God
• Central branch – Holy Spirit
Intercession:the needs of others
The Golden Altar of
incense
Intercession:the needs of others
“When he opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour…another angel.. came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.” Rev 8:1-4
High Priest carries the tribes of Israel on his heart
Day of National Prayer May 26th
1940
Helen Roseveare
Intercession
Intercession:the needs of others
• loving my brother on my knees
• we stand in the gap on behalf of another
• a sacrifice • history belongs to the
intercessors. . those who believe and pray the future into being
How to intercede
• On your own
• With others
Intercede for :
Family Friends Home Those in need
Life group Work Church
Church Leaders Mission partners
Neighbourhood Your Country Nations
Not with a closed heart
But with an open heart to receive from God
He taught them..they ought always to pray
and never give up
