Session 4

Intercession

Questions

  • What did you find most helpful or most challenging in the video?

  • How do you feel about intercessory prayer – do you find it’s something that comes naturally or is it more of a challenge?


“Our free wills are powerful; they can release or restrict the purposes of God.”


  • How does this a ect the way that we come to God in intercessory prayer?

  • Have you ever had a feeling that you needed to pray for something or someone? What happened?


“Prayer isn’t about trying to get God to say amen to what I want; prayer is about me saying amen to God’s will for my life”


  • What would it look like for you to pray this week with this perspective?

Reflection & Prayer

Spend some time interceding for your community, town or nation. Follow the 4 steps Pete outlined:

1. Get informed: learn the facts by checking the news, or updates about the people you’re praying for.

2. Get inspired: What is God saying about this? Invite the Holy Spirit to speak into the situations you’re interceding for.

3. Get indignant: Engage your own heart and allow yourself to think and feel honestly as you pray.

4. Get in synch: engage and pray with others.

Resources

Intercession Resources

These can be found at prayercourse.org/toolshed

  • How to run a Non-boring Prayer Meeting

  • How to Intercede for a Large Scale Crisis (the Three Ps)

  • A Circle prayer