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Description: The gift of Intercession is the divine enablement to consistently pray on behalf of and for others, seeing frequent and specific results.
Distinctives: People with this gift
*Feel compelled to earnestly pray on behalf of someone or some cause
*Have a daily awareness of the spiritual battles being waged and pray
*Are convinced God moves in direct response to prayer
*Pray in response to the leading of the spirit, whether they understand it or not
*Exercise authority and power for the protection of others and the equipping of them to serve
Traits:
*Advocate
*Caring
*Sincere
*Peacemaker
*Trustworthy
*Burden-bearer
*Spiritually sensitive
Cautions: People with this gift
*Should avoid feeling that their gift is not valued, by remembering that interceding for others is their ministry and spiritual contribution to the body of Christ
*Should avoid using prayer as an escape from fulfilling responsibilities
*Need to avoid a “holier than thou” attitude sometimes caused by extended times of prayer and spiritual intimacy with God
References:
Romans 8:26-27
John 17:9-26
1 Timothy 2:1-2
Colossians 1:9-12 and 4:12-13
Definition taken from Network: Participants Manual, p. 85.
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