Intercessory Prayer Sunday Feb 9 2020 Intercede to

Intercessory Prayer Sunday Feb 9, 2020

Intercede: to intervene on behalf of another Our petitions to God on behalf of another person (or situation), that calls upon Him to intervene with…… Blessing Wisdom Guidance Protection Provision Justice …. . In response to injustice, crisis, danger, need …. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven

Recognizing the gap and standing in it Sometimes the need for prayer is clear and the solution obvious Other times its confusing and we are very dependent upon God

Why do we pray? • Jesus modeled this for us as our Lord & teacher • Jesus was and is an intercessor • Obedience to God and His word • This is Gods way for His Will & Kingdom to come from the heavenly realm into the earthly realm • We can not do God’s part – He choses not to do our part • We co-labor with God in ministry • We co-labor with God in prayer

How do we pray? • Scripture: “Using God’s words to tell Him what He tells us to tell Him” M Bickle; Growing in Prayer • Revelation from God • Spiritual senses, leadings, words, pictures, dreams • Waiting & listening • Discerning what is God doing, saying; what is on his heart. Identifying scriptural truths that speak to this situation. • Worship, movement, music, prophetic acts

This is only an introduction • We are giving you a taster on a topic that could be much more lengthy • Just to set up a chance for you to explore more with God!

Started by asking to be more effective in our prayer • Bringing heaven to earth • Wanting break through of God’s action in personal circumstances • Wanting to see things in natural shifting into God’s design • Lord had spoken the word, “judicial intercession” • Started to have more dreams and visions of being in rooms that could be described as court rooms or counsel rooms

Basic definitions and concepts • It is helpful to learn what is your soul speaking and what is your spirit with Holy Spirit speaking • Triune beings • Heb 4: 12 being able to identify /discern what is soul, what is spirit is helpful as you mature in the revelatory gifts • Your soul can carry in more fear, ambition and agenda • Pray for the Lord to help separate or discern between soul and spirit so you can make a choice on what to follow

We are multidimensional beings • Talking to Nicodemis John 3: 13 • “no one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven……. Should not perish and have eternal life • Where is Jesus? Both in heaven and earth at the same time • It was normal for Jesus and normal for us when we are born again • We are in Christ who is seated at the right hand of the Father, Col 3: 1, Eph 1: 20 • Dual citizenship: living by/in the Spirit while on earth, develop your spiritual senses to perceive more of heaven

Approach God as Father, Friend and Judge • Luke 11: 2 “Our Father” • Luke 11: 5 “which of you shall have a friend…. ” Jer 23: 18 • Luke 18: 1 -8 unjust judge but God is a just judge

Books of Destiny/ scrolls of destiny/ blueprints from heaven • There are many books in Heaven and some of them contain destinies • Ps 139: 16 “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them” God thought you up before you existed • 2 Tim 1: 9 God called us to a holy calling given to us before time began • There are scrolls or books of destiny for individuals/families/churches/states/nations Dan 7: 9 -10

Prayer can be stepping into a spiritual dimension • Prayer is stepping into a spiritual realm and agreeing with God’s heart so that what is in heaven can come to earth. • Not trying to “convince” God to do something

Courtroom vs battlefield • Sometimes we need to go to the courtroom to get legal issues resolved before we go on the battlefield • The protocol for approaching the Judge is different than the protocol for entering the battlefield

How I got started • My supervisor was retaliating on me, being unfairly treated at work, holding back a job change from LTE to FTE • Basically facing “Just Mercy” uphold a conviction or find the truth. • Gone through all appropriate ways to handle the conflict praying to God but not having a breakthrough for months • Sleepless nights, lots of vexing in the spirit realm, Holy Spirit told me to go to Isaiah 37

Sennacherib, the Rabshakeh (chief of staff) and Is 37 • “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. • Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands-wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the Lord, You alone. ”

God ruled on the honor of His name – He had given me that job • Put my job description and all my performance appraisals out before the Lord and presented my case, prayed Hezekiah’s prayer • Asked for God’s righteous judgement, and silence to whatever accusations were out there • Knew I presented a case, and asked the Lord to render a verdict • Knew something had changed when that prayer time was done • Saw a change in the natural realm about 1 month later

Courts of Heaven • Sensing that the enemy has something legal that is stopping the passion of God • Going to God as Judge/ helps to sense if stepping into court • Presenting your case/removing legal rights of the enemy by repenting and renouncing • Appropriating Jesus blood • Then you might go more into declaration of truth or what ever God shows you to do

The cross is the greatest legal transaction ever made • Expand your understanding of appropriating the blood of Jesus • Sozo –cleansing bloodline or generational curses • Pause the battlefield and look for legal rights the enemy has • Present your case, discovering God’s plan for a situation • Confess, repent and cover with Jesus blood – obstacle gone • Make declarations aligning with God

A friend’s story • Angel showed on our pier/ who are you? . . Spirit of the North • Something difficult was coming to the friend and he would have to do things that would cut across his father’s heart. God sees and would help him • Bench of Three/ felt assigned to pray this through, disempowered lies, dealt with enemy accusation/ interaction with his parents for cleansing generational curses/ worked with words of knowledge/ 2 year period resulted in charges being dropped • To present, praying for FCBC future has involved legal action in heaven

Blueprints are God’s plans for an area, organization, family • A number of years back, the elders started asking the Lord about his blueprint and destiny of FCBC • We and the whole body started getting pieces of revelation back with the first developer. But in April 2019, it started to become more clear, in a profound way • Different definitions for the word “vision” • Proverbs 29: 18 AMP “Where there is no vision (no revelation of God and His word, spiritual sight), the people are unrestrained • My note to Emily

It is important to wait for the prophetic and move in God’s timing • Wayne Gretsky when asked about his success: he said that he did not follow the puck, he skated to where the puck was going • I was reminded of this quote on Thanksgiving weekend of 2019 when watching my niece play hockey for the UWEC • I believe my Father is always at work. Make the distinctions of what He is doing and align with it. Look into the future, use the prophetic to move where “the puck” is going.

A Blueprint is God’s heart and mind for an area, organization, family • We want to perceive God’s design, and co-labor with Him to see His glory manifest on the earth • His plan with our cooperation is what overrules oppressive government, poverty systems and lack of fruit bearing • A maturing Son of God, is involved in the stewarding of assets, inheritance and release of the Father’s purposes • As maturing sons, God is looking for us to be increasingly involved in the family business

Blueprint for God’s heart in the area where FCBC is located • This is a compilation of what we feel is God’s strategy and heart for the area that FCBC is a part of. This is based on revelatory words and intercession that God has given so far. • It is to be used more to “catch God’s vision” rather than create our own vision or man plan.

God Wants: • Eiffel Tower oil well- a well of intimacy and passion for Jesus/ intimate loving relationship • Refinery – discipleship, resource refining, maturing, cleansing of impurity (Father’s and Mothers) • Prayer and Presence furnace- adoration, shifting atmospheres, governmental • Light house – spreading and releasing light, helping show direction or identify your bearings- praying light into darkness/ light carriers • Keep administering the FCBC streams of healing, freedom and prudence in our area

Continued: • A place where lives are transformed • Environment that nurtures creativity and the arts/encourages others to be creative • Skyscrapers – city planners- ‘what is God building that we can be a part of? ’ City planners look over My city and release heaven’s plan in the city. They release the will of God over people, economies and developments. • Fruit bearing trees – bearing fruitful lives and knowledge of God (divine revelation and dreams) to be released on an area and people. Making places healthy and good to inhabit – divine revelation released to all • When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices/ justice administrated so the righteous prosper

Continued: • Rail corridor with power windmills further back in scene. Trains bring supply and take things to other areas. Pray for pathways of resource. Cotton bales can signify stopping slavery or peonism. Also North Platte Café continues. • God wants us to be a church that allows the Holy Spirit to move. • Some additional things about “how” we can minister in our area; multiuse space for serving and hosting, a people identifying with God-branded for God, moving from churchdom to kingdom-roman candle, partnering for releasing things on God’s heart/ building relational bridges, consider the refining of raw material to more effective resource, bring people from slave mind set to sonship

Proverbs 29: 18 MSG • If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what He reveals , they are most blessed • Add in prophetic intercession and following the Holy Spirit’s lead on how to clear the obstacles and release His Spirit, to perceive God’s design manifest or rise up on the earth.