Why Intercede?

God likes fellowship with man and He is always looking toward a time of fellowship with His creation.  Psalm 22:27-28 “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.  For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.”

We pray because we are the light of the nations and it is only through our light that God’s salvation can reach the nations. Isaiah 49:6 “He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Also, when nations know God, they will reference Him and therefore will be blessed. Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.”

Finally, we pray because the written Word of God must come to pass. Mr. Counterfeit will not just sit and watch us have a free pass. He fights and we must fight him in prayers and the Word to possess that which is ours. Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”

Psalm 2: 1- 11 “Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.” Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.”

There is so much rage, wickedness, anger, evil, hate, and self-centeredness around the world today. The nations of the world are against each other. One thing is certain, God’s love has not been distributed by the church, has been misused in some aspects, and equally has not been acknowledged and has been rejected in other parts. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God has loved us from creation and demonstrated that love by sending His Son into the sinful world. The world has rejected that love and thus is walking under condemnation. John 3:18 “Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.” It is our duty as intercessor to stand in the gap for the nations and plead with God for mercy while at the same time interceding that the nations will open their door for the gospel. As intercessors we do not want the blood of the nations to be a stain on our hands. We have been called to pray and now is the time.

1. Pray for mercy, salvation and deliverance over the nations. God is not and has never been interested in the death of a sinner. However, according to Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So we must pray that nations will open up and receive salvation because according Isaiah 60:12 “For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.” Ezekiel 33:11 “Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?”

2. Ask the Lord for a particular nation so you will stand on and continue to pray for this nation that none of them will be lost: (CHOOSE A NATION OR REGION. WE WILL FOCUS ON THIS IN 2021). John 6:39 “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me but raise them up at the last day.” Psalm 2:8 “Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.” There are people that God is waiting for someone to pull them out of the fire or pit of the enemy for Him to use for His glory. He is waiting for a Jonah.  Jonah 4:11 “And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”

3. Stand on this living and active Word of God and declare that every nation under the sound of your voice will begin to open up and accept the Word of God. Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

4.  Pray that the wrath of God will descend upon those ungodly places and altars in the nations.  Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

5. Stand on this word to declare the love of the Father over the nations of the earth. There are nations that do not believe that God cares or love them, so why bother. They may be affected by so many calamities. As the Holy Spirit leads, please call on the names of nations and release the Father’s love unto to them. John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”

6. There are some nations who have rejected God; Cry out for the mercy of God on behave of these nations. Isaiah 58:1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.” Jeremiah 12:17 “But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it," declares the LORD.”

7. There are nations who know the truth but have chosen to sin against the Lord. Cry for mercy and ask the Lord to forgive. Call on these nations to return to the table of mercy. Joel 2:13 “And rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents over disaster.”

8. Stand on God’s Word and declare that His plan for the nations will come to pass. The earth will be filled with His glory. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Psalm 72:19 “Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!”

9. Pray that the fear of the Lord shall grip the nations of the earth. If they fear God, righteousness shall reign and violence will be no more. Isaiah 59:19 “So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives.”

10. Pray that God be exalted in the nations. Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth!” Haggai 2:7 “And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts”.

11.  Declare this word over the nations. Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”

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