“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.” (Colossians 1:9-12 ESV)
The prayer of intercession means prayer for others. It is our faint echo of Christ’s everlasting intercession for us before the throne of God. It is love and concern for people lifted to the highest point, as we bring them before the throne of God in prayer. I do not know why God should need our prayers, or why God gives the unspeakable privilege of helping Him in His world; but I am sure God does. I am sure that human intercession adds something to the creative and redemptive energy even of God Himself. I am sure that the people God can most depend on are the pray-ers who lift up other people before Him, and hold them in prayer.
-- Samuel M. Shoemaker in “We Believe in Prayer”
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