Developing A Biblical World View

CHAPTER NINE

INTERNATIONAL INTERCESSION

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:

• Write the Key Verse from memory. • Explain what it means to be an "international intercessor." • Identify the benefits of international intercession. • Follow a plan for organized prayer for the nations of the world. • Become an international intercessor. • Organize a personal prayer manual for international intercession. • Train others to become international intercessors.

KEY VERSES:

. . . For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. (Isaiah 56:7)

INTRODUCTION

In the preceding chapter you were given suggestions on how to become an active participant in God's plan for the world. One of the greatest ways you can be part of God's plan is to reach out to the nations through prayer. This chapter will teach you how to do this. You will learn how to become an international intercessor.

THE DIVINE INTERCESSOR

An intercessor is a mediator. He makes petitions on behalf of another. For example, an attorney in a court of law is an intercessor. He stands between someone accused of a crime and the judge. He intercedes on behalf of the accused.

At one time, God looked on the earth for an intercessor who could stand between Him and sinful man. He found no intercessor, so He sent Jesus to serve in this capacity:

And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore His arm brought salvation unto Him; and His righteousness, it sustained Him. (Isaiah 59:16)