“Intercessory Prayer Changes You” ~ Lisa Harper

 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ESV

 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, Ephesians 1:16 NLT

Praying for yourself comes natural. There’s seldom an individual who doesn’t cry out, “GOD, help me!” That’s a prayer.

However, when asked if we willingly pray for others, with a sincere heart, with clean motives, with the desire for GOD’s abundance to pour over them – with no favor to reciprocate back to us – why is it so difficult?

Perhaps we are not looking at others with the lens of Jesus, seeing their situations, hurts, or needs as Jesus sees them. And this makes it easy to pass it off to someone else.

Could it be that we’re aloof to the battles of someone we hardly know or don’t know at all? Thinking erroneously that surely someone else, with ‘more available time’ will come along and kneel on their behalf.

Are we possibly eliminating ourselves from the privilege to intercede because we feel uncomfortable, or unworthy or immature as a Christ Follower – that we dismiss the opportunity of intercessory prayer?

It’s certainly an open door to enter into a place of humility and with intentionality, on behalf of another person without any expectation for the Lord to turn around and bless us. To ask GOD’s favor upon the life of someone we may not particularly care for or know much about, takes the love of Jesus. Let that sit with you for a moment.

Come and listen to this tender and transparent conversation about a topic that many Christians choose to avoid. It could change your heart – I know it did mine.

I love you to Heaven and Back, Girlfriend ~

LindaRJohnson, TitusTwo Visionary

*Thank you to Lisa Harper | Better Together TV | TBN for this.