Helpful Intercessory Guidelines
A - Assistance - Ask God for the
assistance-empowering-filling-directing-maturing of the believer so
that the individual will operate in the Spirit's power & Biblical
obedience.
B - Boldness - Pray that the person speaks the word of God with
boldness, confidence, & with articulative effectiveness.
C - Comfort - Ask God for the comfort when one is discouraged,
broken-hearted, or stressed out. Trust the Lord for the comfort of
the Spirit's song, strength, & succor.
D - Direction - Ask the Lord that the person will sense God's
specific direction in one's personal life & ministry activities.
Wisdom for discerning the best decision not just the one that is
least objectionable to everyone concerned.
E. - Encourage - Ask God to send someone to encourage the person &
to allow the person to be a blessing to many. Trust God for the
renewing of the joy of the Lord.
F - Family - Pray that the person will guide one's family in the way
of the Lord's will.
G - Glory to God - Pray that the person will live each day to
glorify God
H - Humility - Ask that the person will develop a sense of humility
& reject pride.
I - Insight - Ask that the person will see people & things from
God's perspective.
J - Joy - Pray that the person will be full of joy of the Lord in
all situations.
K - Knowledge - Pray that the person will desire a knowledge of
God's word & apply it with obedience. Trust God for wisdom, ideas, &
insights into all problem areas.
L - Love - Ask that the person will labor from godly motives, not to
please other people or live hampered by a fear of men
M - Motivation - Pray that the person will be a vessel of God's love
to others
N - Needs - Pray that the person will realize that in Christ all
needs will be met according to His riches in glory. Trust that the
Lord will provide in all areas of life.
O - Open doors - Pray for people to find opportunities to share the
gospel.
P - Prayer partners - Ask God to provide prayer partners who will
intercede on a regular basis for this person. Trust God for a
community of believers in each domain.
Q - Quiet Time - Pray that nothing will keep the person from
experiencing personal renewal & maturity in all dimensions of life.
R - Revival - Ask God to work in the person's life so they may
experience personal revival in all things. Trust the Lord to help
the person spend quality time in devotions
S - Servanthood - Pray that the person will do their work with a
servant's spirit as Christ came not to be served but to serve. An
attitude to serve God before men
T - Thankful heart - Ask God to give the person a thankful heart,
even in difficult situations. Pray that one would see the positives
even in negative situations.
U- Unsaved - Pray that the unsaved will develop a hunger & thirst
for Jesus Christ in their lives. Trust God to use people to bring
many to Christ and see that many new churches are planted in
unreached areas
V - Victory - Pray that the person will know victory in spiritual
warfare
W - Weariness - Pray that the person will not get bogged down in
having too much to do and will remember the promises of God for
strength, courage, & help in trouble.
X - X-Ray vision - Ask God that the person will have a discerning
mind into the heart felt needs of people & be able to deal with root
cause problems rather than superficial symptoms. Pray for an ability
to analyze without being critical or judgmental.
Y - Yieldedness - Pray that the person will be completely yielded to
Christ & willing to die to self. Trust God to help them take up
their cross while following Jesus. Ask God to help them surrender
their pain, problems and disappointments to Him in everyway
Z - Zeal - Pray the person will have a renewed zeal to share the
gospel & glorify God
Paul Fritz
Answers2Prayer Subscriber PPaulfritz@aol.com
Appearing Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002