Intercession

21st February

We had a cell this evening on intercession and TBH I’ve never really known what it meant :S

However as things went on and I learnt what it was it became somewhat apparent that I’ve been doing something for a fair while and not known it’s name, I thought that was just prayer.

I thought you just prayed for someone else, I dont know why but I always feel greedy almost when I pray for myself for things I need/want/think I need/think I want. I always feel like God has already done so much surely that is enough? But then if I am still learning new words perhaps I need to also be moulded more as I learn? As I learn I need to grow and I need to grow in the right areas.

Seems like quite a theological discussion for instance as in my current form/being I can never be perfect yet when I pop my clogs etc I’ll be perfect before God so does that mean I’m always getting closer or when I pass go for the last time I am automatically 100%, if I wasn’t then surely I cannot stand in the presence of God? Then again am I not already perfect in the eyes of God because Jesus makes me perfect? Or is it a combination of all of these? That we aim for that 100% but where we fail Jesus fills in the gaps and makes things better so that we can know our Heavenly Father?

Wow Jesus does a lot, imagine filling in the gaps for 1 person or a thousand or a million or even a billion. Crikey he’s a busy chap!

Incredible really, beyond understanding.

God bless

Dan

3 Responses to “Intercession”

Olivia
21st February 2007
10:31 am

wow, I so did not understand a lot of that!

However I did get the bit about how much Jesus does for us. I pray most mornings to not miss the bus, like today, and He came through!!

Steve Beegoo
22nd February 2007
2:05 pm

HI Dan

I’ve just discovered your blog. Maybe I can explain some stuff! I’ll give it a go.

Your right! God is amazing! He gives us so much that we just don’t deserve because He loves us. Anyone who will accept this gift and make Him Lord, has eternal life now with all the trimmings forever.

So why don’t we just get whisked away as soon as possible? Because God wants us to be in an adventure with Him in this life. Part of this adventure is to learn how to face life’s circumstances with Him alongside. This prepares us for our eternity too. He also wants to work at changing our character (not our personality) as we face temptations and other challenges. Through this He wins battles over the enemy in and around us and we get to praise Him, enjoy this present life more and help others along the way too.

We find out how God wants us to live through His word (The Bible) and through the presence of His Holy Spirit encouraging us or making us feel uncomfortable. This life just gets better and better as we seek to obey him, even though there may be troubles, hardship and pain along the way.

So we are clearly not perfect but are told to aim for it! Matt 22 v37 Love God with everything. Because we realise how much God loves us, we want to please Him too. Some stuff we naturally do, doesn’t please Him. It’s all that sinful human nature stuff Rom 7 v 14 – 25, explains it brilliantly. Romans 8 then explains how we can be different from the rest of the world around us with the help of the Spirit.

Pleasing God, doesn’t make Him love us any more. Just like sinning doesn’r make God love us any less. He just loves us. But pleasing Him is different. There are blessings associated with pleasing Him, and curses associated with not pleasing Him (Deut 28). There are eternal rewards associated with pleasing Him as a Christian (Matt 6 v 19-20)

Those saved will receive greater or lesser eternal rewards depending on how we have ‘built’ during our time as Christians (1 Cor 3 v 13-16). As we are God’s temple, where the HOLY Spirit wants to live, we need to let God in to help us change to become more like Christ.

He is gracious with us! But it is always best for us if we choose to obey Him, His Word, His Spirit at work in us. 2 Cor 4 v16 to 5 v10 puts it very well. All of us Christians are 100% perfect in God’s sight in terms of righteousness (because of faith! – Gal 3). But v 9 and 10 “we make it our goal to please Him… for we ALL must appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Look up the passages and see what you make of them!

Ciao!

Steve B

PS I’m on The Weakest Link Thursday 1st March 5.15pm BBC 2!

Dan
22nd February 2007
3:32 pm

Good to hear from you Steve.

Thanks for the versus and explanations.

Hope you’re well

Dan

Leave a Reply




“ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. ”
Phillipians 4:8

Twitter Updates