Christian prayer is not ritual, nor navel gazing, but entrance into the presence of the Almighty, asking him to move his hand to move the nations. A framework of process and lifestyle.

1. The Ministry of
Intercession
Part 1: The Biblical Mandates
Evangelical Spirituality

2. Adoration
Confession
ThanksGiving
Supplication (or aSking)
Evangelical Spirituality

3. 1. Adoration -
Bathing in His Presence
Evangelicalism grows
from 10,000 Revivals
Not just Reductionaist Magic: “A Personal Relationship with God”
Evangelical Spirituality

4. 2. Confession – Historic
Examens – Exploring
The Self, the Soul
Evangelical Spirituality

5. The Lord’s Prayer as Model
This is based on the Lord’s Prayer – our model.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. ’
(Luke 6)

6. 2. Confession –
Historic Examens
– Exploring The
Self, the Soul
Evangelical Spirituality
Maturity
Achievement
Social Security
Essential Survival Needs

7. 3. ThanksGiving
4. Supplication (or aSking)
Evangelical Spirituality
• Crucicentric
• Bibliocentric
• Pneumatological
• Activist.
• Proclamational

8. Jesus begs us to ask
• John 14: 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
• John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish,
and it will be done for you.
• John 15: 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you
might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my
name the Father will give you.
• Matt 7:7-9 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door
will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks
finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your
son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a
snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who
ask him!

9. Jeremiah 33:3
3 ‘Call to me and I will answer
you and tell you great and
unsearchable things you do not
know.’
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your
inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
These reflect an Old Testament theme:
God who answers his people’s prayers

10. Conditional
Asking
Pause and add
conditions to
answered prayer
from these passages
Passage 1st
Condition
2nd
Condition
John 15:7
John 15:16
John 16:24
Matt 9:37,38
The Lord’s
Prayer
Jer 33:3

11. Conditional
Asking
Pause and add
conditions to
answered prayer
from these passages
Passage 1st
Condition
2nd
Condition
John 15:7 Ask
John 15:16 Ask
John 16:24 Ask
Matt 9:37,38 Ask for
laborers
The Lord’s
Prayer
Ask for
needs
Jer 33:3 Ask

12. Conditional 7:
Asking
Pause and add
conditions to
answered prayer
from these passages
Passage 1st
Condition
2nd
Condition
John 15:7 Abide
John 15:16 Bear much
fruit
John 16:24 Ask Ask
Matt 9:37,38 Compassion
The Lord’s
Prayer
Forgive
Jer 33:3 Faith

13. Condition:
Agreement
What are we asking beyond?
10%, 50%, 100%
How does that relate to
logistics??
Who is responsible to move
the hand that moves the
world? The board or the
workers?
Moving the Hand that Moves the World
The final frontiers of missions
• These cities will not see the light without 30
years of prayer.
The forward momentum of this good news across the
Middle East, North Africa, Northern India, Western Rus
If we reach cities , we reach the peoples
There are cities of great darkness, where there has
been no light, hence not truth
The one who fulfills all the greatness of Bengali
Culture. All its ideals fulfilled in Christ.

14. Jesus added another condition with
two parables
* The importunate widow
* Luke 11:5-9 : the annoying neighbor
3. Perseverance
Have you ever considered
intercessory prayer as struggle?
Years of discipline are needed

15. Seven Levels of Authority in
Intercession
• Level 1: The authority of character
• Level 2: Authority through fasting.
• Level 3: Mark 3:15 The authority of anointing.
• Level 4: Ezekiel 22:30 The authority of standing in the gap.
• Level 5: Eph 6: 11, 13 The authority of standing firm.
• Level 6: Luke 7:1-17 The authority of a commander.
• Level 7: Spiritual Authority as We Age
• The authority of a life long lived in his presence
(This topic to be covered more in the Spiritual Warfare section)

16. Example: The Prayer of
Jabez
• “Oh! that you would enlarge my
borders.”
• This is a prayer of faith.
• Bruce Wilkinson’s book has
encouraged many to levels of authority
through faith.

17. A Deviation: Name it and Claim it, Wacky
Authority
In contrast, based on the above truths, some TV evangelists
have developed a “technique” of prayer:
• If you name what you want
• Then claim it
• God will do it.
• This affirms faith, it affirms clarity, it affirms that God
answers prayer.
• But the “technique” violates the other principles of
relationship
• It becomes a demand on God, asserting our authority over him
• We cannot reduce him to a pawn in our belief system

18. 5. Pray in the Spirit
A deeper level of continuous prayer
There are a number of phrases in the
scriptures and across church history about
an ongoing continuous being in fellowship
with the Lord.
• Abiding in Christ (John 15:1-7)
• Walking in the Spirit
• Paul, commands us to: Pray in the Spirit, at
all times, with all kinds of prayers and
requests. With this in mind , be alert and
always keep praying for all the saints (Eph
6:18).

19. 5. Pray in the Spirit
A deeper level of continuous prayer
• The Practice of the Presence of God was a
little booklet by a humble monk that has
blessed many millions.
• Arthur Wallis published Pray in the Spirit in
1970 that impacted many in the charismatic
movement
• This is a discipline, a practice that few attempt.
It builds on the discipline of scripture memory,
for prayer develops as we pray through the
word of God, meditating on it. It requires a
quieted soul, what some in history have called
“centering down”.

20. 6. Aspects of Listening to God
Hearing the Voice of God
Listening to God is part of
this walking in the Spirit.
As we listen then we know
how to intercede.
1. We are to hear and
obey.
2. It is part of most
Christian traditions
3. Processes
• Tuning in to God
• Waiting in Silence
• Contemplating on the
Word
4. God Speaks
• in his Goodness
• in Creation
• in Creativity
• as we act
• In Visions and Dreams
• Through Voices and
Angels
• Through Prophecy and
Words of Wisdom and
Knowledge
5. Discernment increases
• Individual
• Collective
Celtic Tradition
Charismatic
Tradition

21. Intercession in the Darkest Territories

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• Aldrich, J. (1992). Prayer Summits. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press.
• Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection. (1977). The Practice of the
Presence of God. Garden City: Image.
• Bounds, E.M. (1999). The E.M. Bounds Collection on Prayer: The
Essentials of Prayer, The Necessity of Prayer, Power Through Prayer,
Prayer and Praying Men, Purpose in ... Reality of Prayer, and The
Weapon of Prayer: CreateSpace.
• Bryant, D. (1985). With Concerts of Prayer: Christians Join for Spiritual
Awakening and World Evangelization: Baker Publishing House.
• Chadwick, S. (1931). The Path of Prayer. London: Hodder &
Stoughton.
• Duewel, Wesley. (1986). Touch the World Through Prayer. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

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• Hawthorne, S., & Kendrick, G. (1996). Prayer Walking: Praying On
Site with Insight: Charisma.
• Huggett, J. (1987). The Joy of Listening to God: Hearing the Many
Ways God Speaks to Us: IVP.
• Miller, B. (2008). Praying Hyde: Missionary to India: Ambassador
International.
• Newell, Phillip. (1997). Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic
Spirituality: Paulist Press.
• Wallis, A. (2005). Pray in the Spirit: The Work of the Holy Spirit in
the Ministry of Prayer. Fort Washington, FL: CLC Ministries.
• Wilkinson, B. (2000). The Prayer of Jabez: Multnomah Publishers.

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