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To give your life means to give everything. Jesus came as an intercessor. He is still giving Himself today. Hebrews 7:25 says, "...he ever liveth to make intercession...."

We have said, "Jesus gave His life for us." But no, He is giving His life for us. He is still interceding.

His body in the earth is wearing the same prayer armor He wore. We have inherited His armor to do His work and enter into his ministry of intercession.

We have been given that same love that motivated Jesus to come as the intercessor! Romans 5:5 says that the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. The love that desires to lay down its own desires and to intercede for someone else is abiding on the inside of us!

The love that impelled Jesus to go to the cross compels us to intercede. We pray for others so that they can come to the knowledge of the truth.

Through the knowledge of God's Word, we realize that we also have His love that urges us to reach out toward others. It urges us to be soul winners. A soul winner is an intercessor in action. Jesus paid the price and is paying the price to win souls. Intercessory prayer softens people's hearts to receive the message of the gospel.

Praying In The Spirit
When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you receive the ability to speak in another language. "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4).

The Holy Spirit gives the utterance and you do the speaking. Just as your own language is the voice of your mind, praying in tongues is the voice of your spirit. It is your spirit speaking mysteries unto God (1 Cor. 14:2).

The Apostle Paul said, "...if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful" (1 Cor. 14:14).

The Holy Spirit knows what is needed in the lives of others when you do not know (Rom. 8:26). Praying in other tongues is the most valuable tool that you have in intercessory prayer. When you pray in other tongues, you operate in the realm of the spirit.

The weapons of your warfare are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

When you move in this area of intercession, your physical man will be your spirit man's assistant. You begin to speak in a language that comes out of the inner man. The Spirit of the Living God can speak to your own human spirit. Out of it will come rivers of living water.

You are not just praying mentally limited prayers. When you pray in tongues, you pray beyond your own limited knowledge. You have moved beyond the natural into the spirit. You have to yield to it as an act of your will.

If you are not filled with the Spirit, ask God to fill you right now. Put down this book, ask the Lord to fill you with His Spirit, and then open your mouth and allow your new prayer language to flow.

Your First Assignment...
Your first prayer assignment is not for yourself. It is to pray for all men; for kings and men in high authority (1 Tim. 2:1-4). When you respond to the call of intercession, the Holy Spirit prays the perfect will of God through you.

Begin praying for a given body of people: A family, a village, a country, a state, or a nation. You do not need to wait for a burden for this. The Word says that Jesus was moved with compassion (Matt. 9:36).

Compassion is not a feeling; it is a person. Separate yourself from the things of this world. Get in your prayer closet alone with God and commit to intercession. Yield to the love of God inside you. All the motivation you need will come that way.

The One Who ever liveth to make intercession is living in you! He's already motivated! Yield to Him.

Isaiah 64:7 says, "And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee...."

The Spirit of God will not be able to help you intercede unless you are willing to stir yourself and take that position of intercession. Paul told Timothy to stir up the gift that was in him (2 Tim. 1:6). You stir it up!

Begin to pray by making yourself available to the Holy Spirit. Yield! Allow Him to use you to pray for the man who does not have anybody to pray for him. Stand in the gap for him. Start where you are and allow it to spread to the world.

You are literally fighting spiritual warfare on their behalf. The Apostle Paul said, "For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh" (Col. 2:1).

This was the same conflict that Paul talked about in Ephesians 6 when he said that we wrestle against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and wicked spirits in heavenly places (v. 12).

The family of God is not based on selfishness. It is based on love. Intercession is the highest expression of love.

When you commit yourself to pray for those who need Jesus, remember that the Bible says you are going to have to bind Satan in order to spoil his house (Matt. 12:29). You are confronting all the forces of evil that have them bound. Do not stop just because it looks like they will never receive.

Your intercession is placing pressure on Satan and his forces. Do not relent, but persevere in prayer.

Then, it is up to that person to make his own choice. Through your intercession, he will be able to make it. He will no longer be blinded by Satan! Just as Jesus interceded for all of humankind, so it is our job to intercede for those who are bound by Satan.