QUALITIES OF AN INTERCESSOR

NEHEMIAH 1: 1-5 NKJV

THE WORDS OF NEHEMIAH THE SON OF HACHALIAH. IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MONTH OF CHISLEV, IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR , AS I WAS IN SHUSHAN THE CITADEL, THAT HANANI ONE OF MY BRETHREN CAME WITH MEN FROM JUDAH; AND I ASKED THEM CONCERNING THE JEWS WHO HAD ESCAPED, WHO HAD SURVIVED THE CAPTIVITY, AND CONCERNING JERUSALEM. AND THEY SAID TO ME, THE SURVIVORS WHO ARE LEFT FROM THE CAPTIVITY IN THE PROVINCE ARE THERE IN GREAT DISTRESS AND REPROACH. THE WALL OF JERUSALEM IS ALSO BROKEN DOWN, AND IT’S GATES ARE BURNED DOWN WITH FIRE.” SO IT WAS, WHEN I HEARD THESE WORDS , THAT I SAT DOWN AND WEPT, AND MOURNED FOR MANY DAYS; I WAS FASTING AND PRAYING BEFORE THE GOD OF HEAVEN”.

IF YOU CAREFULLY READ THE ABOVE VERSES; ONE COULD UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF NEHEMIAH BEING NOT ONLY COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND HIS BRETHREN HE ALSO CARRIED THE BURDEN OF GOD, IN SPITE OF THE JEWS WHO KEPT HURTING GOD THROUGH THEIR WAYS YET GOD LOVED THEM, WE SEE NEHEMIAH CARRYING THAT SAME BURDEN, WHEN HE HEARD OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH HE WEPT AND FASTED AND PRAYED FOR MANY DAYS.

AS AN INTERCESSOR, NEHEMIAH  SAW AND HEARD THINGS THROUGH GOD'S EYES. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND; SEEING THINGS THROUGH GOD’S EYES IS DIFFERENT THAN SEEING THE WORLD WITH OUR EYES. ONLY WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE WORLD AND SITUATIONS AS GOD SEES THEM, CAN WE GET THE BURDEN FOR INTERCESSORY PRAYER, AS NEHEMIAH DID.

WHAT EXACTLY BROKE GOD’S HEART ?

THE REASON WAS, HE WATCHED HIS CHILDREN REJECTING HIM AND BELIEVING AND TRUSTING THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, THE REASON WAS THEY WERE BEING DECEIVED AND THEY HAPPILY WALKED IN THAT DECEPTION, THE REASON WAS THEY HAD BECOME SO CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD AND IT’S WAY, THAT THEY FORGOT HE EVER EXISTED, WHICH SLOWLY WAS DESTROYING THEM AND THEY DIDN'T REALISE IT UNTIL IT WAS EITHER TOO LATE OR THEY WERE ON THE VERGE OF BEING DESTROYED, AND THIS IS WHAT BROKE JEREMIAH’S HEART  BECAUSE HE COULD FEEL THE HURT AND PAIN GOD WAS GOING THROUGH.

INTERCESSORS ARE BURDEN CARRIERS OF GOD. THE THINGS THAT WE SEE THROUGH GOD’S EYES MAY BREAK OUR HEARTS. WHAT BREAKS GOD'S  HEART MUST BREAK OUR HEARTS, ONLY THEN CAN TRUE INTERCESSION BEGIN.

INTERCESSORS DO NOT USE GOD FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT WHEN THEY PRAY, INSTEAD THEY ALLOW GOD TO USE THEM.

INTERCESSORS CAN BECOME GOD’S CHANNELS OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS. ABRAHAM WAS CALLED OF GOD NOT ONLY TO BE BLESSED BUT TO BE A BLESSING.

EZEKIEL 9: 1-5 AMPC

(THE SPIRIT) CRIED IN MY EARS (IN THE VISION) WITH A LOUD VOICE , SAYING CAUSE THOSE TO DRAW NEAR WHO HAVE CHARGE OVER THE CITY (AS EXECUTIONERS), EVERY MAN WITH HIS DESTROYING WEAPON IN HIS HAND.

AND BEHOLD SIX MEN CAME FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE UPPER GATE, WHICH FACES NORTH, EVERY MAN WITH HIS BATTLE-AX IN HIS HAND; AND ONE MAN WAS CLOTHED IN LINEN, WITH A WRITER'S INK BOTTLE AT HIS SIDE . AND THEY WENT IN AND STOOD BESIDE THE BRONZE ALTAR. AND THE GLORY OF GOD OF ISRAEL( THE SHEKINAH, CLOUD) HAD GONE UP FROM THE CHERUBIM UPON WHICH IT HAD RESTED TO (STAND ABOVE) THE THRESHOLD OF THE( LORD’S) HOUSE. AND THE LORD CALLED TO THE MAN CLOTHED WITH LINEN, WHO HAD THE WRITERS INK BOTTLE AT HIS SIDE. AND THE LORD SAID TO HIM GO THROUGH THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM, AND SET A MARK UPON THE FOREHEADS OF THE MEN WHO SIGH AND GROAN OVERALL THE ABOMINATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED IN THE MIDST OF IT. AND TO THE OTHERS HE SAID IN MY HEARING, FOLLOW (THE MAN WITH THE INK BOTTLE) THROUGH THE CITY AND SMITE; LET NOT YOUR EYE SPARE, NEITHER HAVE PITY.

IF, YOU READ THE ABOVE VERSES FROM EZEKIEL, IT IS CLEARLY SHOWN HOW GOD MARKS ALL THOSE WHO CARRY HIS BURDEN, TAKES NOTE OF THEM.” DO YOU KNOW DANIEL WAS CALLED ‘GREATLY BELOVED’ BY GOD AFTER HE BEGAN INTERCEDING FOR HIS PEOPLE”.

THE ANGELS MARKED THE FOREHEADS OF ALL WHO INTERCEDE WITH GROANINGS FOR ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED AMONGST HIS PEOPLE.

INTERCESSORS ARE CALLED TO LIVE A HOLY AND DISCIPLINED LIFE. GOD WILL NOT HEAR US WHEN WE HIDE ANH HAVE UNREPENTED SIN IN OUR LIVES.

INTERCESSORS ARE GREAT GIVERS OF THEIR TIME AND MONEY, PRAYER AND GOOD DEEDS GO TOGETHER.

INTERCESSORS CAN CHANGE THE MIND OF GOD. MOSES CHANGED THE MIND OF GOD. THE PROMISE OF GOD CLEARLY STATES IF THE NATION INTERCEDES WITH REPENTANCE, GOD WILL FORGIVE THE NATION AND HEAL THE LAND .

PRAYER:

FATHER GOD, AS A BELIEVER MAY I TAKE MY DUTY SERIOUSLY, MAY I NOT SLACK AND FAIL IN WHAT I HAVE TO DO, MAY I UNDERSTAND THE CALL FOR THIS END OF END TIMES. MAY I CARRY YOUR BURDEN THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN.