12 SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT BE AN INTERCESSOR
This is something that I produced a few years ago which I feel is quite relevant today. It is a list of indicators that God may have poured out a special grace upon your life for intercession. If that is the case, you are in the right place. Amplifying your understanding of and training in the prophetic will only strengthen your ability to operate effectively as an intercessor. It is a longer read than usual but well worth the time. Let’s keep building! 1. You don’t just like prayer, YOU LOVE IT. Whether in good times or bad times within your own life, you look forward to prayer like others look forward to a vacation, a pay raise, or a favorite meal. 2. Praying for others and seeing them receive God’s blessings as a result excites you more than seeing your own needs met. It’s not that you aren’t conscious of your needs, you just have a blinding confidence that your needs will be met as you yield to God’s flame of intercession and focus on serving the needs of others. 3. When you don’t pray, you feel like God misses you. This is not a vain notion. It is an understanding that flows out of an intimate connection with Jesus. You sense the His heart’s longing for communion with His beloved. And unlike those who see God as “just fine without me,” you take the Church’s role in His divine plans and movements throughout the earth personally. Prayer is your key of participation. You see the divine access that Christ has purchased for you on the cross as a royal privilege and an invitation not to be taken for granted. You occupy a special place in His throne room and you take your strategic position seriously. 4. You LOVE God’s word. The Bible is a regular part of your spiritual diet and you understand the connection between scripture and prayer. Reading the Bible is like throwing logs onto the fire of your heart’s passion for intercession. The warfare you face as you walk with Christ in obedience to His word only further mobilizes you for righteous action. Therefore, you don’t read for survival in life, you read for reprisal against the attacks which aim to distract and deter you. What knowledge you gain through your study of scripture, you are eager to employ in order to be more effective in the exercise of your gift.