Sermon Tone Analysis

*Discovering Your Intercessory Gift*

*Pastor Keith Hassell*

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*Foundation Scripture:**   Ephesians 6:10-18  All Prayer*

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1.

We are called to be intercessors

a.

The difference between prayer and intercession:

                   1)       Prayer begins with man and ends with God’s blessing.

2)       Intercession begins with God and ends with God.

b.

Many do not think they are intercessors because of the normal idea of what an intercessor is.

The truth is that we are all intercessors, but we do not all pray the same.

1)       Example of clasping hands.

Which thumb is on top?

Change thumbs.

It is odd.

Which way is right?

2)       Example of crossing the arms.

Which elbow is on top?

Change elbows.

It is odd.

Which way is right?

c.       Prayer meetings.

Many begin but few stay with it.

Why?

Because usually those who lead try to make everyone pray the same way.

Therefore people begin to quit coming because they do not feel comfortable with it or they get bored because the topic or pattern is not their “nitch” in prayer.

d.

The key to an effective corporate intercessory prayer movement in the body of Christ is to help each believer discover their intercessory gift and then to help them work with others of differing gifts in order to release the full potential and power of prayer.

2.

An quick glance at these differences

          a.

Read letter by missionary to Mozambique

          b.

Different responses

1)       List intercessors will begin to hold this dedicated missionary up daily.

2)       Personal intercessors combined with list pray-ers will know this missionary’ schedule better than he knows his own.

3)       Leader intercessors will pray for the needs of the missionaries, pastors, and rulers.

4)       Salvation intercessors will cry out for the souls that need to be saved.

5)       Financial intercessors will believe for the money to send carloads of Bibles.

6)       Crisis intercessors will tune in with an ear that is open to God’s SOS alerts to trouble.

7)       Mercy intercessors will respond with tears of compassion and deep anguish in their souls.

8)       Warfare and research intercessors will fight the demonic forces at work by uncovering and breaking spiritual strongholds.

9)       Worship intercessors will release worship to usher in the glory of God in that place.

10)     Issue intercessors will summon heaven for religious reformation.

11)     Family intercessors will intercede for the widows and children left behind.

12)     Governmental intercessors will pray for the leaders of the country to affect change.

13)     Church intercessors will pray for the ministry and teaching there.

14)     People-group intercessors will drop to their knees for the Mozambiques.

15)     Prophetic intercessors will speak forth proclamations and do prophetic acts to penetrate the spiritual ground in the heavenlies.

! TYPES OF INTERCESSORS (Based on the book, Intercessors by Elizabeth Alvis, Tommi Femrite, and Karen Kaufman)

 

1.

Issues Intercessors

          a.

The Holy Spirit imprints an assignment on their soul.

b.

Sometimes these issues flow out of their own hurts

c.       Sometimes it is completely a burden that the Lord has dropped upon them like a seed and then pours out prayers to water it.

d.

These burdens may include issues such as abortion, the homosexual lifestyle, the media, Hollywood, crisis pregnancy, the abused women and children, the inner city, the poor, education, political agendas, legislation, the handicapped, etc.

          e.

Sometimes these issues can become a lifetime assignment

f.

Many times these types of intercessors will find a way to being involved in meeting these needs

g.

They stand against injustices

h.

They are the ones who most often prayerfully ban together to fight for change in laws that govern the nation and affect people’s lives.

i.        Problems can arise when issues intercessors strive to turn the focus of the prayer meeting to the issue on their heart.

j.

The key is unity and to find those who also have the same burden.

a.

Matthew 18:19  Two or three gather together in agreement

k.       King Lemuel’s mom is a profile of an Issues Intercessor (Prov.

31)

 

2.

List Intercessors

          a.

They are perseverant prayers

b.

They place every important need on a list over which they pray on a daily basis

c.       List praying is most effective when praying independently

d.       List praying can frustrate the mix of anointing in a group

e.

Those who feel a need for diversity in prayer find praying over another person’s list quite boring

f.

A list pray-er is someone who will pray about anything subject, but they prefer to have a list to follow.

g.       List intercessors find freedom in structure.

They like order and arrangement so they don’t forget and so that they are focused.

h.

List pray-er can become overwhelmed by the length of their list after a while when they don’t have time to cover it all

i.        List intercessors may sometimes divide their lists into subjects and cover a different subject each day

j.

List intercessors are frustrated in corporate meetings when everything on the list is not covered.

k.       Ezra is a profile of a List Intercessor

 

3.

Soul Intercessors (God’s midwives)

          a.

They move in deep anguish for souls to be saved.

b.

The stand in the gap between two kingdoms for the sake of the lost and backslidden.

c.       Soul intercessors are easily moved by the reality of hell and the consequences of sin.

Therefore they cry out for these souls.

d.

They can be used to pray in some of the worst enemies of society.

e.       Soul intercessors can fall prey to condemnation for taking on the personal responsibility of another’s right to choose