1. #3: Sowing Prayer and Intercession

2. Growing Strong: 1.Sow into yourself: (Hos 10:12) – Sow righteousness – Break up your fallow ground – Seek the Lord 2.Sow into intimacy with the Lord: (Songs 5:2) – Cost #1: Comfort – Cost #2: Convenience – Cost #3: Composure

3. Prayer and Intercession: First we must understand that God’s will does not automatically happen! God commanded us to pray so that His will can happen on earth Prayer and Intercession: First we must understand that God’s will does not automatically happen! God commanded us to pray so that His will can happen on earth

4. James 4:2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. James 4:2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

5. Matthew 6:6 (NKJV) But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. “secret” – that’s His realm! “openly” – that’s our realm! The “bridge”: prayer! Matthew 6:6 (NKJV) But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. “secret” – that’s His realm! “openly” – that’s our realm! The “bridge”: prayer!

6. Ephes. 6:12 (NKJV) For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Our battle is first in the heavenly realm; then the result is manifested in the earthly realm!

7. Ephes. 1:3 (NKJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Our victory is provided by God in the heavenly realm, paid for in full by the Lord Jesus Christ!

8. 1 Timothy 2:1 (NKJV) Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 1 Timothy 2:5 (NKJV) 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:1 (NKJV) Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 1 Timothy 2:5 (NKJV) 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

9. Supplications ( deesis ): Prayers for averting evils of every kind. Prayers ( proseuche ): Prayers for obtaining the good things, spiritual and temporal, which ourselves need. Intercessions ( enteuxis ): Prayers in behalf of others. Giving of thanks ( eucharistia ): Praises to God Supplications ( deesis ): Prayers for averting evils of every kind. Prayers ( proseuche ): Prayers for obtaining the good things, spiritual and temporal, which ourselves need. Intercessions ( enteuxis ): Prayers in behalf of others. Giving of thanks ( eucharistia ): Praises to God

10. Matthew 6:9-13 (NKJV) 9 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 this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

11. Prayer and Intercession needs faith and expectation: Mark 6:3-5 (NIV) 3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor." 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. Prayer and Intercession needs faith and expectation: Mark 6:3-5 (NIV) 3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor." 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

12. Mark 6:3-5 (MSG) 3 But in the next breath they were cutting him down: "He's just a carpenter—Mary's boy. We've known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?" They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further. 4Jesus told them, "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child." 5 Jesus wasn't able to do much of anything there—he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that's all.

13. Prayer and intercession must be fervent: James 5:16 (NKJV) The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 2 Kings 20:1-5 (MSG) 1 Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz paid him a visit and said, "Put your affairs in order; you're about to die—you haven't long to live." 2 Hezekiah turned from Isaiah and faced God, praying: Prayer and intercession must be fervent: James 5:16 (NKJV) The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 2 Kings 20:1-5 (MSG) 1 Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz paid him a visit and said, "Put your affairs in order; you're about to die—you haven't long to live." 2 Hezekiah turned from Isaiah and faced God, praying:

14. 3 Remember, O God, who I am, what I've done! I've lived an honest life before you, My heart's been true and steady, I've lived to please you; lived for your approval. And then the tears flowed. Hezekiah wept. 4 Isaiah, leaving, was not halfway across the courtyard when the word of God stopped him: 5 "Go back and tell Hezekiah, prince of my people, 'God's word, Hezekiah! From the God of your ancestor David: I've listened to your prayer and I've observed your tears. I'm going to heal you. In three days you will walk on your own legs into The Temple of God.

15. Prayer and Intercession has a cost: 2 Samuel 24:21-25 (NIV) 21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" "To buy your threshing floor," David answered, "so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped.“ 22 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt Prayer and Intercession has a cost: 2 Samuel 24:21-25 (NIV) 21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" "To buy your threshing floor," David answered, "so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped.“ 22 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt

16. offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. 23 O king, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to him, "May the Lord your God accept you." 24 But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them. 25 David built an altar to the

17. Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

18. Prayer and Intercession is “work” Luke 11:5-10 (NKJV) 5 And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7 and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you'? Prayer and Intercession is “work” Luke 11:5-10 (NKJV) 5 And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7 and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you'?

19. 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

20. Prayer and Intercession is “work” Joel 2:17-18 (NKJV) 17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, "Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' " 18 Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. Prayer and Intercession is “work” Joel 2:17-18 (NKJV) 17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, "Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' " 18 Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people.