1. A CALL TO STAND IN THE GAP THE POWER OF INTERCEDING FOR A NATION

2. Ezekiel 22:30 “AND I SOUGHT A MAN AMONG THEM WHO SHOULD BUILD UP A WALL AND STAND IN THE GAP BEFORE ME FOR THE LAND THAT I SHOULD NOT DESTROY IT BUT I FOUND NO ONE.”

3. Isaiah 59:16 “And He saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor (no one to intervene in behalf of truth and right)!”

4. GOD SOUGHT FOR A MAN NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO WILL PRAY BUT SOMEONE WHO WILL ASSUME A CERTAIN POSITION AND LIVE A CERTAIN LIFE. - Jeremiah 5:1

5. INTERCESSION A POSITION WE LIVE IN (Build a Wall) A POSITION WE PRAY FROM (Stand in the gap before God and the land)

6. Gaining the Position Luke 11:5-8 (TRIANGLE of Intercession) GOD Intercessor Person or Nation in Great NEED

7. Stages Christ Himself took to be an Intercessor Identification - this is the very essence of intercession. (Matthew 3:14)

8. Isaiah 53:12 “…and HE let Himself be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; He bore and took away the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.”

9. SACRIFICE Christ was the ANSWER to His own prayer. (Luke 23:34) Sacrifice to MEET the NEED. (Hebrews 9:22) “Don’t ASK God to do something unless you are willing for Him to do it through you.”

10. AUTHORITY Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2: 14-15 - Authority with God, power with God -In Christ, we have the authority. His Name is all we need. We do God’s business on earth by the authority of the Name of Jesus!

11. Prayer is Implementing our Victory We are God’s occupying armies- Jesus has defeated our enemy already! We are now to reclaim the grounds from the enemy, drive them away from the lands that are rightfully ours in Jesus name!

12. Intercession is BOLD PRAYING- Genesis 18:23-25 STUBBORN PRAYING –Luke 11:8 DESPERATE PRAYING – Isaiah 62:6-7 Amos 6:1