Habits of the Highly Effective Intercessor - The Word of God

There are several successful habits of the Highlyand do the enemy's work. While every body else
Effective Intercessor!is praying they may be calling up demonic spirits
The first is reading and studying the word of Godto oppress the Christians and hinder the work of
regularly.that church. This is one reason why it is very
We are commanded to both read and study todangerous to have prayer meetings where
show ourselves approved as workers or ministerseveryone just goes and prays alone or in which
of God and particularly as effective Intercessors.everyone just prays out loud together at the
In my opinion every Christian should read the biblesame time with no one monitoring the prayers of
through at least once in their lifetime and if calledanyone else.
to a leadership ministry at least once every fiveThis environment is ripe for Satanists to cast
years while pursuing definite areas of study alongspells and do incantations against the very prayer
the way.group and the church that it represents. For this
As an Effective Intercessor the habit of readingreason you must be able to listen and intelligently
and studying the Word of God helps you in:judge the content of someone else's prayer. 1Co
1) Having Accurate and Comprehensive2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words
Knowledge of the Word of God - Being accuratewhich man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy
means not misquoting or misrepresentingGhost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
scriptures, for instance: Saying that money is thespiritual.
root of all evil when the scripture actually says3) Possessing an Alert Mind - The overall quality
that THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Itof your mental processes are enhanced - more
also means understanding the meaning of thespeed and efficiency. You are able to process
scripture and not just being able to repeat it like ainformation coming from the spirit realm and
parrot. For instance, a very simple example is thearticulate it in natural speech more fluently. Thou
6th commandment: "Thou shalt not kill." Have youthrough thy commandments hast made me wiser
ever killed... a Mosquito, a Fly, an Ant? Of coursethan mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I
you have, so it doesn't mean exactly what ithave more understanding than all my teachers:
says, does it?for thy testimonies are my meditation. Ps
No it doesn't it needs to be interpreted, do you119:98-99
see that? What the 6th commandment actuallyRemember, in intercessory prayer your spirit
means is, "You must not UNLAWFULLY take theconnects with God and receives instructions from
life of a human being."Him, then your mind has to interpret what your
Having a comprehensive knowledge of the biblespirit received making sense of it before you can
means being familiar with the entire word of Godspeak it out loud. The capability of your mind and
from Genesis to Revelation and is necessary inquality of your mental processes will either help or
order to fully understand the mind of God. Forhinder the effectiveness of your intercessory
instance, the book of Revelation is written withprayers.
lots of signs and symbols and is generally very4) Practicing Wisdom and Spiritual Maturity - Zeal
difficult to understand. However, there are a lotwithout wisdom is a very dangerous thing. When
of concepts in the book of Revelation that areGod begins revealing information to you about
also discussed in other parts of the bible like thesomeone that you are praying for, some of the
books of Ezekiel, Daniel and Matthew, so if youinformation may be personal and sensitive and
were also familiar with these books it would beone requires wisdom to know how and when to
much easier to understand the book ofapply that information. Not everything that you
Revelation.sense from the spirit realm needs to be prayed
Having an accurate and comprehensive knowledgefor immediately! It can be kept and prayed for
of the word of God therefore, will aid you inlater, in private.
knowing the will of God in any particular situation.And that from a child thou hast known the holy
And knowing God's will and the mind of Godscriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto
obviously will increase your level of effectivenesssalvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2Ti
as an intercessor.3:15
2) Knowing the Will of God - When you are inAll of us do many wrong things. But if you can
intercession and receiving impressions from thecontrol your tongue, you are mature and able to
spirit realm you must be able to match up whatcontrol your whole body. Jas 3:2 (CEV)
you receive to what the will of God actually isI have been in prayer meetings where someone
according to His word.prayed out loud about something that needed to
The reason is you may hear not just the voice ofbe kept quiet and prayed about later in private
God but also ANY voice in the spirit realm. Forbecause it was of a sensitive and personal nature.
instance, the enemy is always trying to trip youThis eventually caused more problems than
up and cause you to pray contrary to God's will,solving them and was a direct result of a lack of
so he sends you impressions that may seem likeexperience and wisdom.
they're coming from God but are contrary to5) Cultivating Discernment - You are in tune with
God's will, that's why you've got to be verythe spirit realm around you and have your spiritual
discerning and know God's written will.senses enhanced. You have the ability to
Also, you may be praying with someone whodistinguish between right and wrong, truth and
desire's a certain thing from the Lord but what heerror, according to the word of God and sense if
desires is NOT the will of God for him at thata manifestation is of the Spirit of the Lord or a
time. And this person's thoughts and emotionsdifferent spirit.
may be so strong that as a prayer warrior with aBut strong meat belongeth to them that are of
very sensitive spirit you may actually pick up thisfull age, even those who by reason of use have
person's thoughts and feelings from the spirittheir senses exercised to discern both good and
realm and NOT the thoughts and emotions ofevil. Heb 5:14 The spirit of Religion is a demonic
God. So, you've got to be intimate with the mindspirit which imitates the Holy Spirit almost to
of God in order to keep yourself from going intoperfection. If you are not discerning it's easy to
error.get caught up believing some of the
You also need to know God's will in order tomanifestations of this spirit and be fooled into
effectively judge the prayers of anyone else!accepting its doctrines. The Bible says, "And no
This may come as a surprise to some of you butmarvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an
you've got to be able to accurately judge theangel of light. 2 Cor 11:14
intelligence and godliness of the prayers thatWhen Peter, Jesus' trusted right hand man began
people pray. Why, you ask? For two reasons,dissuading Him from going to the cross Jesus
first, when young or immature Christians prayimmediately recognized that this was not just
they will make mistakes due to their inexperiencePeter speaking but he was being influenced by a
and ignorance, this is to be expected. So it's thesatanic spirit and rebuked it accordingly.
responsibility of the more mature Christians toAccurate discernment is an invaluable tool in
guide these younger Christians to pray morebecoming an effective Intercessor and having a
effectively as time goes by.comprehensive and accurate understanding of the
Secondly, there are witches being sent out intoword of God goes a long way in developing Godly
churches specifically to infiltrate the prayer groupsdiscernment.