Monday, February 1, 2016

40 Days of Prayer - Day 23



Day 23

For a few years, I was the Chief Negotiator of a bargaining unit.  In preparation of these negotiations, we distributed a questionnaire to gather what our members desired in their next contracts.  We received a litany of items from our members and the sorted through which ones were the best items to present to our employer.  My role as Chief Negotiator is to act on behalf of the members.  I have to decide what is in the best interest of the membership regardless if I agreed with it or not.

As a person of prayer you have an opportunity to intercede on behalf of others.  I don’t mean the prayers that you do with someone on the spot, but the prayers you communicate when no one is there.  The word “intercession” means “prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of another”.  When we pray for someone, we are praying for them to God.  We are acting on their behalf.  Tonight, would you pick two people (be specific) and pray for them…intercede on their behalf.   Look on the prayer wall and pick two to pray for.  Make your prayer specific. 

1And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

Numbers 11:1-2

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