“the Power Of Agreeing Prayer” Series

Intercession is offering up requests to God on behalf of another who would make the same request of God if they had enough sense to ask.

This is what the Son and the Spirit do for us with the Father. They pray things for us that are consistent with the will of the Father, who desires to bless us, things which we do not have enough sense to ask for.

Now here is where true growth in the discipline of prayer comes in, when I join the Lord in offering up to the Father the petitions that He is praying on my behalf. Growth in prayer occurs as I learn how to pray in agreement with God, for myself, my family, my friends, my neighbors, my school, my church, my community, and my world.

A friend of ours’ in one of our prior churches had his wife leave him for another man, a co-worker at her place of employment. This man was also married, but the two of them agreed that they were going to each leave their spouse and marry one another. She told our friend, her husband, about their intentions and moved out.

Our friend, a new Christian, really sought the Lord in the matter. One day, as he was reading his Bible, he came to Luke 6:27 (NIV), which says, “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

About a month later, his wife’s lover came to her and said, “I have a renewed love for my wife and I’ve decided I am not going to leave her.” Our friend’s wife soon told him what happened. She also told him that she was willing to try to make things work in their marriage. And they reconciled.

That’s praying in a way that is not only informed by the Scripture, but inspired by the Spirit. But as powerful as praying in agreement with God is, there is something that will multiply the power released through prayers offered in agreement with God. That’s . . .

2. Praying in agreement with one another - v. 19

Praying in agreement starts with our learning how to pray in agreement with God, but it also involves our praying in agreement with one another. We can pray in agreement with God for one another, and together for others. Intercession is most powerful when believers seek to pray in agreement with God together.

The more of us who learn how to pray together in agreement with the Father’s will for ourselves and for others, the more we will experience the power and provision of God. And as a result, the more we will know the Lord’s presence in our midst.

Conclusion:

During Superbowl 37, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island or years. Looking like the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the commercial goes up to the door of a suburban home, package in hand.

Then the lady comes to the door, he explains that he survived five years on a deserted island, and during that whole time he kept this package in order to deliver it to her. She gives a