"The Power Of Agreeing Prayer"

The lowest level is the inconvenienve level. This is when the Christian only thinks of prayer whenever they face a crisis. Otherwise, prayer is not thought of.

The second level is the iniative level. This is when the Christian has come to realize their need to pray daily and begin to take the iniative to meet with God through a daily quiet time.

The third level is the invitation level. This is when the Christian begins to realize that God will sometimes invite them to prayer at times of His choosing. These are times when god lays someone on the Christian’s heart at 2 AM and calls them to intercede.

The fourth level is the level Paul is speaking of here - the interactive level of prayer. This is when the Christian allows God to direct their prayers, allowing the Spirit to not only direct the time of prayer, but also what they should pray for and how they should pray. Allowing the Spirit to guide us in applying the promises of Scripture to any given situation.

As the Spirit leads us to exercise the authority the Scripture informs us is ours, we experience tactical victories!

"Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them." - Hebrews 7:25 (NIV)

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will." - Romans 8:26-27 (NIV)

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 agree¬ment with God, for my self, my family, my friends, my neighbors, my school, my church, my community, and my world.

Now, 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 agree¬ment with God together.

The more of us who learn how to pray together in agreement with the Fa¬ther’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."