Intercessory prayer is prayer on behalf of another person. As with all prayer that fits the biblical model true intercessory prayer comes from the heart to the one true God for such as He has commanded us to pray. Intercessory prayer has nothing to do with praying to or through dead saints. Our requests are rather made directly to God our Father who hears us because of Christ.
Though the Bible speaks of vitally important intercessory prayer offered on our behalf by Christ (Romans 8:34) and the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26), when we talk about such prayer, we are normally referring to one human’s prayers on behalf of another, and the Bible speaks volumes, both in instruction and example regarding such prayer.
The reason that intercessory prayer “works” is that God, to whom it is offered, is divinely powerful to act, and has chosen to answer the rightly ordered and offered prayers of his people.
Though the Bible speaks of vitally important intercessory prayer offered on our behalf by Christ (Romans 8:34) and the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26), when we talk about such prayer, we are normally referring to one human’s prayers on behalf of another, and the Bible speaks volumes, both in instruction and example regarding such prayer.
The reason that intercessory prayer “works” is that God, to whom it is offered, is divinely powerful to act, and has chosen to answer the rightly ordered and offered prayers of his people.
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