This is what Christ did through His work of intercession, and it’s what we do in our continuation of it. In light of this, it is important to realize that much of our intercession must be a combination of the two.
It is often not enough to simply ask the Father to do something, although this Is most Christians’ total concept of prayer.
Many times it is necessary to accompany asking with a spiritual ‘warfare’ or ‘wrestling,’ enforcing the victory of Calvary.
As Arthur Matthews said, ‘Victory is an accomplished fact, but it does need a man to lay hold of that victory and precipitate a confrontation with the enemy, and resist him.’
Jack Hayford, in his book Prayer is invading the Impossible*, says:
“To see both sides of
Jesus is to see both sides of prayer.
It is to see the need for compassion, for care, for concern,
for weeping with those that weep, for sympathy, for groaning, for aching deeply because of what you sense transpiring in human lives. And it is to learn the place and time for anger, when we see Satan’s wiles successfully destroying; for indignation, when the adversary’s program violates territory that is rightfully Christ’s; for boldness, when demonic hordes announce their presence; for attack, when the Holy Spirit prompts and advance.”
It is to see the need for compassion, for care, for concern,
for weeping with those that weep, for sympathy, for groaning, for aching deeply because of what you sense transpiring in human lives. And it is to learn the place and time for anger, when we see Satan’s wiles successfully destroying; for indignation, when the adversary’s program violates territory that is rightfully Christ’s; for boldness, when demonic hordes announce their presence; for attack, when the Holy Spirit prompts and advance.”
*(South Plainfield, N.J. Logos International,
1977; revised edition, Bridge publishing. 1995 p. 45)
Prayer Note # 54 - Laying Hold of the Victory, taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs 136-137)
The next Prayer Note on July 10th – Paga Involves Warfare: Prayer Note # 55
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