Intercession-What should I pray for?
- Marvin McCalla
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 11, 2021
1. Pray for the salvation of Israel and others
Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
2.Pray for God's will to be done
Matthew 6:10
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Colossians 1:9
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
3. Pray for others to be forgiven
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Psalms 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
4. Pray for others to be delivered from temptation
Matthew 6:13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
5. Pray for those who are jealous of you
Matthew 5:44 “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you..."
6. Pray for the persecuted church
Acts 12:5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.
7. Pray for those who are in trouble
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all
8. Pray for world leaders
1 Timothy 2: 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior.
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