“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under
the heavens.”
(and a season to cut
footloose)
On a serious note…
We all go through
those seasons. Our personal life, our family, and church all go through
seasons. We may go through a season of unemployment and then a season of the
best job of your life; a season of being a leader and a season of being a
follower; a season of being in the military followed by civilian life; a season
of giving and a season of receiving. And the list can go on and on.
My church back in
England went through very distinct seasons. I think they were so evident
because we were such a small group but transparent before the Lord. I can
pinpoint to the month and events in those months when our seasons changed. We
would be in a season of healing, Holy Spirit baptisms, peace, struggle, warrior
spirit, giving, serving, and much more. One of those seasons was intercession.
Our area of England
was is farm-town so we had villages, not towns or cities. We were in deep
prayer for our villages. “God of This City” by Chris Tomlin had become our
anthem but instead of singing city, we would sing whatever village we were
interceding for or our own village. I am sure we sounded like a bunch of fruit
loops to others but to the Lord, it was all he could ask for. I didn’t witness
any huge revivals during my time there, a Great Awakening, but I know there was
change, we knew it was happening. We fully believed that God was softening the
hearts of those in England. Because of the power of prayer marriages could be
saved, families restored, addictions broken, strongholds tore down. Who knows
but God! We were called into a season to pray and intercede for those who were
not praying on their own. For those who had turned their backs on God, who did
not know who God was, who called themselves Christians but did not know God, for
those who hurt too bad to see the good in life anymore. We were praying for
them.
We moved earlier this
year back to the states and now that we are all settled in our new area, every
time I get into my car “God of this City” comes on. This is not a new song that
you hear every couple hours so for me to hear it so many times I knew God was
up to something. Was it a coincidence that I went through a season of
intercession for my last home-village and now that I have moved to a new area I
am hearing the same anthem? No! I am being called again into a season of
intercession for my new hometown.
Will I see a huge
revival in my town? I don’t know, but I do know that God can do anything! You
better believe I am going to be praying for miraculous healings, for an outpouring
of His Spirit, for marriages and families, addictions, jobs, financial worries,
provision, and favor. This is a new place for me, and new season, and a new
calling.
Now comes your part.
God is calling you.
He is calling you to
intercede for your town, your county, family, workplace, military, hospitals,
schools, government. No prayer request is too big….pray for the WORLD! God
created it, God can handle it! Pray for countries! Start interceding because
now is a season of intercession.
My God is the God of
my city, all 50 states, North America, all 7 continents, this planet; the God
of the Milky Way. My God is the God of the entire universe! He cares about all
of it, so why would one prayer be too big?
So I urge you.
Please, get into a season of intercession. Start now. Say a pray for your
family. Now your child’s school. Move onto your town, then state. Pray for our
nation’s capitol. Intercede for those who do not know Christ. Pray for a door
to open to see and know God’s love first-hand.
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people” 1 Timothy 2:1
Your time is now.
Your season is now. Prayer is always the answer.
How are you praying
for your town, school, country, planet? I would love to hear. Have you been
called into a season of life before? Let me know!
Amanda, this is SO AWESOME!!! God is also calling me into a season of interceding. My parents have been on a prayer list that's been going around through our group's emails. Over these past few weeks, it’s changed to where God has shown me how to pray specifically and He’s given me wisdom and insight on how to intercede for them. Also these past 3 weeks, He's put it in my heart to pray for Erika. And this Friday, in our Friday Night LITES, I had this desire to pray over her and God anointed me so much!! He gave me the words to pray and as I was listening to what He was saying through me, He gave me so many visions and pictures in the Spirit of what was going on and what had been happening.
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