Break Free
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Prayer and Intercession Part 4
Praying in the Spirit edifies the person praying. Then, when you are built up, strengthened, and encouraged, you can continue with the spiritual the warfare you are called to do:
One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself 1 Cor. 14:4a.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith; praying in the Holy Spirit Jude 20.
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Prayer and Intercession Part 3
Praying in the Spirit has a definite meaning. Although you do not understand what you are praying for, God does: There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no style is without meaning 1 Cor. 14:10.
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Prayer and intercession Part 2
Praying in the Spirit is a means by which the Holy Spirit intercedes through your Spirit in prayer. This is where we get the term “prayer language,” an unlearned language in which you can pray. When you pray with your understanding, you are easily influenced by your feelings, thoughts, desires, experiences, distractions, knowledge, and will. Even your vocabulary can limit your prayers. God gives you a prayer language that bypasses your mind, will, and emotions and allows you to continue in prayer without interruption:
And in the same way, the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words, and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose Rom. 8:26-28; 1 Cor. 14:14; 1 John 5:14,15; Jas. 4:3.
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Prayer and intercession Part 1
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His Authority
Father, I ask that You will now be done, and I thank you. In Jesus’ name and by His authority, I declare it done.
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8. JEHOVAH-ROHI: “Jehovah, my shepherd.”
MEANING: Companion, friend, to cherish, to feed or lead, to guide and direct and instruct.
The title SHEPHERD shows us that God is able to condescend to a relationship with mortal, sinful creatures whom He has redeemed. It suggests a one-on-one relationship to feed us and keep us as His inheritance 2 Sam. 7:8; Ps. 78:70-72.
Shepherding has not changed much in Palestine. A Palestinian shepherd lives with his animals night and day, establishing true intimacy with them. He calls each one by name, and they, knowing his voice and responding only to his call, follow him. By sleeping in the makeshift sheepfold, he protects the sheep from thieves and from preying animals who would devour them at night. The sheep sense his watchfulness and fear no evil. He provides pasture and water for them even in the wilderness.
If there can exist such a tender intimacy between a man and his sheep, how much more so between Jehovah and man, whom He Himself created?
What a marvelous thing that God should offer Himself in such a relationship.
This portrays how we are in the shadow of our Father’s loving care, watchful protection, and strong defense. He truly keeps us from all evil. He never slumbers nor sleeps. He is attached and devoted to us and protects our lives from perils and pitfalls.
God is an intensely personal Shepherd. He knows each one of us individually.
Jesus is our Good Shepherd who came to gently lead us. He qualified himself to become the Great Shepherd by first becoming a lamb, thus entering intimately into every experience and need of a sheep.
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7. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH: “Jehovah is there”140 BECOMING A PRAYER WARRIOR
MEANING The Lord is present, the Lord is there; His fullness dwells among us, He tabernacles with us, His glory is manifested among us.
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH is the promise and pledge of the completion of that purpose in man’s final rest and glory. For man’s end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Ezekiel’s prophecy of hope and consolation predicts the restoration of the land and people in a measure far beyond anything they had ever experienced in the past or could have imagined.
The uniqueness of Israel had always been that the presence of God dwelled with them. The condition of His continued presence among them was their faithfulness to a covenant, by which they promised to be a holy people to a holy God.
The fullness of Jehovah’s presence is our hope and the end of all prophetic expectations, for we are both waiting and longing for His appearance. We are looking for the new heaven and the new earth where His righteousness will dwell with us forever.
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6. JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU: “Jehovah, our righteousness.”
MEANING: Rendering justice and making suitable; to justify, declare innocent, or to acquit.
TSEDEK: This literal application of the Word has to do with full weights or measures; from this idea is derived the meanings right toward God; righteousness and justice.
Israel was commanded to walk in the paths of righteousness and to offer the sacrifices of righteousness, putting their trust in the Lord. Nevertheless, Jehovah, who is perfectly righteous, cannot overlook the lack of righteousness in man, for “He will by no means clear the guilty” Num. 14:18.
It was prophesied by Isaiah that “in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified” Isa 45:25. Jesus is that righteousness for both the Jews and the Gentiles; it is bestowed upon us as a free gift through faith.
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU reveals to us the method and the measure of our acceptance before God, cleansed in the blood of the Lamb and clothed with the white robe of the righteousness of Him who is Jehovah-Jesus.
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