Thursday, June 21, 2018
When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.
Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.”
This was Job’s regular custom.
Job 1:5 NIV
What can you say about Job? He had it all — a large family, wealth, and health. And his love for the LORD was steadfast, to say the least.
Job loved his family so much that his regular custom was to intercede to God on their behalf. His prayers included sacrifices for the sins of his children.
Intercession is not a word we use a whole lot these days.
Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others.
In Western Christianity, intercession forms a distinct form of prayer, alongside
Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving.
Wikipedia
We don’t have to be involved in blood atonement through the sacrifices of animals these days because Christ stood in for us as our unblemished lamb. But we can still get on our knees on behalf of our children to seek God’s guidance for them. And we should. Every day.
For what can we pray?
- safety, security, protection
- physical, spiritual, and mental health
- wisdom, discernment
- fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control)
- God’s will
It is of utmost importance that our children have a personal relationship with the Lord — that is something we cannot do for them. But lifting our prayers to the Lord on behalf of our precious little ones — no matter what their biological age — is a blessing and a responsibility and an honor.
http://www.alfchurch.org/ministries/intercessory-prayer/
PRAYER: A Passion for the Presence of God
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