There are moments when you carry a burden you cannot explain.A child. A marriage. A family. A church. A city. A nation.You pray. You wait. You pray again.But the questions remain:What am I supposed to do with this burden?How do I know what to pray?Does my intercession really make a difference?What do I do when the answer is delayed?And perhaps the deepest question:Why would God involve a human being in matters that concern heaven?This is the mystery and responsibility of intercession.In The Power of Intercession and the Intercessor, Nicholas A. Lawrence takes you beyond routine prayer into the deeper life of the intercessor, where God reveals a matter, calls someone to stand, and teaches that person how to carry the burden.Beginning with Abraham standing before God over Sodom, and moving through Moses, Samuel, Daniel and Job, this book uncovers the biblical patterns of effective intercession: hearing the cry, discerning God's intentions, approaching Him with humility and boldness, appealing to His nature, persisting without presumption, and standing in the gap when others cannot.But intercession is not only about what you pray.It is about who you become while you pray.You can carry a burden until it begins to carry you. You can pray intensely without knowing how to pray strategically. You can desire spiritual authority while neglecting consecration. You can stand against darkness publicly while privately struggling with compromise, unforgiveness or pride.This book confronts those realities.You will discover how to carry spiritual burdens without breaking, develop the discipline and endurance of a watchman, protect the purity of the vessel God uses, and remain faithful when answers are delayed.Then the book takes you to the foundation of all Christian intercession:Jesus Christ.He is the Great High Priest, the source of our access, the foundation of our authority, and the ultimate example of an intercessor.From there, the teaching becomes practical.You will receive an Intercession Blueprint for turning spiritual burdens into focused prayer. You will learn how to intercede for families, cities and nations, respond in moments of emergency, build intercessory teams, and carry the assignment beyond yourself.Because intercession was never meant to end with you.The cry reaches heaven.The burden finds a vessel.The vessel takes its place.And the intercessor stands in the gap.This book is for the believer who knows there must be more to prayer than asking God for personal needs. It is for the prayer warrior who needs greater understanding, the watchman who needs endurance, the leader who carries people in prayer, and the believer who has wondered whether those hidden prayers are accomplishing anything.God is not merely calling you to pray.He is calling you to stand.And when you understand how to stand, what to carry, whose authority you carry, and how to remain faithful to the assignment, prayer becomes more than a moment.It becomes a life.
