As we close out a busy, battle-intensive year of intercession in 2019, many of us look ahead, with the elections looming, impeachment still rolling in the Senate, some may be thinking that 2020 is just too exhausting to even think about.  We know. We as IFA staff have slid into the end of 2019 with little left in the tank, having seen IFA’s footprint grow immensely, and all the prayer, planning, activity, time, demands, and effort that it takes to be faithful in what he has given us to steward.  We get it.  We are weary too. We have experienced spiritual attacks even in our families.  But yes, we are thankful and blessed with God’s faithfulness to us.  From conversations we’ve had with intercessors, we are not alone.  But then,  we saw an uplifting comment from an IFA intercessor friend, Gloria, who gave some timely exhortations that we needed, and we think you will too.

From Gloria: I pray that you don’t lose heart at the headlines, don’t lose heart at what seems like a loss. Stay positioned in the place of prayer and trust that God knows what he’s doing. He is omnipotent and omnipresent and omniscient. He is already aware of the future because he is there. He is all-powerful and all-knowing and because he is I know that he is not in heaven speaking wringing his hands saying, “what next?” He is always ahead of the enemy, the word even says in Psalm 37:13 that “He laughs at his enemies, he sees their day is coming.” It has been said time and time again that we don’t pray for victory but from victory. As long as we are in Christ we are victorious. Father, I pray for a spirit of refreshing to comfort all the intercessors who are feeling weary. I pray Lord that we learn to enter into your rest even in the midst of warring. We can always find rest in your presence Father. I pray every intercessor facing personal battles would be covered by the peace of God that would surpass our understanding. I was encouraged by reading Hebrews 7 that talks about Jesus as our perfect High Priest seated at the right hand of God. It eased my anxiety and brought me peace. If you are an intercessor, you know all about people coming to you often with prayer requests, while fighting your own battles. Seldom will someone reach out to you and say, “how can I pray for you?” It can be a heavy load to bear. In Hebrews 7:25 it says that Christ is able to save those who come to him from the uttermost, for He lives to make intercession for them.

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That blessed me. Christ who is seated at the right hand of God is interceding for mankind. The ones “uttermost” who seem very far from God and for us intercessors the children of God. CHRIST IS INTERCEDING FOR YOU TODAY. He understands weariness because he was weary. He understands sorrow, he was the man of sorrows. He understands grief, he felt it time and time again on Earth. The one thing he never faces was defeat because he defeated Satan at the cross. He is undefeated. He is uncontended. He is unstoppable. He is Almighty. He is the great I AM. He is Alpha and Omega and he always will be. He is for us not against us. He is victorious and the word says that we are overcomers and more than conquerors in Him.

Father, I pray for every Intercessor reading this to be blessed in Your presence. I pray that You would strengthen them as they wait upon You, Lord.

For He who has promised us is faithful to keep his word. He never abandons us. He never fails us and he won’t start now! Intercessors keep praying!
Keep warring! Keep travailing! Keep standing! Keep building! Keep plowing! For the Lord is with you mighty warriors! No word from God will ever fail.

If you have an exhortation for the body of intercessors, share it below in the comments.  If you were encouraged reading this one, let us know that too!  Isn’t God’s Body of Christ a wonderful thing?