Last night, the Holy Spirit had me to pray fervently for the lost! I knew of no one specific in need of prayer last night. So I prayed what was weighing heavy on my heart; those with addictions, the hopeless, the prostitutes, the thieves, the robbers, the liars, the lonely, those who have lost their desire to live. I prayed for them as if I were praying for a loved one! Intercessory prayer is simply praying for others. I cried out for God to, please have mercy on them! I pleaded with God to save them! I reminded The Lord that He created them and that He loves them! The Holy Spirit helped me pray for them! I prayed until the heaviness lifted from my heart. I believe someone needed prayer last night!

At 3:00AM, I awakened and the Lord had me to read Exodus 32. In this chapter, Moses was up on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments while the people at the foot of the mountain turned toward worshipping idol gods. God got so mad at them that he was going to destroy them all for He had just told the people to worship no other gods but Him. I read the chapter and my eyes got bright with glee! My Lord! Here’s an excerpt from Exodus 32 in the NIV bible…

7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’

9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

11 But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

Intercessory prayer has power! Moses was able to change God’s behavior so that he would not bring disaster to them as He had planned. I believe my prayers last night, saved someone from destruction too. I thank God for helping me to understand my experience from reading Exodus 32. Pray for someone today! There is power in intercessory prayer!