Intercede with God for them

"I exhort…….that…intercessions..be made." 1Ti 2:1 NKJV
Paul writes: "I exhort…that…intercessions…be made
for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be
saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (vV.
1-4 NKJV). Intercession means "to mediate between
parties with a view to reconciling those who differ or
contend." It happens every day in the court system
when lawyers intercede on behalf of their clients. It
also happened in Scripture. When Israel made a
golden calf and worshiped it, Moses interceded with
God on their behalf, saying: "Oh, these people have
committed a great sin...Yet now, if You will forgive their
sin-but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which
You have written" (Ex 32:31-32 NKJV). And it worked.
God told Moses, "Go, lead the people to the place of
which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go
before you" (v. 34 NKJV). Later when Israel turned
again to worship false gods, Samuel said, "Gather all
Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray [intercede] to the Lord
for you" (1Sa 7:5 NKJV). As a result, the Lord sent a
loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so
confused them that they were defeated before Israel
(See 1Sa 7:10 NKJV). Interceding can be a lonely
business, and it's also hard work: "Always laboring
fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God" (Col 4:12
NKJV). But when nothing else works, intercessory
prayer does!

When nothing else works, intercessory prayer does!

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