lor WorlJwiJe Distributior, lrirteJ ir tle L.S.A. 1 2 3 + 5 6 7 8 / 15 1+ 13 12 11 DeJicatior l wart to JeJicate tlis book to you tle reaJer. 1lark you for takir, tle time to ,o tlrou,l tlis book; for seekir, after tle leart of CoJ; tle lor,ir, to krow His leartbeat; to feel Him ir your everyJay. We all lave a place ir us tlat lor,s for Him. As you reaJ tlese pa,es arJ take time witl Him, l krow tlat He will meet you ir a ,reater way arJ your life will be clar,eJ. AckrowleJ,merts l tlark my lusbarJ for beir, tle ,reatest mar alive. You are amaz- ir,' My life witl you las beer beyorJ my Jreams. You lave always let me be me, arJ you lave always let me soar witl Jesus. You lave supporteJ me ir my book projects all tle way, but most of all you lave supporteJ me ir my life, tlis lappy aJverture. l love you witl all my leart' A lu,e tlarks to all my wilJ, worJerful frierJs; we are crazy for Jesus. 1larks for your faitlful prayer coverir,' LrJorsemerts l love tlis book' lt may be tle best book or prayer ever. T|e Hcµµy íntercessor is alive witl lreserce. Learr tle secret of tle secret place: low to capture tle leartbeat of leaver arJ pray it irto our worlJ-but be lappy wlile you're at it. 1le first opporturity l laJ to fellowslip witl Leri sle irviteJ me for a walk arourJ ler city. As we wert over tle row famous SurJial LriJ,e mertioreJ ir Clapter + (wlere we firJ out low to ¨owr your city") tle tlir, tlat impacteJ me most was ler joy. lt was rot roisy joy. ArJ it felt like Heaver listereJ wler sle spoke. Leri seemeJ tlorou,lly at rest, corfiJert ir a o|¸ CoJ, so aware of tle worlJ arourJ, arJ so alive witl tle serse tlat wler sle prayeJ eartl obeyeJ. l krow row tlat sle ,ot tlat tlrou,l ler jourrey irto CoJ's leart. lf you live it, you car ,ive it away. 1lat is wlat Leri Joes ir tlis book. T|e Hcµµy íntercessor is a ,ift for every persor lur,ry to krow CoJ face to face. 1lis book is a must for every persor seekir, si,rificarce. lrom classical tleolo,y witl a Jowr-to-eartl propletic twist to masterir, tle mystical realm, T|e Hcµµy íntercessor is practical, pra,matic, arJ persoral. 1ake tlis book arJ lay Jowr ir CoJ.l tlirk you'll firJ you're soarir,' Lorrie ClavJa Sr. Assoc. lastor, All Natiors Clurcl CofourJer, 1le Watcl of tle LorJ Clarlotte, Nortl Carolira l lave reaJ ro less tlar +O books or irtercessior. Some claller,eJ me to pray more, otlers lelpeJ me to see CoJ's Jesi,r for prayer, but few kept my rapt attertior like Leri Jolrsor's T|e Hcµµy íntercessor. 1lis is ore of tle most irterestir, books or irtercessior l lave ever reaJ. Leri las tle urique ability to blerJ tle leaverly witl tle practical tlrou,l ler owr life stories arJ biblical irsi,lt. 1lis is a must reaJ for every persor calleJ to irtercessior, especially if you are lavir, trouble beir, corsistert at it. Jolr laul Jacksor lourJer, Streams Miristries lrterratioral Autlor, Lnncs||n¸ t|e íe,eoe| Sµ|r|t l lave krowr Leri Jolrsor for more tlar 3O years. l lave watcleJ ler relatiorslip witl CoJ ,row irto ore of tle most beautiful love stories tlat las ever beer tolJ. Just sperJir, a few mirutes witl ler will cause you to lur,er for more irtimacy witl tle latler arJ will remirJ you of your first love. T|e Hcµµy íntercessor is more tlar a ,ooJ book or prayer; it is a Holy Spirit jourrey irto tle very leart of tle latler. 1lis book coulJ revolutiorize tle way you relate to CoJ or every level. Let tle jourrey be,ir' lris \allottor CofourJer, Letlel Sclool of Superratural Miristry Autlor, T|e Suµerncturc| \cys oj Royc|ty arJ Deve|oµ|n¸ c Suµerncturc| l|jesty|e 1lis is a book tlat makes irtercessior er,a,ir,, excitir,, arJ Jare l say.exlilaratir,` l tlirk it car spark a revolutior amor, people like me wlo reeJ fresl, irrovative irsi,lt irto low to pray ¨witlout ceasir," arJ still be erer,izeJ. Witl tlis book ir larJ, we car recruit ar army of ¨killer sleep" to police tle leavers ir every commurity arJ tle top of every mourtair of irfluerce.arJ erjoy tle battle' Larce Wallrau lourJer, Larce Learrir, Croup T|e Hcµµy íntercessor is a ore-of-a-kirJ maruscript, proviJir, valu- able irsi,lt irto tle ofter misurJerstooJ realm of irtercessior. Like its autlor, tlis extraorJirary book is real, Jowr to eartl, arJ refreslir,ly lorest. T|e Hcµµy íntercessor skillfully captures tle true leart of irterces- sior ir a way tlat is urcomplicateJ, yet powerful ir applicatior. Larry larJolpl lourJer, Larry larJolpl Miristries Autlor, Sµ|r|t Tc||, T|e Con|n¸ S||jt arJ Lser ír|enJ|y Iroµ|ecy Corterts loreworJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 lrtroJuctior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DAY 1 LrburJer Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 DAY 2 All 1lir,s for CooJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 DAY 3 Life lereweJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 DAY + lor lullir, Dowr Stror,lolJs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 DAY 5 Day by Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3 DAY 6 Lxperiercir, His Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +7 DAY 7 No A,erJa lequireJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 DAY 8 Yes' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 DAY 9 Ar Òffersive Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 DAY 1O No lear zore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 DAY 11 Hit tle Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 DAY 12 levealeJ 1lrou,l His Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 DAY 13 A Spirit li,lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 DAY 1+ LlooJsleJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 DAY 15 lor Òtlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 DAY 16 1akir, Òwrerslip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 DAY 17 Jesus, Òur Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 DAY 18 Wear a Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 DAY 19 Lut Wlat About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 DAY 2O 1le Joy of tle LorJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1O3 DAY 21 1le 1lree lealms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1O7 DAY 22 1le Spirit lealm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 DAY 23 1le 1lirJ lealm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 DAY 2+ Airways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 DAY 25 War ir tle Heaverlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 DAY 26 lrayer Makes a Differerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 DAY 27 No WorJs Necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 DAY 28 Warfare 1lrou,l Worslip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 DAY 29 Worslip arJ CoJ's lreserce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 DAY 3O Watcl tle ClilJrer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1+3 DAY 31 Warfare 1lrou,l Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1+7 DAY 32 lest 1lat ls Lterral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 DAY 33 1rue Sabbatl lest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 DAY 3+ lestir, ir tle Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 DAY 35 AJJressir, tle lssues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 DAY 36 Corfrortir, LaJ Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 DAY 37 lrtercessory lur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 DAY 38 Mystics arJ Cortemplatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 DAY 39 Mystics-Super arJ Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 DAY +O MeJitate Witlir Your Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 ApperJix: A Li, Dose of Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 19 loreworJ Writir, ar erJorsemert or a foreworJ for a book is a ,reat loror. 1lis is especially true wler you krow tle autlor arJ lave seer low tle messa,e sle las writter las beer liveJ out ir ler life. 1lat beir, tle case, l've rever beer more lororeJ to write or belalf of arotler autlor tlar l lave witl tlis ore: my wife. Arytime l irtroJuce Leri ir my travels or presert ler teaclir, CDs, l mertior tlat sle is a si,r arJ a worJer-s|e |s c |cµµy |ntercessor. 1lat commert usually ,ets a lau,l because it is ore area of clurcl life wlere larslress, irtolerarce, arJ Jepressior lave beer corsiJereJ tle price of aJmissior. 1lat rervous lau,lter also reveals a lope tlat it coulJ be Jifferert. We lave JiscovereJ as a clurcl tlat it car arJ must be Jifferert. l was tlere wler tle propletic Jeclaratior was maJe over ler life about becomir, ar irtercessor. We botl laJ beer exposeJ to irtercessors wlo maJe us wart arytlir, but tlat callir, ir life. 1leir ourJen, wlicl we JiscovereJ later was just a farcy worJ for Jepressior, was rot a very 2O irvitir, ima,e for tlose of us wlo were truly wartir, to learr low to pray. Lut sle krew erou,l rot to reject tle worJ. l remember tle ri,lt my wife was clar,eJ from timiJ to bolJ-from a oe||nJ t|e scenes kirJ of persor to beir, ir frort, ,ivir, Jirectior. lt lappereJ ir ore ri,lt. Sle laJ ar ercourter witl tle LorJ ir 1ororto ir wlicl sle slook like a Jislra,. lt was fearful arJ amazir, to watcl. All fear of mar arJ irtimiJatior seemeJ to be slaker ri,lt out of ler. A lioress was borr tlat ri,lt. Her jourrey ir irtercessior be,ar tle best way possible. Sle was a lover of CoJ first arJ foremost. ArJ tlat became tle cortext for all ler learrir,. Sometimes you just Jor't krow tle keys arJ profourJ prirci- ples for brir,ir, a breaktlrou,l ir ar area, but you car always take time to love CoJ. 1lat is ler story. Wlile Leri's irsi,lts arJ experierces are true arJ profourJ, tley were rot learreJ because of a Jesire to be power- ful. 1ley are all borr out of tle Jesire just to krow arJ love CoJ witl every possible breatl. l believe tlat to be tle secret to effective prayer- to love CoJ, perioJ. Lecause lovir, CoJ Jevelops a partrerslip. ArJ it's mucl more fur to pray witl CoJ tlar merely to pray to Him. l pray tlis Jevotioral will brir, you to ar ever Jeeper walk arJ joy- ous life witl your leaverly latler-tle jourrey is about to be,ir' Lill Jolrsor 21 lrtroJuctior 1lis Jevotioral jourral is a cortiruatior of tle corcepts arJ prir- ciples preserteJ ir T|e Hcµµy íntercessor. lt is Jesi,reJ to lelp you Jis- cover tle irtercessor ir you. Lacl Jay is JiviJeJ irto four irspirir, arJ tlou,lt-provokir, sectiors: T|e Hcµµy íntercessor. T|e Hcµµy ínterces- sor arJ tlou,lts tlat prompt irtrospectior arJ provoke activity. Lacl Jay brir,s you closer to Jiscoverir, CoJ's love arJ plar for your life. You will experierce for yourself tlrou,l persoral Jevotior arJ 22 jourralir, low to be Jirectly irvolveJ ir irtercessory prayer for His clil- Jrer rext Joor-arJ worlJwiJe. Q&A-PRAYER AND INTERCESSION 1le followir, questiors arJ arswers ,ive you a basis or wlicl to builJ your time ir Jevotior witl CoJ arJ a sprir,boarJ for your time of jourralir,. l presert tlese to you as a way of correctir, witl tle joy of irtercessory prayer. Q. Tbe BibÌe Joesn't mention an officiaÌ position of an intercessor. From wbere JiJ toJay's Cbristians get tbis| A. Lver tlou,l tle Lible Joesr't lave ar official title for ar irterces- sor, tlere are mary biblical examples of times wler CoJ lookeJ for ar irtercessor. lr lsaial 59:16 it says, ¨He scw t|ct t|ere wcs no ncn, cnJ wonJereJ t|ct t|ere wcs no |ntercessor, t|erejore H|s own crn orou¸|t sc|vct|on jor H|n, cnJ H|s own r|¸|teousness, |t sustc|neJ H|n.` 1ler a,air ir Lzekiel 22:3O, ¨So í sou¸|t jor c ncn cnon¸ t|en w|o wou|J nc|e c wc||, cnJ stcnJ |n t|e ¸cµ oejore Me on oe|c|j oj t|e |cnJ, t|ct í s|ou|J not Jestroy |t, out í jounJ no one.` Mary people, especially tle proplets ir tle Lible, JefireJ |ntercessor for us tlrou,l tleir lives, ever tlou,l tley were rot ,iver tlat title. Òre of tlose woulJ be Moses. Moses stooJ before CoJ or mary occa- siors to ask CoJ for mercy or belalf of a stiff-reckeJ people. Òr ore oc- casior, CoJ tolJ Moses tlat He woulJ clar,e His mirJ because of lim (see Num. 1+:2O). CoJ looks for tlose wlo will starJ ir tle ,ap for wlatever tle rea- sor. Arotler tlir, JemorstrateJ ir tlese verses is tlat CoJ really Joes wart us to partrer witl Him for His lir,Jom to be realizeJ or eartl as it is ir Heaver. Q. Wbat is tbe Jifference between prayer anJ intercession| A. Ircyer ir tle ÒlJ 1estamert is, for tle most part, tle same worJ as |ntercess|on. lr tle New 1estamert, tle worJ µrcyer mears to worslip, 23 to petitior, or make a request. 1le Jefiritior of tle worJ |ntercess|on, ir tle New 1estamert, is very similar to µrcyer. 1le worJ µc¸c, trarslateJ irtercessior ir tle ÒlJ 1estamert, mears ¨by acciJert or violerce, cause to ertreat, fall, li,lt upor, meet to,etler." 1lere is rot mucl Jiffererce betweer tle two, except for tle violert (µc¸c) part of irtercessior. 1lat woulJ irvolve a more irterse part of prayer. l believe tlat irtercessior is tle actior of pleaJir, or someboJy's belalf, tle actior of attemptir, to settle a Jispute or a prayer to CoJ, a ,oJ, or a sairt or belalf of someboJy or sometlir,. 1o irterceJe is to pleaJ witl someboJy ir autlority or belalf of someboJy else, especially someboJy wlo is to be purisleJ for sometlir,. lt is to speak ir support of someboJy irvolveJ ir a Jispute; it is ar at- tempt to settle a Jispute betweer otlers. lrtercessior irvolves reaclir, CoJ, meetir, CoJ, arJ ertreatir, Him for His favor. Q. Are we aÌÌ caÌÌeJ to pray anJ interceJe| A. Yes, we are. We are all calleJ to lave a relatiorslip witl our latler. ArJ out of tlat, it sloulJ be automatic for us to pray. Lut l Jo believe tlat a persor car lave a ¸|jt of irtercessior-a ,ift ,iver by CoJ. You car tell tlat you lave tlis ,ift if all tlat you wart to Jo is be witl CoJ arJ if you feel yourself beir, pulleJ irto prayer by wlat you see arourJ you. Q. Wby pray| A. lemember, prayer is talkir, to CoJ. l love beir, arourJ my lus- barJ. We lave a worJerful relatiorslip. We sperJ time to,etler arJ talk arJ slare our lives. l feel tlat CoJ is lookir, for tlose wlo will commure (talk) witl Him arJ be witl Him. He is our latler arJ Joes wart to slare His leart witl us. As He slares, we ir resporse will wart to pray. lt is a partrerir,. I.:r.¹·.:... 2+ Re¡o|ce c|wcys, µrcy w|t|out cecs|n¸, |n everyt||n¸ ¸|ve t|cn|s, jor t||s |s t|e w||| oj CoJ |n C|r|st íesus jor you (1 1lessaloriars 5:16-18). 1le Lible tells us tlat prayir, arJ ,ivir, tlarks is CoJ's will for our lives. Q. How Ìong Joes someone bave to pray for a particuÌar issue| A. lrom my owr experierce, l believe tlat tlere are life assi,rmerts tlat CoJ ,ives eacl of us. lor me, tlat is prayir, for tle fivefolJ ,ov- errmert of tle Clurcl to be set up arJ ir workir, orJer. Lut, l also tlirk tlat CoJ ,ives us slort-term prayer assi,rmerts. How Jo you krow wler tlat assi,rmert is over` You will feel a liftir, or release from tle assi,rmert. 1lere are also times wler ar assi,rmert will come arJ ,o. lor ex- ample, for several years l laJ beer prayir, for a particular re,ior arJ ever for a specific leaJer ir tlat re,ior. 1ler, it all stoppeJ for a year. Òre morrir, l woke up arJ tlou,lt, í wonJer |ow t|ct µerson |s Jo|n¸. 1le Jesire to pray for tlis re,ior arJ persor all came back, arJ l be,ar to pray a,air. l tlirk tle key lere is to be sersitive to His voice, arJ you will krow. Q. How Jo we know tbat we are praying to CoJ's wiÌÌ| A. 1o be lorest tlere are times wler we lit arJ miss, arJ from tlat, we learr low to krow. We always must use tle Lible as tle ,uiJe- lire as well. ¨ín t|e scne wcy t|e Sµ|r|t c|so |e|µs our wec|ness, jor we Jo not |now |ow to µrcy cs we s|ou|J, out t|e Sµ|r|t H|nse|j |nterceJes jor us w|t| ¸rocn- |n¸s too Jeeµ jor worJs` (lom. 8:26 NASL). 1le spirit ir a persor krows tle persor, so witl tle Holy Spirit. He krows tle latler. So if we are tappeJ irto tle Holy Spirit, we will lave a mucl li,ler percerta,e of our prayers beir, ri,lt or track. We reeJ to be careful tlat we are rot maripulatir, witl our prayers. l lave aJJresseJ tlis issue ir tle Jevotioral. Q. Wben sbouÌJ we travaiÌ in prayer| 25 A. lor me, travailir, is rot sometlir, l cloose. lt clooses me. Q. Wbat about praying in tbe Spirit; bow Joes praying in tongues become intercession| A. lor ar irtercessor, tor,ues play ar importart role as we pray. l sperJ a lot of time prayir, ir tor,ues. l like to use my prayer lar,ua,e wler l take walks. As l walk, l be,ir prayir, ir tor,ues, arJ l car feel my spirit be,ir to er,a,e witl tle Holy Spirit. As l cortirue to pray, tlir,s will come to my mirJ, arJ l will speak ir tor,ues over tlose tlir,s. lt car become easy to pray yet rot er,a,e witl tle Holy Spirit. lt car become just sometlir, we Jo witl ro life ir it. Lut er,a,ir, witl our spirit lar,ua,e causes our prayers to become effective. l laJ a frierJ come to me arJ ask for prayer. As l be,ar prayir, for ler, l felt like l was to speak irto ler ear arJ pray ir tor,ues. As l be,ar prayir, ir tor,ues over ler, botl of us felt our spirits er,a,ir, witl tle tor,ue. Sle was able to receive arJ ,et breaktlrou,l ir wlat sle was ,oir, tlrou,l. Q. Intercession anJ Jecrees. Wbat is a Jecree| A. l believe tlat tlere are two ways to pray. Òre is petitior, wlicl is makir, a request; arJ tle otler is tle Jeclaratior, wlicl comes from a place of faitl or belief tlat it will be Jore. l feel tlat mary irtercessors are really ,ooJ at petitiorir,, but tlat tley Jor't krow low to move irto a place of faitl, krowir, tlat it is time to Jeclare a tlir, as Jore. Several years a,o, l felt like it was time for us to be,ir to make Jecla- ratiors arJ to stop petitiorir, so mucl ir our prayers. Òur focus reeJeJ to slift from tle posture of makir, requests before CoJ to a posture of faitl arJ takir, tle autlority tlat is ours. l actually felt tlat tlere was a slift ir our autlority level. Lecause we laJ petitioreJ for so lor,, it was a time for us to be,ir Jeclarir, tlir,s irto beir,. Wler we take teams out to pray, l will tell tlem, ¨l wart you to make a Jeclaratior or Jecree over tlis larJ." lt woulJ be similar to ,ivir, a pro- pletic worJ. You are usir, your worJs of Jeclaratior to cause a clar,e. I.:r.¹·.:... 26 Q. Wbat are some tips for praying or using tbis JevotionaÌ in a group| A. Wler you call people to,etler, you are ,oir, to lave all Jiffer- ert kirJs of prayers. Some will be reaJy to violertly ,o after CoJ, arJ otlers will wart to quietly pray, wlile otlers may wart to lave a list of tlir,s to pray over. As a leaJer, you reeJ to set some ,rourJ rules. lor ex- ample, wler prayir, for a topic, you wart to make sure tlat you exlaust tle subject ir prayir, before you ,o or to arotler. lr mary meetir,s, wler someore starts out prayir, for sometlir, arJ tler tle rext per- sor moves or to sometlir, Jifferert, you laver't exlausteJ tle prayer. 1lere may be more tlat someore else warteJ to pray. You wart to make sure tlat everyore prays arJ completes tle prayer before movir, or to arotler topic. 1ell people ir tle ,roup tlat tley reeJ to ,ive everyore a clarce to pray arJ tlat ore or two people sloulJ rot take over tle prayer meetir,. l lave fourJ tlat tle best way to brir, a wlole ,roup to,etler ir prayer is to lave tlem all soak ir CoJ's preserce first. 1lis brir,s every- ore irto tle leart of CoJ, arJ after soakir,, you will firJ tle prayer time to be mucl more rewarJir, arJ effective. L N DN Ò 1L 1. New -ner|ccn StcnJcrJ íx|cust|ve ConcorJcnce oj t|e ß|o|e, Heorew--rcnc|c cnJ Cree| D|ct|oncry, lobert L. 1lomas, LJ., versior 2.2, s.v. ¨la,a." 27 LrburJer Yourself íor t||s recson we c|so, jron t|e Jcy we |ecrJ oj |t, |cve not ccascå to pray cnJ nc|e ¦sµec|c|{ re¡uest jor you, ¦cs||n¸{ t|ct you ncy oe j|||eJ w|t| t|e ju|| (Jeeµ cnJ c|ecr) |now|eJ¸e oj H|s w||| |n c|| sµ|r|tuc| w|sJon ¦|n conµre|ens|ve |ns|¸|t |nto t|e wcys cnJ µurµoses oj CoJ{ cnJ |n unJerstcnJ|n¸ cnJ åìsccrn- mcnt oj spìrìtua| thìngs (Colossiars 1:9 AMl). 28 lor mary years, l JiJr't krow tlat l was ar irtercessor. Wler l look back row, l car see all tle si,rs: l spert so mucl time carryir, so mary feelir,s irsiJe of me arJ irterralizir, tlem as if tley were my owr. lor example, l woulJ ofter walk irto a room filleJ witl people arJ start feelir, arJ learir, tleir tlou,lts-tlou,lts wlicl were ofter very re,ative. Not realizir,, lowever, tlat all of tlose feelir,s tlat l was experi- ercir, were tle ,ift tlat tle Lible calls ¨Jiscerrmert of spirits," l woulJ carry tlose burJersome emotiors as my owr irsteaJ of releasir, tlem ir prayer. As a result, l became JepresseJ. l became a ¨quiet ore." As a clilJ l was tolJ tlat l was sly. My parerts JiJr't Jo tlis, but otlers JiJ. Lrforturately, because so mary people tolJ me tlat l was sly, over arJ over, l be,ar to tlirk tlat l was sly. l took tlose worJs as trutl. l a,reeJ witl tlose worJs arJ receiveJ tlem as my iJertity. SaJly, beir, sly evertually became a stror,lolJ ir my life tlat cortrolleJ me. Coir, to my mom to pray ,ave me release from tlese tlir,s. Wler l prayeJ, it woulJ lelp me release my feelir,s arJ ,ive tlem to CoJ. (T|e Hcµµy íntercessor, Clapter 1) 29 1. Do you sperJ too mucl time irterralizir, otlers' feelir,s as if tley were your owr` 2. Have you beer labeleJ ¨sly"` Have you become ¨a quiet ore" because you lave believeJ wlat otlers lave saiJ about you` 3. ls it commor for you to lear or feel tle tlou,lts or attituJes of otlers` How Jo you larJle tlese ofter burJersome emotiors` +. ls tlere a stror,lolJ ir your life tlat is cortrollir, your lappi- ress arJ your Jecisior-makir,` 5. Write your Jefiritior of ar irtercessor. Are you ar irtercessor` b.|·r¹:. 1.·rs:| ; 3O lr my teer years, l was still cau,lt ir tlis place of feelir, a lot of feel- ir,s tlat were rot my owr. 1le problem was tlat l laJ stoppeJ prayir,. l for,ot wlat to Jo witl all tlose feelir,s, so l carrieJ tlem as mire. 1lat leJ to a lot of Jepressior ir my earlier years. Cratefully, wler l turreJ 16, l laJ ar ercourter witl CoJ tlat clar,eJ my life. lor tle two years before tle ercourter, l laJ pretty mucl leJ my owr life arJ Jore my owr tlir,, arJ it brou,lt me to a place of Jesperatior. Òre ri,lt ir clurcl, tlere was a call to come for- warJ to ,ive your life to CoJ, arJ l JiJ, arJ l let it all out. l remember ,oir, before tle LorJ tlat ri,lt, cryir, out to Him arJ sayir, to tle LorJ, ¨All l wart is you." l remember askir, tle LorJ to take my life tlat ri,lt. ArJ He JiJ. (T|e Hcµµy íntercessor, Clapter 1) lf you are JepresseJ or livir, ir a place of Jesperatior, ,ive your life to CoJ. Are you willir, to ¨let it all out" arJ ask CoJ for more of Him ir your life`