The Prayer of Agreement
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 18:19)
The prayer of agreement is hooking up your faith with
one or more believers, standing unified in your trust that God will
bring to pass the answer. This is similar to the prayer of faith, but it
requires that you join your faith with others rather than relying only
on your own faith.
For example, say your faith level is at 80% for a
particular need. You need others to agree with you to make up the
lacking 20%. When you pray together, your total faith level is at 100%,
and that is what will bring your answer to fruition.
The prayer of agreement requires exactly what it says—agreement.
If one of the parties does not agree with the prayer, then it is not a
prayer of agreement—rather, it is one of disagreement—and therefore
it is null and void.
Often believers contact any and all Christians they
know when they have a need because of the power in numbers. Certainly,
more believers united in prayer wallops a heftier punch because “Two
are better than one…” (Eccl. 4:9).
However, is it really effective to ask a hundred
people to agree with you in prayer over a need when many of them do not
agree that God wants to answer your particular prayer?
Consider an army. Even if they are many in number,
will they defeat their enemy when they are not in harmony with the
common goal of victory? If they are not united, they will fall.
I personally believe in keeping my needs hidden from
those who would not agree that God wants to meet them. I contact those I
know who will unite with me, but I keep secret my prayer from anyone I
know will disagree with me.
The Prayer of Intercession
We already read one scripture regarding the prayer of
intercession that went hand in hand with praying in the Spirit (Rom.
8:26-27). Praying in tongues is an effective way to intercede.
Let us also examine another verse regarding the prayer
of intercession:
Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season)
in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end
keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding
in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people). (Eph.
6:18, Amplified)
According to Webster’s Dictionary, to intercede
means “to intervene on behalf of another” or “to intervene so as
to attempt reconciliation.” Webster’s defines intercession as “a
prayer or petition on another’s behalf.” To intercede, therefore, is
to go to God in prayer for another person—whether it is for salvation,
healing, etcetera.
Note also that in our instruction to intercede in
behalf of all the saints, verse 18 also states that we should “Pray
at all times…in the Spirit….” A very effective way
of performing intercessory prayer is to pray in tongues.
prayer for the needs of people around the globe. When we receive prayer
requests over the Internet, at our discretion we will forward those requests via
e-mail to the members of the World-Wide Prayer Network so that we can believe
God together for miraculous results!