To "intercede" means "to stand in the gap." When we intercede for others, that's called intercession. It means that we stand between two people who need our help.
A lawyer is a person who intercedes for another before a judge.
A person who steps into a middle of a fight to protect another person may be called an intercessor.
What Jesus did for us at the cross was an act of intercession.
Read about Abraham and how he interceded for his nephew Lot in Genesis chapter 18 and 19:1,2 & 19:14-29.
Abraham spoke to the Lord on behalf of the innocent. He was "making intercession." When you speak to the Lord so others will be saved, that's prayer. That's is intercessory prayer.
Who can use your prayers today? Take some time and make a list and then pray for them. If you keep that list, and keep on praying, you will see that God is a God who answers prayer!
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