Is there a "gift" of intercession?

[bonnie007]

Yes there is a gift of intercessing . There is and tha lord has graciously given me that gift to bring hope and healing and God 's power to ppl here at worthy and also who ever needs prayer. Have had the gift since i was a early christian of at least 20 plus years now

the Lord wakes me up at all tiimes of day or night /.Talk to me sometime i am alwatys willing to share how the Lord has done through me and i give him all the glory for what he has done .

oh yes there is a gift of intereccsion .

God wants ppl to stand in the gap and pray for his ppl/

Well i am going to let you now .

So drop by my site bonbon55 love to talk to you wel you be blest now God bless ya in your search for the gift .

In Chirst Bonbon 55 thanks for letting me share

[OneLight]

Yes there is a gift of intercessing . There is and tha lord has graciously given me that gift to bring hope and healing and God 's power to ppl here at worthy and also who ever needs prayer. Have had the gift since i was a early christian of at least 20 plus years now

the Lord wakes me up at all tiimes of day or night /.Talk to me sometime i am alwatys willing to share how the Lord has done through me and i give him all the glory for what he has done .

oh yes there is a gift of intereccsion .

God wants ppl to stand in the gap and pray for his ppl/

Well i am going to let you now .

So drop by my site bonbon55 love to talk to you wel you be blest now God bless ya in your search for the gift .

In Chirst Bonbon 55 thanks for letting me share

I have no doubt that you have been called to prayer and that God has placed a burden for others on your heart, but I fail to find where it is a gift. Can you show scripture to enlighten us that it is?

[Blien]

I believe in intercession.. though I could never point in out in the Bible.. Hopefully someone can.

[jesussaves]

According to Websters, intercession is the act of praying in favor of another.

I believe intercession can be directly linked to the gifts of the Spirit through the

fruit of the Spirit called...love. The Lord commanded us to pray, or interceed, for

others:

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

John 13:35

By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

[dcampsart]

I have no doubt that you have been called to prayer and that God has placed a burden for others on your heart, but I fail to find where it is a gift. Can you show scripture to enlighten us that it is?

Personally, I don't believe there are any scriptures pointing to intercession as a "gift." Every believer is an intercessor but I feel that there may be a viable "call" of God to a "ministry" of intercession. There may be certain ones that God chooses to lay various burdens upon, through the spirit and at various times to "stand in the gap." I did a google search for commentaries considering intercession as a gift or calling. Some of the ones I read considered a "call" to intercession as a ministry very probable but as to it being a "gift" not likely. I know... man's opinion

I listed some verses below that I believe may add some credence to the idea that God may choose or look for someone in particular to operate in intercession as a ministry. I don't know. I'm open to any more scholarly opinion or interpretation.

Ezra 9:5-6

5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

The above verse is an example of, what I want to believe, I've experienced at times in the past - a heaviness or burden that didn't go away until I "prayed through."

Ezekiel 22:29-30

29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. 30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

Job 42:7-8

7 And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite,