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Intercession is defined in dictionary.com as:

1. an act or instance of interceding.
2. an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person.
3. a prayer to God on behalf of another.

Mark invited one of his dear brothers from Campus Crusade from NUS days to speak at the senior WEB meeting this morning with regards to intercessory prayer.

People intercede because those whom they pray for may not exactly have the ability to pray for themselves (Pre-believers, brothers and sisters who're hurting, who're deliberately running away, etc). They then stand in the gap in mediation, praying for healing, reconciliation, forgiveness...

One of the mark of an intercessor is patience.

And I realised that when it comes to seeing the people around me coming to know Him, my patience is way off the mark.

And the scary thing is whilst I gave a 10/10 score of trusting God in the sermon the day before... I realised that this is an area where I struggle to trust Him in - sometimes it just hurts to see how loved ones around me close themselves up to the message of the gospel, either rejecting it outrightly or simply being apathetic about it.

That I may be found faithful in this area.

It's been a long time since I've been moved to the point of tears in the midst of praying.

But it happened today as I prayed for certain individuals... and places.

Even if I won't live to see it this lifetime... even if all these praying doesn't translate to results that I can readily see... let me be faithful to stand in the gap constantly... and trust that one day they'll see... and believe.