5. The Gift of Intercession Definition Intercession is the Spirit's gift to devote much time to pray for the specific needs of others. A Woman with the Gift of Intercession knows that her prayers are personal and to the point rather than impersonal and vague spends much of her prayer time in petition for the need of others knows numerous cases where her prayers have led to specific results knows that her communication with God involves the everyday details of living as well as the monumental decisions Visualize How Your Gift Can Be Used. Hospital visitation, church nurture visitation, new project development, Ministries, elder, prayer band leader, follow up media interest. When the Gift is Misdirected is always the danger that intercessors: will ask for their own will, not God's will seek their own glory, not God's will demand rather than ask God to act WORKSHEET FOR SUPPORTER CLUSTER 1. Go through each spiritual gift. Help each member of the to identify herself with one of the gifts in the cluster. 2. Questions for group discussion: In what specific ways the gift of hospitality become a blessing to your congregation in the area of nurture? In outreach to the community? In Women's Ministries? Are you convinced that intercession makes a difference? How can you be sure? Do you think it affects the outcome of events if we do not pray for others? Why? What tasks could be assigned to someone with the gift of support in your congregation to facilitate nurture and/or outreach? In which ways can the gift of giving be valuable to Women's Ministries? If no one is exercising the gift of compassion in your congregation, does it mean is no need for this ministry? Or is it more likely that members have not yet become aware of their giftedness and/or the need? Should church administration get involved in such situations or leave it to the Holy Spirit to lead individuals into personal ministry? Can you recall any contemporary experience the gift of intercession made an important difference to the outcome of some situation?
5. The Gift of Intercession Definition Intercession is the Spirit's gift to devote much time to pray for the specific needs of others. A Woman with the Gift of Intercession knows that her prayers are personal and to the point rather than impersonal and vague spends much of her prayer time in petition for the need of others knows numerous cases where her prayers have led to specific results knows that her communication with God involves the everyday details of living as well as the monumental decisions Visualize How Your Gift Can Be Used. Hospital visitation, church nurture visitation, new project development, Ministries, elder, prayer band leader, follow up media interest. When the Gift is Misdirected is always the danger that intercessors: will ask for their own will, not God's will seek their own glory, not God's will demand rather than ask God to act WORKSHEET FOR SUPPORTER CLUSTER 1. Go through each spiritual gift. Help each member of the to identify herself with one of the gifts in the cluster. 2. Questions for group discussion: In what specific ways the gift of hospitality become a blessing to your congregation in the area of nurture? In outreach to the community? In Women's Ministries? Are you convinced that intercession makes a difference? How can you be sure? Do you think it affects the outcome of events if we do not pray for others? Why? What tasks could be assigned to someone with the gift of support in your congregation to facilitate nurture and/or outreach? In which ways can the gift of giving be valuable to Women's Ministries? If no one is exercising the gift of compassion in your congregation, does it mean is no need for this ministry? Or is it more likely that members have not yet become aware of their giftedness and/or the need? Should church administration get involved in such situations or leave it to the Holy Spirit to lead individuals into personal ministry? Can you recall any contemporary experience the gift of intercession made an important difference to the outcome of some situation?
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