Intercessory Prayer Quotes

“A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. We don’t wait well. We’re into microwaving; God, on the other hand, is usually into marinating. So I persisted for a year, and as I did my faith grew until I knew deep inside we were going to win. My motto had become Galatians 6:9: “Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“E. M. Bounds when he said: God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil. . . . The prayers of God’s saints are the capital stock of heaven by which God carries on His great work upon earth.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“God’s giving is inseparably connected with our asking. . . . Only by intercession can that power be brought down from heaven which will enable the Church to conquer the world.”11”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“But keep on the alert at all times, praying in order that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. Eph. 6:18”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Cor. 16:13”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Pet. 5:8”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Forgive Us, Father Father, why is the thing we need the most, the thing we do the least? Why are most of us so busy we don’t have time? You must have many frustrated days when Your eyes roam to and fro throughout the earth in search of someone whose heart is completely Yours. You must weep often when You seek for a man or woman to stand in the gap to fill the breech and find no one. Your heart must ache at times for us, Your people, to rise up and be what You’ve called us to be. We humble ourselves before Your throne and ask You to forgive us for our lack of prayer. And forgive us as leaders, Lord, who have not told Your people the truth. Forgive us as a church—the Body of Christ—for allowing evil to rule in this land when You have more than enough power in our wombs to change it. Forgive us, for it is not Your fault that we have a generation marked X. It is not Your will that we kill the next generation before it takes its first breath. It is not Your plan that we still have not overcome the principality of hatred that divides this land. Forgive us, Lord. Cleanse us now and break the curses we have allowed to rule over us. Forgive us and cleanse us from the sin of apathy, complacency, ignorance and unbelief. Wash us with the water of Your Word. Break off of us this lethargic prayerlessness, which we justify a thousand different ways. It really boils down to disobedience, unbelief and sin. Father, please forgive us and deliver us. Set us free from being hearers of the Word only, and not doers. Give us homes and churches that are founded on the rock of obedience to Your Word. Rise up in Your people with the stubborn tenacity that Jesus had, that the Early Church walked in. Cause us to cast off everything that would oppose Your Spirit, and move us into a realm that pays a price and lays hold of the kingdom of God. Fill us with Your Spirit. Baptize us in fire. Let there be an impartation of the Spirit of grace and supplication. Let there be an anointing that comes from Your throne to hungry people who are tired of status quo, of mediocrity, of death and destruction. We are tired of it, God. We are tired of being defeated by a defeated enemy. We are tired of being held back from our destiny, both individually and as a nation. We are tired of lack and disease. We are tired of sin. We are hungry for something—the God of the Bible!”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Satan, I bind this plan of yours and break any hold you may have gained in this situation. Your weapons against her won’t prosper and you’re not going to take her life.” That is “meeting” (paga) the enemy to break.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“All that was in the Ark of the Covenant is in us: the Bread of Life, the rod of priestly authority and the law of God. And the glory that was upon it now shines through us. Act like it! Strike with the sword—speak the Word! “Let God arise” through your intercession “and His enemies be scattered.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“I’ve discovered that the right answer begins with the right question. I’ve also discovered that God is not offended by a sincere question. He won’t satisfy the skeptic and He is not pleased with unbelief, but He loves an honest seeker. Those who lack and ask for wisdom He does not rebuke (see Jas. 1:5). He is a good Dad.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Beth Alves, in her outstanding prayer guide, Becoming a Prayer Warrior, gives”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. We don’t wait well. We’re into microwaving; God, on the other hand, is usually into marinating.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“We must boldly release the power of the Most High into situations, allowing the victory of Christ access. He has given us His light, He has given us His sword, He has given us His name. Use them!”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“summarized as follows: Sunday: Favor with God (spiritual revelation, anointing, holiness). Monday: Favor with others (congregations, ministry staff, unsaved). Tuesday: Increased vision (wisdom and enlightenment, motives, guidance). Wednesday: Spirit, Soul, Body (health, appearance, attitudes,”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“In seasons of harvest, there is a more urgent need for watchmen, as the “thief” is going to do all he can to steal it, keeping the greater portion. It is little wonder that God has preceded the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever known— which is now happening— with the greatest prayer awakening in history. The Lord of the harvest is wise. I can assure you He has 24- hour sentries “watching” the harvest.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“I believe our prayers do more than just petition the Father. I’ve become convinced that in some situations they actually release cumulative amounts of God’s power until enough has been released to accomplish His will.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“Father, I bring my daughter to You.” That is creating a “meeting” (paga) with God. “I ask You to protect her from any trap Satan has set for her. You said You would deliver us from the snare of the trapper” (see Ps. 91:3). That is building “boundaries” (paga) of protection. “Thank You for laying this prayer burden on me that I might lift off and carry away from her (nasa) this assignment of death.” That’s having someone else’s burden or weakness “laid on” (paga) us. “Satan, I bind this plan of yours and break any hold you may have gained in this situation. Your weapons against her won’t prosper and you’re not going to take her life.” That is “meeting” (paga) the enemy to break. “I do this in the name of Jesus!” That’s basing all our prayers on the work Christ has already done. It’s representing Him . . . administering what He has already accomplished . . . enforcing His victory.”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth

“No dumping allowed. Trespassers will be violated.” I used to laugh every time I drove by the sign. This wasn’t a homemade sign. It was a professionally made metal sign posted by a city in Oklahoma (I won’t tell you which one). It was even the fancy kind with fluorescent letters that could be easily seen at night. But those”
― Dutch Sheets, Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth