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Intercessory Prayer—Powerful and Challenging

"I will pray for you." We say this often when we intend to intercede for others in their needs. We fail to realize what bringing others' needs before God and bringing God's blessings to them really entails.

Intercessory Prayer—Powerful and Challenging

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"I will pray for you." We say this often when we intend to intercede for others in their needs.

We fail to realize what bringing others' needs before God and bringing God's blessings to them really entails.

We hardly reflect on the grave obligation and power in those words.

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"I will pray for you." We say this often when we intend to intercede for others in their needs. We fail to realize what bringing others' needs before God and bringing God's blessings to them really entails. We hardly reflect on the grave obligation and power in those words.

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We hardly reflect on the grave obligation and power in those words.

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