I Will Intercede

1 Samuel 7:4-5,8 – So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only. Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you.”… They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”

Deuteronomy 9:19 – I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me.

Application:

• ·         Samuel, like Moses, was later remembered as a great intercessor.
• ·         As persons who were called out from among the people to mediate God’s word to them, prophets were given unique access to God’s council chamber. This privilege of having such access to God as to be mediators of God’s rule over His people brought with it the special responsibility to be intercessors for God’s people—as Moses was, and as were Isaiah, Jeremiah and Amos.
• ·         Moses’ intercessory prayer ranks among the great prayers for Israel’s national survival

All Scripture verses taken from NIV