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Effective intercession does not depend on the holiness or maturity of the people praying.
It may help, but it is no guarantee. Much more important are virtues like sincerity, humility, and persistence—virtues that we can all take up. As we said in our first article, God simply wants us to turn to him with all that we are. It doesn’t matter if our faith is mature or immature, if we are newly converted or have been running the race for years. God promises all of us: “When you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you” (Jeremiah 29:13-14). This is the kind of sincerity and persistence that brings us into God’s presence and releases his grace in our lives and in the lives of the people we are praying for.
When Bill was told that he had an aggressive case of prostate cancer, he sought out the members…
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I truly enjoyed the article’s reference to fasting - I have discovered the blessings of fasting but would like to offer a comment about the weight loss aspect. I truly believe that the terrible stewardship of our bodies - as a nation of overeaters - has contributed to the terrible health - specifically realted to obesity that is so much in the news today. Weight loss - though not the goal should be celebrated as a response to God’s call for less and less of us and more and more of Him.