This morning (a day behind in my reading) I am reminded of how important it is to be so close to God so that my prayers on behalf of others are not "useless sympathy" for them.
"True intercession involves bringing the person, or the circumstance that seems to be crashing in on you, before God, until you are changed by His attitude toward that person or circumstance. ...
"What we must avoid in intercession is praying for someone to be simply "patched up." We must pray that person completely through into contact with the very life of God."
(MUFHH, 12/13)
Thank you, LORD, for giants on whom shoulders we can stand. Men and women how have been shaped by Your Spirit and have been kind to share their understanding of your character and of living a life that honors and glorifiies. They challenge me. Thank you for Your Holy Spirit and Your Word, that through them I have the same access to You, and You have the same access to me, to change me...to conform me to the image of Your Son.
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