In hosting an Intercessory prayer call, for three plus years, I have begun to see more and more how the Intercessory prayer is different from most prayers, and why it has been so powerful for me (and many others based on the feedback I get.)

Many prayers, in my experience, have at their core, asking Spirit to direct light energy into what it is we want, what we are asking for where we see the need for light. (If we are smart, we ask that it manifests only if it is for the highest good of all concerned.)

With the Intercessory Prayer, we are directing our light energy into what Spirit wants for us.  We ask that anything that is for the highest good may be done—not just to fulfill a specific request—and we contribute our light to that purpose.  We trust that not only are any light outcomes we seek included in that (if they be for the highest good) but also those things we don’t even know to ask for. In a Moment of Peace (MOP) where John-Roger (J-R) talks about Intercessory work and intercessory prayer, for example, J-R talks about “the war on the ground is not the war.”  (MSIA | John-Roger MOP Intercessory Work)

So what we see on this level to pray for is only a part of the picture. The light may be needed in a myriad of ways that Spirit in its infinite wisdom knows but that we, with our limited awareness, do not. And yet, as J-R says in that MOP, intercessory prayer is done “from our consciousness here, we send the light to the spiritual realms.”  We need to ask Spirit to intervene.

In the Intercessory prayer, we send our light to the Holy Spirit and/or to the spiritual realms involved in intercessory work (MSIA | John-Roger MOP Angels – Messengers of Light,) so that the messengers of light, angels and archangels can take that energy and use it wherever and however it is needed for the highest good of all concerned, according to God’s will.

In this way, the Intercessory prayer is offering our light energy to be used in attunement and alignment with God’s will as “a progression”. John Morton says, “As co-creators with God, we are learning to attune and make choices that are aligned and in harmony with God’s will,” (Loving Each Day, May 04, 2011) and “God’s will is a progression into a higher state that transcends whatever is found in the world. (June 17, 2009, Source: You Are the Blessings)

John also talked about intercessory prayer being a way to “raise the vibration on the planet,” and “more and more into the consciousness of the beloved.” (John Morton in Blessing This Day, May 13, 2024)

In both kinds of prayers—sending light to specific situations, people and places or the intercessory prayer— we seek to co-create with Spirit.   However, one is asking Spirit to follow our lead and the other is our seeking to follow Spirit’s lead.  Both are asking for the blessings of Spirit, (“ye receive not because you ask not”) but for me, the Intercessory prayer is more general and inclusive.

J-R talks about general prayers being more effective than specific prayers. “Research shows that non-specific prayer is two to three times as effective as specific prayer. However much we think we know about what we need, it turns out that God really does know best. – John-Roger, DSS (February 02, 2004, Momentum: Letting Love Lead)

From my perspective, when we ask for specifics, those are the channels that we have defined through which Spirit’s blessings can come —IF they be for the highest good.  But if we simply ask for our light to support whatever it is that is in alignment with God’s will being manifest, then we open to infinite blessings—those we can imagine and those even beyond the scope of our knowing or our imagination.

For me the power of the Intercessory prayer is in that experience of following Spirit’s lead, and in training my consciousness more and more to live in that surrender and alignment with God’s will.  When I experience that, the result is pure joy and the comfort of the Holy Spirit. But it has been a process of more and more understanding and a growing faith that God’s will is indeed more abundant, more loving, more rich and ultimately more fulfilling —for me as a soul—than anything that I could know to ask for.

As J-R says:

“I do not want to be able to control what I am going towards. I want to work in such close cooperation with Spirit that it might look and seem that I am in control, but I’m not. But it’s also true that in that close cooperation with Spirit, there is so much oneness that perhaps I’d also say that I am in control, because I have now made It and me the same thing. At that point, the Father and I are one. There’s no difference. And at that point, what care I of others’ opinions or what I am in control of or not, because I am in connection with the energy that is going back into the heart of God.” – John-Roger, DSS (August 04, 2010, Source: Serving & Giving)

If this intention of the intercessory prayer resonates with you, and you want the fellowship of participating  in that prayer with others, contact me at soulmusings@me.com for information on the five daily Intercessory prayer calls currently being done in various locations and languages.

Rev. Dr. Connie Stomper

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