Monday, 21 May 2012

Notes from a talk on Intercession by Kim Hadaway

Bart & Kim Hadaway - and carrot cake from Tamar
Kim Hadaway is married to Bart, and currently serves as head intercessor for XP Ministries in the USA. Bart & Kim led the Extreme Love Outreach in Pattaya, and were also part of the leadership team for Operation Justice.

What God has given to each of us must be poured out with clarity, boldness and love. There is no place for stagnant streams; the treasures inside of us are to be given to others. It is not humble to hold back.

Luke 24:44 & 45 says that Jesus'opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.'  When God opens our minds we understand and the Scriptures come alive to us. 

We are to grow seed and to be fruitful. To take each nugget/seed and grow it so that it produces an abundance of fruit. To be plantings of the Lord so as to show forth His glory. We are to take dominion. All believers are called by God to be intercessors. Maybe you are not specifically called to the ministry of intercessor, but each of us is called to intercede. God gives individual instructions and assignments. Each is unique. But all are walking with God, communing with him and establishing His rule on the earth. This is the Great Dance. True connection with Him, together accomplishing His purposes. He is the Leader of leaders.

Intercession is simply asking God who He wants me to be to be today and who He wants me to be to others. It is a case of finding God’s heart, where He is working, and joining Him. He may give you songs, Scriptures, impressions and pictures. Just get in tune with what He is doing. I t is not hard. When you discover who He is, then you will find who you are. Knowing Him tablishes trust between you. So be acquainted with Him, His words and His promises. Then you know the truth and can stand on it no matter what is coming against you.

If it’s bad, it’s not God, for God is good. So we can bring God’s goodness when we know His 
goodness.

We must partner with people in intercession, in word and in action
·         You were not created to live in hopelessness, suffering and despair
·         God’s plans for you are good
·         Jeremiah 29:11 -  "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future".

We are created with purpose. We must know God’s character and nature. We pray out of the place of what we know, and intercession comes out of our confidence in Him. Our prayers will change when we know our God. Intercession is simply communion with our Creator.
·         Sharing my heart, emotions, thoughts, ideas, dreams, struggles etc
·         Hearing Him share His Heart, emotions, thoughts, ideas, dreams, struggles etc
Only God can fill the empty places. Know your God. He is the God of hope, Who fills us with joy and peace

Ephesians 3 shares Paul's heart about these matters. Paul chose to give his life to the King. He discovered that he could have relationship with His God Who reveals Himself and Who reveals His mysteries. And that this was true for others as well. So I can know and understand Him and know the mysteries of His Kingdom. And this is what we share and impart to others. Paul was confident that others could receive this impartation. He had confidence in the truth, and could therefore pray it. We lock arms and make these mysteries known to others and to spiritual principalities. 


 I get to have knowledge of God and I get to share it. Prayer makes the way. Like John the Baptist, proclaim and prophesy the way so that the King can be revealed. This is intercession.
The question is still: ‘What must I do to be saved?’  This leads us into ministries of healing and deliverance on all fronts. The god of this world blinds minds, but we can open them in the Name of Jesus.

'Jesus will You use me?'
'Absolutely!', He says... 
'Will You flow through me? Will You make my heart one with You?'

Who do men say that I am? There needs to be an awareness of Who Jesus is. ‘Upon this Rock I will build My church’. And out of this understanding comes the authority He has given us. Those who know their God will be strong and do exploits. What you bind is bound; what you loose is loosed. Through prayer we can go in and see the way paved for freedom. When you pray, God hears. And then you will fulfil your vows. Decide what you want and call it forth. Decree a thing and it will be established if it is in line with His will, nature, character, and Word. When we know our God, we know how to pray.

John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

The heart of God is that none should perish. When we see someone in a ditch and ask Jesus to intervene, He answers ‘Yes!’. This is His heart. And then we get to participate in His answer. This is the dance. Together. We get to stand in the gap on behalf of the people. God looks for willing vessels to be a voice for those who cannot speak.

Ask God to fill this temple that is you until the cup overflows. And then you will spill out His love all over. God makes us more than mere humans. We release the message of God. Through intercession and through prophecy things shift.


Psalm 23

I am a daughter of God, mature and equipped for what he has called me to do for and with Him. It is time to wake up and take my place. Revelation 5 speaks of priests and kings that minister to the Lord and establish His domain on the earth. We are called to be like this.

In Jeremiah 3:33, God says:  'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' God desires that we ask questions. And then He delights to show us things so that we can participate with Him in the dance. It is His heart that we know exactly how to work with Him. We are partners with Him in the task.

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