Daily Bread Ministries

Do you ever find yourself caught in a perspective that’s holding you back?

You tell yourself, “stop sinning,” but it’s never that easy. And saying that usually doesn’t keep it from happening.

Scripture says, we all sin and fall short of God’s standard, but we don’t have to overcome it on our own. God gives us the victory through Jesus.

So, instead, I’ll tell you, “stop stopping.” Don’t give up when you feel like you’re failing — keep going. Keep pushing forward. Keep getting up and trying again.

I want to speak to somebody today because you have just been “getting through.” You have been in survival mode for so long that you haven't stopped to think about the small things God has done for you. Take a moment to remember.

What does it mean to be devoted to prayer like the early believers were? Such singular and amazing revival intercessors share characteristics that we need to take to heart and emulate. Here are eight qualities that revival intercessors have in common:

Eight Qualities of Godly Intercessors

1. They love and trust God supremely above all.

2. They have a deep heart response to the urgent need of the moment.

3. They are self-sacrificing and ready to give their all to God.

4. They often sense the need for a genuine, very personal, and corporate response with repentance.

5. They identify with the sins and needs of an entire generation, nation, or people group. Or, they address a specific injustice, such as abortion, rights for the first nations and indigenous peoples, and so forth.

6. They exhibit thorough, contrite, humble prayer that often includes the sacrifice of fasting.

7. They often rally other believers to participate because they know that this type of prayer is better engaged in jointly.

8. They have a determined, strong expectation that God will answer their earnest pleas. This is what it means to seek revival breakthrough—to prepare earnestly for the great harvest.

Revival intercessors often invite others to this task of miraculous intervention by requesting prayers for protection, provision, deliverance, and transformation.

It's still gonna happen. God's still gonna do it. No rejection, no anxiety, no loss can stop what God has planned.

Now that’s a parable for us to ingest and digest!

As in Mark 2:1–5, we need to “blow the roof off” of our limited mind­sets and thinking to believe the Lord for extraordinary works of grace in our world. Desperate times require desperate measures. We need desperate laborers to arise—those who are not content with the status quo but are willing to expend themselves to lower other people into the presence of the same dear Lord Jesus Christ.