Quiet Talks on Prayer
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Intercession is service – the chief service of a life on God’s plan.
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Intercession is service – the chief service of a life on God’s plan. It is unlike all other forms of service, and superior to them in this: it has fewer limitations. In all other service we are constantly limited by space, bodily strength, equipment, material obstacles, and difficulties arising from differences of personality.
Prayer knows no such limitations. It ignores space. It may be free from the expenditure of bodily strength when rightly practiced and one’s powers are under proper control. It goes directly, by the communication of spirit, into men’s hearts, quietly passes through walls and past locks unhindered, and comes into direct touch with the inner heart and will.
In service, as ordinarily understood, one is limited to the space where his body is, the distance his voice can reach, and the length of time he can keep going before he must stop to eat, rest, or sleep. He is limited by walls and locks, by the prejudices of men’s minds, and by differences of temperament that must be considered in seeking to reach men’s hearts. None of these physical obstacles hinder true, Spirit-led prayer.
The strategy that wins spiritual battles puts intense, prayer-closet fighting first – before all else.
About the Author
S. D. Gordon (1859–1936) was an American Christian devotional writer and speaker. After serving for about a decade in YMCA leadership in Philadelphia and Ohio, he devoted himself to Christian speaking and writing, ministering in the United States and abroad. Gordon authored more than twenty devotional books in his popular Quiet Talks series, including Quiet Talks on Prayer, and became especially known for his practical, earnest teaching on prayer, Christian service, and fellowship with God.
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1 review for Quiet Talks on Prayer
One of the rewarding aspects about reading several books on a particular subject is that each author addresses the topic from a different angle. That is true about this book, too.
This is how Gordon looks at winning the victory through intercession: “Intercession secures the victory over the Enemy leader, while service is the act of claiming the field once that leader has been driven away.” What a great outlook on a life of prayer and service! It seems quite simple but it is really is quite profound.
When speaking of interceding on behalf of those in foreign countries, Gordon looks at it this way: “…it gives great simplicity to my faith, and great gladness to my heart, to remember that every time such prayer is breathed out, my spirit personality is being projected there, and in effect I am standing in Shanghai, and Calcutta, and Tokyo in turn, and pleading the power of Jesus’ victory over the Evil One there, and on behalf of those faithful ones standing there for God.”
When asking the question, ‘Does prayer influence God?’ Gordon has this to say: “The great question for me, then, in praying for some personal thing is this: Do I know what He knows I need? Am I thinking about what He is thinking about for me? And then remember that God is so much more in His loving planning than the wisest, most loving father we know. He is thinking about me. He know what I am thinking of, and what I would most enjoy, and He is such a lover-God that He would choose something just a bit finer than I would think of.”
This book leaves a lot to ponder when considering one’s own prayer life. Whether it is praying for the salvation of others through the drawing of the Holy Spirit and the message of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection to cover the cost of our sins, to interceding on behalf of missionaries, loved ones and God’s work around us. An excellent book to reassess our relationship with God in prayer.