PRAYER FOR A GENERATION -02

Corporate Intercessory Worship (CIW)

All manners of prayer are important, but the highest expression of the authority the redeemed can enjoy is found in corporate-intercessory-worship. It is important to understand each of these three components and why they are so significant.

Corporate.

It requires humility to embrace all that is implied in gathering corporately. Differences in worship and prayer styles, doctrinal emphases, and our personalities make humility necessary if we are to gather together in a regular way. The meekness this engenders in our hearts fosters an atmosphere conductive to the activity of the Holy Spirit.

The book of Acts again and again depicts the apostolic company of believers united together in prayer in conjunction with the great release of the power of the Holy Spirit:

Acts 1:14

¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2:1

¹And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Acts 4:24

²⁴And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 5:12

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

There are many other scriptures that communicate this truth as well.

For example: David said, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! … for there the Lord commanded the blessing “

Psalms 133:1, 3

¹Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

³As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Acts 1:14

¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

The Father only releases His fullness to His family. We can go only so far in God in our individual dedication; there is a ceiling in the spirit until we come together. It takes a corporate, unified response over a period of time to reach the highest levels of God’s intended blessing over a city or nation. Also, the fire in our hearts can die out when we are alone. We are strengthened by clustering together with people of similar passion and vision.