According to Peter Wagner’s study, from his book Prayer Shield, “Intercession is derived from the Latin inter, meaning ‘between’ and cedere, meaning ‘to go’.”1  We may conclude then that intercession means to go between or to stand in the gap for another.

Wagner also pointed out in his study that “all intercession is prayer but not all prayer is intercession.”2  Intercession is a particular kind of prayer that demands our unselfish devotion to God and to those whom we are interceding for.  It is a willingness to lose ourselves for others and for the will of God.

To further explain the meaning of intercession we will turn to the scriptures.  In this post we will look at a story from Luke that will help us see how intercession works.

Luke 11:5-13

And He said to them, “Suppose one of you shall have a friend…