The folLowing is an alphabetical listing of prayer partners who have joined the Advocates In Prayer Intercessors' Circle.  This list serves as a directory of our prayer partners.  Those whose names are underscored are bookmarked to a profile about them.  Just click on their name and you will be taken to a brief article about them. 

Directory of Intercessors

Intercessors' Profiles

Angela, Winchester, Kentucky

Angela has been affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church since November 2001.  At age 34, she has found that her physical disability need not put a damper on her spirit.  She knows she has been called out by God to be an intercessor, and friends in her church have affirmed her role in reviving the ministry of intercession in her church.

An intimate love for the Lord has enabled Angela to experience a depth in intercession in which she finds herself experiencing an inner awareness of God's will.  For effective prayer, she has learned complete dependence upon God for direction.  While she has experienced a lot of rejection due to her faith and calling, Angela remains strong in her faith that God answers prayer, and she is encouraged especially by evidences of God's power to heal.

Like many intercessors, Angela experienced the gift before she knew what it was.  She would experience deep inward groaning while in prayer.  A friend who has the gift of intercession helped Angela to recognize that this groaning is Holy Spirit-birthed intercession.  Angela's pastor affirmed her sense of calling and encouraged her to pursue all that God has called her to do.

Angela prays for anyone desiring prayer, but she has sensed a special calling to pray for pastors.  She sees herself in prayer upholding their arms as they labor in the work of ministry.  Whether for pastors or others for whom she prays, Angela engages in spiritual warfare prayer with a focus on the healing of God's people in mind and body.  For her, warfare prayer is blended with meditation to be still before God and look to Him for direction.

Laboring in prayer brings great satisfaction to Angela.  Her seasons of prayer begin with waiting on God, allowing Him to expose her heart, and repenting of anything she senses within that is not pleasing to Him.  Then she asks the Lord to cover her mind in prayer so that she can hear Him as He speaks.  Then, by faith, she enters His presence before His throne.  A season of thanksgiving in prayer follows, and then she intercedes for each need that she is praying for.  This is Angela's practice three times per day -- in the morning, at noon, and before bed.

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Arlene, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Arlene is 31 years old and has known Jesus as her Lord and Savior since she was in the sixth grade.  She is a Filipino widow currently working in Saudi Arabia as an out-patient nurse.  She attends an underground church and helps lead a Bible study on the compound.

Prayer ministry has been thrust upon Arlene in her role as a nurse and Bible teacher.  She finds pleasure in prayer as she often sees God's answers.  Although her pray times are limited to 30 to 60 minutes per day, her role as an intercessor is confirmed by others on the compound coming to her asking for prayer.  Arlene says that she desires to become a more effective intercessor.

Arlene is inspired by the effective prayer lives of believers in the book of Acts and uses the prayers in Acts to guide her in her own intercession.  Her prayer life is structured to include adoration of God, confession of sin, thanksgiving for the blessings God has given, and supplication for the needs of others.

Barbara is an ordained minister and enjoys evangelizing.   She has been an intercessor for about twenty-five years.  She is married with four children and eight grandchildren.

Most of the time, Barbara finds herself praying aggressively, and she sees her role in intercession as that of a spiritual warrior.  At times, though, she finds herself weeping before God on behalf of the person she is praying for. 

Barbara doesn't have any special formula for prayer.  She prays by the Spirit of God, sometimes using scriptures.  As part of her intercessory role, she occasionally feels as if she can sense how God feels about the person she is praying for at the time.  

The prayer gamut, for Barbara, includes family, church, the government, and various people she comes in contact with.  Sometimes she is drawn to pray for people on television or in the news.  Occasionally,  God wakes Barbara up at nights to pray.  At other times He will show her someone or something to pray for in a dream or vision.  When she finds herself burdened by circumstances, God reveals to her what to pray for.  She's even seen visions of people she doesn't know, and she takes this as a divine leading to pray for them.

Barbara gets great satisfaction and joy out of praying because she knows it is the will of God for her life.  She loves to see people set free from bondage, healed, saved and serving God. When sharing her witness as part of street ministry, there are often opportunities to pray for people.

Prayer ministry is a present reality for Barbara but is also forward looking.  She states, "God has given me a vision in the area of prayer which I am waiting to see manifested where many will be saved, healed and delivered." Currently, Barbara is in transition to a church with a great outreach ministry, and she is looking forward to miraculous things taking place.

Barbara Ann, Hazel Crest, Illinois

Barbara Ann is a middle-aged single mom with two adult children.  At this writing, she is caretaker for her elderly mother.  She lives in Hazel Crest, Illinois some 40 miles south of Chicago.  She is a member of United Seekers Christian Church of Flossmor, Illinois -- a small group of believers temporarily meeting in her pastor's home.  

Barbara Ann has always had a passion for prayer but has lacked the discipline.  She considers herself an intercessor in the making still seeking out the tools needed to grow in her prayer life.  She says that her dominant mode of prayer is spiritual warfare.    

When Barabara Ann became a Christian, she sensed that God was answering her life long question of personal significance:  What is my purpose here?  She sensed that communicating with God through prayer IS her life purpose.  She has come to understand that it is through prayer that she can not only know God's will for her life but communicate His will to others.

Barbara's focus in prayer is for:  (1) revelation of the knowledge of God's will, and (2) God's purposes to be established in the "earth realm."  She states, "I pray to the Father in the Name of Jesus and by His authority."  She says that her prayer times begin with meditating on the Word of God.  In doing so, she specifically seeks directives from God's Word by which to come before Him in prayer.   The written Word of God quickened to her is foundational to Barbara Ann's prayer life. 

Barbara, Shelbyville, Texas

Brenda, ?, Virginia

Brenda is an ordained minister currently residing in Virginia.  She recognized her calling to ministry in 1989.  She is involved in ministry with Focus on the Family and has also worked in missions outside of the United States.  

Currently, Brenda is seeking a church home at this season of her life.  She is prayerfully seeking direction regarding a sense of leading to start a church and/or ministry.  

Spiritual warfare is a strong component of Brenda's prayer life.  She believes it is essential that spiritual forces of darkness be pushed back in order to bring the lost to salvation and freedom in Christ.  Recognizing the need for spiritual power in prayer, Brenda is open to the role of the Holy Spirit in her prayer life enabling travail in prayer and effective spiritual warfare.  In prayer, she petitions both for spiritual and physical needs.  Her satisfaction in prayer comes from knowing she has done the will of God and has been obedient to Him.

For Brenda, prayer begins with a season of confession of personal sin, waiting upon the Lord to expose any secret sins that need to be dealt with.  Following confession, she enters a season of worship and of thanksgiving for God's many blessings in her life.  She also employs scripture in her prayers, notably 1 Timothy 1-3 and passages from Psalms, II Chronicles and Daniel among others.   

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Bruce, Arlington, Texas

Bruce's introduction to ministry began in early childhood when he began singing in the church choir.  In later years, he was the lead singer for several gospel groups which he organized.  He also served as a deacon for eleven years before being called to full time ministry.

Bruce and his wife Brenda are currently pioneering and pastoring Tabernacle of God church in Arlington, Texas.  Prior to this current church plant, Bruce and Brenda established and pastored three other churches including Macedonia Baptist Church of Portland, Oregon; Saint John's Baptist Church of San Diego, California; and Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church of Long Beach, California.  They served the pastorate of these churches for 8, 12, and 13 years respectively.  Early in their pastoral ministry, Bruce received a Doctorate of Theology degree and Brenda obtained her Master's in Human Resource Management.

The parents of two sons and one daughter, Bruce and Brenda went through a dark night of the soul in 2000 when their oldest son was killed at the age of 29 in a drive-by shooting in Long Beach, California.  It was a time of much prayer and many tears.  Bruce attests that the Lord enabled him and Brenda to pass through this difficult time and come to accept what had happened and move on with their lives and ministry.

Bruce has a solid prayer life that was largely crafted through his mother's influence.  The mother of seven sons and three daughters whom she raised solely with God's help, Bruce's mom was a prayer warrior and an intercessor.  She held prayer groups in her home focusing on intercession for missionaries.  She also taught her children to intercede in their family prayer times for family members, friends, and for the community.  One memorable instance in answered prayer came when Bruce was eight.  His mother was hospitalized, and the attending physicians could not diagnose her illness.  They expected her to die.  Her children interceded for her, and the Lord restored her to health, extending her life 35 additional years before taking her home.

Intercession has become a way of life for Bruce through his 33 years of pastoring.  He says he has a "treasured prayer life," and his dominant focus in prayer is breaking the devil's hold upon people's lives and bringing them through to victory in Christ.  He has simple, childlike faith in the promises of God regarding prayer, referencing Isaiah 65:24, Philippians 4:19 and Matthew 18:18-19 as key passages that give him confidence and boldness in prayer.  Prayer is satisfying for Bruce because it is in accord with God's Word and anticipates a favorable response from the Lord.  Regarding the expectation for answered prayer, Bruce states, "I believe it.  I claim it.  I receive it and Jesus supplies it."

Bruce recognizes the role of the Holy Spirit in prayer and gives Him His proper place.  While Bruce spends many hours in meditation and prayer time daily, he is careful to wait upon the Holy Spirit both when His presence comes instantaneously and when a time of patiently waiting is needed.  He states:  "My life is just a vessel for God to be used by Him whenever and wherever He chooses without any resistance from me."   

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Caron, Sumner, Washington

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Cheryl, Springfield, Illinois

Cheryl says that she has left houses and lands to find God's place for her in ministry.  She believes her calling is to feed God's sheep.  As a shepherdess and intercessor, she states that she fills in the gaps where there is an opening for the enemy to make inroads into people's lives.

Currently, Cheryl has her own prayer challenges.  Her husband has been separated from her for 18 years at this writing, and her mother died a month ago, which was August 2008.  She describes her daughter as an intercessor and her son as "a sword" -- presumably referring to his diligence in spiritual warfare.  Her estranged husband she describes as a psalmist and prophet. She confidently holds to the conviction that he will be restored to her.

As for her prayer life, Cheryl believes it is important to pray in humility and with tenacity.  She depends upon the Holy Spirit to direct her in prayer, often praying in tongues, and she stands upon God's promises in prayer until she sees her prayers answered.  Praise is a dominant part of Cheryl's prayer life as well with, in her words, "hallelujahs ringing down on the inside of me."

During times of prayer, Cheryl finds that her intercession for others becomes identificational in that she will feel the pains of others and ask the Lord to minister healing to whoever the person may be whose pain she is feeling.  Often, when awakened in the night, she will ask the Lord to show her who might be in need of prayer.  She gives due diligance to pray for them.  She has learned to recognize these aspects of intercession through the teaching of her church regarding spiritual gifts.  Knowing that the gifts are time-bound but that love is eternal, she prays for more love in her intercession for others.

Cheryl's prayers embrace schools, city officials, and government leaders -- especially the President of the United States.  She also takes seriously the biblical injunction to pray for the peace of Israel. 

When asked how prayer brings personal satisfaction to her, Cheryl says that she loves "bringing in the presence of my daddy God.  She experiences tremendous peace during prayer.  The atmosphere feels very light, and the whole room brightens.  She states, "My soul is refreshed, and I can handle my life better -- or should I say that I can let go easier into God's hands."

Cheryl finds that prayer is talking to Jesus heart to heart.  The time with Him takes her through a wide range of emotional responses from stomping her feet (as in warfare prayer) to dancing (as in worshipful prayer) to cyring, laughing hysterically, or just being quiet in His presence.  

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Dawn, ?, Ohio

Dawn resides in Ohio with her daughter of four at this writing.  She is a member of a relatively large SDA church.  She enjoys attending midweek service and Sabbath school.  Her vocational focus is in medicine and business.  Currently working as a technician in oncology, she is doing graduate work in pursuit of an MBA and doing course work to become a registered nurse.  She also is committed to exercise and fitness. 

At this season of her life, Dawn finds prayer to be a wonderful form of meditation by which to quiet herself before God, come to know Him more fully, submit her life to His direction, and seek His will for many areas of her life.  She sensed the calling to intercede back in 1999 when she was dating someone and began to feel that he wasn't God's choice for her.  That relationship ended, other unhealthy relationships ensued, and she is now the mother of a beautiful young girl but still believing God for His choice for a life partner.  Dawn recognizes that she should have been more proactive in prayer as so many of her relationships seemed to be going nowhere.

Dawn's dominant prayer focus right now is a for an acquaintance named Garth.  She believes that God will use her prayers to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to bring Garth to the place where he can acknowledge the Lord in His life.  Seeing God work in such difficult cases is what makes prayer gratifying to Dawn.

Dawn says that her prayer life at this time is not a structured one, but she believes God to help her grow as an intercessor and develop more structure and focus in prayer.   

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Diane, Lexington, Kentucky

Diane describes herself as a simple person who finds joy in life.  She is the mother of two sons and a daughter.  Her oldest son will become a father in January.  Her younger son, Todd (14), and her daughter, Sara (8), are committed Christians, are faithful church attendees, and are involved with youth groups at other local churches as well.

As a committed member of her church, Diane attends services two to four times weekly.  She is actively involved with Wednesday morning Bible study, and she is a part of the church's intercessory prayer team.  As a participant in the church prayer chain, she receives prayer requests via email.  She also subscribes to the Presidents' Prayer Chain.  Other activities include volunteering on a local level with Faith in Action's Elder Outreach, a ministry serving the needs of elders in the community and helping them maintain an independent lifestyle.  She is Web page editor for the Faith in Action Elder Outreach Web page at http://home.alltel.net/faithaction/.  (To go to this page, it will be necessary to copy and paste the URL into your Web browser.)

No single event has brought Diane to recognize her calling to intercession.  She has come to recognize her role as an intercessor through a "long road of study, prayer and reflection."  She believes that we are all God's children and that we each have the duty of praying for others in need.  For her, such prayer is evangelism, i.e., it is "soul winning for Christ."

Diane has no specialized focus in prayer but is a general intercessor.  She states, "I feel God has placed within me a desire to pray for ALL CONCERNS that I see around me."  She stays connected through a variety of prayer forums including prayer lists, prayer chains, and prayer groups, and she prays for family, friends and even strangers.

Prayer for Diane is a matter of submission and trust in the God through Whom all things were made and in Whom is life.  (See John 1:3,4.)  Her prayer time begins with Bible study and quiet reflection followed by a short petition for God to open her eyes, ears, heart and mind to receive wisdom and instruction for the day.  She asks that the Holy Spirit rise within her and fill her with God's glory.  She then lifts before the Lord any specific prayer requests from her list that she is prompted to pray for.  In the course of her prayer time, she incorporates such prayer aids as Scripture passages, the Lord's Prayer, devotional readings, and worshipful music.

Diane has extended times of prayer at set prayer times but also finds herself lifting brief prayers throughout the day and night.  She finds prayer a pleasure and says that she receives immense joy and blessings in her times of prayer.

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Dobie, Little Rock, Arkansas

Dobie lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with his wife Vicki.  He has four adult children (Tracy, Jennifer, Jason and Rachel) and three grandchildren (Cody, Colton and Ashley).  

An active member of Word Covenant Fellowship, Dobie is an ordained minister and is registered with the county of Saline, Arkansas.  He is a volunteer coordinator for Wilderness Deliverance Camp in El Darado, Arkansas whose official Web site is www.ourchurch.com.  He is also an unofficial spokesperson for Angel Food Ministry, and he works during the weekend for the Recover Teen Unit of Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute of Little Rock.  Non-sectarian in his faith, Dobie feels God has called him to assist Christian ministries regardless of denominational affiliation.

Dobie recognizes his calling in prayer to have a strong focus on spiritual warfare.  He felt this call when His daughter Jennifer took the courageous step of admitting to her parents that she was addicted to Meth.  Dobie and His wife have helped Jennifer work through issues related to this addiction, and they have committed to pray for her and to call upon various intercessory prayer teams to stand with them.  It was at this time that Dobie sensed the Holy Spirit wanting him to stand in the gap for others too in warfare prayer, and this leading led to his joining the Advocates in Prayer Intercessors' Circle.

Whether praying for others or petitioning God for his own needs, Dobie prays with confidence and expects answers.  He prays for salvation, spiritual needs, deliverance from demons, release from additions, and physical healings.  He also focuses prayer on the destruction of spiritual strongholds whether they be in an individual, a community, or a region of the world.  His commitment to friendship evangelism is such that he finds himself praying for respectful relationships with colleagues and friends in order to bring open doors for an effective Christian witness.

Prayer brings satisfaction to Dobie as he delights in the opportunity to communicate with the Creator of all things.  He believes it  honors God to pray the Word and to expect answers, so he appeals to specific passages of scripture as the basis for his petitions and places his confidence in God to answer his prayers.  

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Donna, West Carrollton, Ohio

Donna is a wife, mother, and grandmother.  At this writing (June 2006), her daughter is 24 and her granddaughter is 2.  Donna is a member of an Assembly of God church in Ohio.

Prayer, for Donna, was taken to a whole new level in 1992 when she received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.  She describes this infilling of the Holy Spirit as a "life-changing experience with God!"  While she always had a heart for people, her encounter with the Holy Spirit has filled her heart with love for others.  Recognizing that everyone has needs, Donna has a newfound confidence that she can intercede for others with assurance that God is hearing and answering her prayers.  She cites 1 John 5:14-15 which states:  "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him."  (NIV)

Whether she is petitioning for other believers, interceding for unsaved loved ones, or  praying over prayer lists, Donna sees her role in prayer as bringing before God the needs of others who often are unable to pray for themselves.  She has learned that prayer brings one into the very presence of God where there is great peace and joy, and it is in this place that one is strengthened and positioned to pray effectively for others who are struggling.  This gives her a sense of great pleasure and significance in prayer.

Donna does not follow any set formula or pattern for prayer.  She does, however, practice praying the Scriptures in intercession for others.  She often finds that applying familiar scriptures in prayer paves the way for the Holy Spirit to direct her with other passages and/or impressions that provide direction in intercession.

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Dorothy, East Cleveland, Ohio

Dorothy is a mother of two children and has two grandchildren as well.  She is a proud member of New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio -- a church pastored by Drs. Darrell and Belinda, Scott.  She loves the Lord and is faithful in prayer.

The primary prayer focus for Dorothy is petitionary prayer and spiritual warfare prayer.  She focuses mostly on prayer for spiritual needs.  She does not follow any particular prayer structure.  She just moves from a season of praise into petition/warfare on behalf of those for whom she intercedes.

Since she was a young girl, Dorothy has always prayed for others simply because it seemed the right thing to do.  She confidently asserts, "I know that God answers prayer."  God has rewarded her faithfulness in intercession.  She has seen God perform miracles in setting people free, and she finds great delight in answered prayer.  "I just glory in it," she says. 

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Evelyn, Carrollton, Texas

Evelyn is originally from New England but currently resides in Carrollton, Texas.  She and her husband Bill have been married for 33 years and still very much in love.  They have no children of their own but have been blessed to have many children in their lives.  They are members of Prestonwood Baptist Church and have high esteem for their pastor Jack Graham.

A praying mother played a key role in Evelyn's spiritual formation and her call to intercession.  Evelyn's father died when she was only 12, but she has vivid memories of her mother sitting at the table before an open Bible while praying for others.  She was a true prayer warrior.  Evelyn was also greatly impacted in the area of prayer through a trip to Israel in 1990.  She says that it was after this trip that she too became the prayer warrior that she is today.

Hopeless situations become prayer challenges for Evelyn.  She knows that God delights to supernaturally intervene in people's lives and bring hope and healing in answer to prayer.  This motivation for prayer is so tangible that Evelyn can even be watching television and feel the hurts of others coming across the screen.  She is moved to pray for them then and there.  Her prayers are filled with confidence.  She says, "It is such a joy to pray because I know the Way Maker, and I know He hears the prayers of His people and will make a way where there does not seem to be one."  Evelyn finds joy in prayer because she prays with childlike trust knowing that the Father listens to her and takes note of her specific requests. 

Evelyn often receives phone calls with prayer requests because others know that she will pray through for them.  She says people know that she will pray for them until they get "a breakthrough instead of a breakdown."  She prays for widows, orphans, marriages, and for the healing of the sick.  She prays for our country and our President.  She prays several times per day for situations that she hears about where people need a touch from God.  Like many intercessors, Evelyn also receives prayer assignments from God.  Sometimes she wakes up in the night with a specific person on her heart.  She takes time to pray for them before going back to sleep.  It is not unusual for her to find out a day or two later that the person she was interceding for was facing a specific pressing need at the time.

Evelyn does not follow any particular structure for her prayer times.  She just follows the leading of the Holy Spirit.  When she is impressed to pray for something or someone, she immediately goes to the Father in prayer in a spirit of humility but with a confidence in God that causes her to pray with boldness.  She senses such a touch of God directing her in prayer that she often hears herself praying beautiful prayers and feeling almost as though someone else were speaking them.  She knows the power of Holy Spirit directed praying.

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Gale, Gulfport, Mississippi

Gale is a mother of two grown children, and she has two grandsons.  She lives alone as her husband died suddenly and unexpectedly.  She is 57 years old at this writing.  (She was born in 1948.)

After her husband's passing, Gale went through a season in which she withdrew from God and the Church as she could not understand why God would allow this great loss in her life.  It was when a friend invited her to attend a prayer group that her spiritual renewal began.  She states "I felt something I could not explain.  I know now that it was God's love."  The result was that she developed a new hunger for the Word of God and a new passion for prayer.  She began reading and studying Scripture like never before.

With her spiritual renewal, Gale discovered the principle of reciprocity in prayer.  As she has been faithful praying for others, God has been steadily bringing healing to her physically and emotionally.  She says that God has "made me want to live again."  Not only are her personal needs being met as she commits herself to prayer, but she sees the hand of God released in meeting the needs of her family as well.

Gale has been in full time prayer ministry for 10 years now.  She receives prayer requests by phone, mail, email, and visits.  While she is comfortable praying over prayer lists, she finds that God uses her especially to encourage lonely and hurting people.  Her prayers and encouragement have helped many get past grief in the loss of a loved one and gain a new lease on life.  She is a true minister of hope.

As an intercessor, Gale receives prayer assignments from God as He places the names of people upon her heart that He wants her to pray for.  She asks for God's wisdom to know how to pray, and she senses God giving her the words to pray in order to intercede in line with His will.  She recognizes the leading of the Holy Spirit and the need to press through in spiritual warfare.  She senses when persistence is needed and when relinquishment is appropriate.  "I pray until I feel in my heart that I am to stop," she says.  

What motivates Gale to pray?  She knows that God has been healing her in many areas as others have prayed for her, and she wants others to experience in their lives the same love and peace that she has found in hers.  She says, "I want others to find God's peace and to know of His healing power.  It makes me very happy when I hear of how God has touched their lives."

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Gianne Michelle, Cavite, Philippines

Gianne Michelle is in her early twenties at this writing.  She is a member of Victory Christian Fellowship in her home town of Cavite.  She leads a small group at a local high school that is involved in outreach to the community.

Prayer for Gianne is mostly petition, but it does include spiritual warfare as well.  She first sensed her call to the ministry of intercession when she was hospitalized with Dengue Hemorraghic Fever.  It was during her time of hospitalization that she began developing a longing after God's presence and a desire to pray.  Other influences upon her prayer life include Norman Grubb's book entitled Rees Howells:  Intercessor and John Maxwell's Partners in Prayer.  

Comfortable praying through prayer lists, Gianne also prays for other believers in need of spiritual growth or divine guidance.  She also prays for the salvation of those yet to discover a personal relationship with Jesus.

How does Gianne Michelle pray?  She begins with worship.  She states, "I praise God with awe and wonder."  She also is motivated by the answers to prayer.  Many times the answers are exactly what she has asked of the Lord.  At other times, God's answers to prayer are beyond what she requested.  When answers are delayed, Gianne still experiences the assurance of faith and a great inward peace knowing that God has heard and is answering in His own way and time.

The Bible is central to Gianne's prayer life.  She often begins her prayer time with the psalms.  She also prays the prayers of Paul from the epistles.  

Gianne sees beyond the veil to the one true intercessor who partners with and empowers us in our intercession.  She states, "[God] reveals His heart, and He lets me always know that Jesus truly is the greatest intercessor."  

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Heather, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Jacqueline, Bellflower, California

Jacqueline lost six children to a broken home, and she currently is without a home or automobile and subsisting on bare minimum.  However, she has the joy of the Lord and the gratification of walking daily in the Spirit.  She has a deep personal relationship with the Holy Spirit, hears the Lord's voice daily, and has heard Him audibly call her by name.  

While Jacqueline's present life circumstances can be trying, the Lord has given her a vision of her future that is a source of great inspiration to her.  She has seen herself traveling the world with a ministry in gospel music, glorifying God and seeing captives set free.

A significant emphasis of Jacqueline's prayer life is prayer for deliverance.  She understands her authority over demons, the importance of "believing and receiving" in prayer, and the weapons of spiritual warfare.  She mentions specifically the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, fasting, and anointing with oil as helps in prayer.  She also prays a lot in the Spirit, i.e. in tongues, and says that she has a warfaring tongue.  She also understand the importance of discernment in distinguishing whether a personal hangup in someone's life is demonic or is simply the flesh needing to be denied.  

Jacqueline discovered she was called to intercession when she met the man she believes she is to marry.  That was three years ago at this writing.  Since then she finds great pleasure in intercession and feels honored that God chooses to use her to help accomplish His purpose in the lives of others.  Prayer is not programmed for Jacqueline, and she is likely to find herself interceding when she is alone, perhaps just sitting or reading at the time.  She is likely to be drawn into intercession anywhere or anytime.

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Jim, Farnworth, UK, Cheshire

Jim pastors King's Christian Healing Church of Lancashire in the United Kingdom.  (http://www.ministryofhealing.co.uk)  He and his wife Liz have four children.

For Jim, prayer for others is the way to connect a hurting world with a healing, miracle-working God.  Jim has compassion for hurting people, recognizes their need to know the Lord Jesus, and has found that God is more than willing to answer prayer in miraculous ways.  His prayer life has strengthened and deepened his relationship with the Lord.  He says, "We serve a wonderful Savior, and prayer allows us to draw ever closer to Him."

The calling to pray was reinforced for Jim in the 1970s when watching a Christian television program featuring the ministry of healing.  Jim thrilled at seeing the Lord healing the sick, and from that time prayer for the sick and hurting has been a dominant focus in prayer for him.  Beyond the influence of this program, Jim comments that he was greatly influenced by Canon Roy Lawrence who conducted the first Christian healing service that Jim personally attended.

Jim is comfortable praying through prayer lists and interceding for individuals, groups, or nations.  He easily identifies in prayer with children who are hurting or frightened since he had a violent father who instilled fear in him as a child.

Jim begins his times of prayer with thanksgiving and praise.  He asks the Lord for direction in prayer, sometimes praying spontaneously and sometimes reciting the Lord's Prayer.  He visualizes the Lord Jesus Christ and sees himself offering his requests to Jesus and presenting to Him those in need of healing.  

The reward of prayer for Jim is the experience of the wonderful presence of the Holy Spirit.  A fringe benefit is seeing answers to prayer -- a continual reminder that with God, all things are possible.

Kelly, Overland Park, Kansas

Kelly is a mother of five children, two of whom are autistic and one with a mild case of cerebral palsy.  She has her own business making candles which, for Kelly, represent the "ever-burning presence of the Lord."  She operates the business out of her home and mentors others interested in doing the same.

Nearing her 18th year of marriage, Kelly has come through constant trials.  Among them are addictions, rape, the death of a son, financial hardships and, at one point, separation from her husband.  She comments, "God has led me through them all and led me to help others for His glory."

Kelly has learned a secret of effective prayer:  praying for others!  At a time when she prayed only for herself and her family, the Lord spoke to her heart asking her to bring the needs of others before Him ahead of her own.  This change of focus has truly revitalized her prayer life, and she has set up one room in her home exclusively for prayer.  She looks forward to her daily morning worship, praise, and prayer at home as well as intercessory prayer at her church.

Prayer for Kelly is a deeply satisfying experience.  She says that she has come to experience the intimacy of the Lord in her prayer times and feels as though she and Jesus are sitting next to each other as she talks to Him.  She feels that she glows when she prays, and there is a deep sense of God's peace.  She experiences great joy in prayer which she longs to share with others.  She also prays with bold faith believing that there is "NOTHING" impossible with God.  She experiences spiritual battles in prayer, but they have only helped her become spiritually stronger and pray more effectively for others.  

Another prayer discovery for Kelly is how the place of prayer is a window to effective ministry in the secret place.  In February 2006, Kelly came through a devastating tragedy which caused her prayer life to go into high gear.  During that time, she kep her focus on praying for others.  While several doors for ministry were closed because of this personal trial, Kelly found that instead of open doors, God gave her an open arena.  She has learned that prayer is the key to living under an open heaven.  Regarding the privilege of prayer, Kelly says, "I thank Him for choosing me for such a blessing, for I have never had so much joy and fulfillment in my life."  She adds, "I can't express enough how much I love to pray, how close I have come to God and how much it has changed my outlook on my own life.  I hope to share that joy that He gave to me with others, and praying intimately and devotedly has done that for me."

Kelly has no particular structure for her prayer life that she follows consistently.  However, she does practice healthy prayer disciplines.  Sometimes she will paraphrase one of the Psalms, personalizing it with her own words, and allow the Holy Spirit to direct the progression of her prayer.  Since she seeks to pray with and open heart before God and follow His lead, Kelly will take time in prayer to medidate so that she does not pray "in the flesh" but with the "heart of Christ."

Larry, Klamath Falls, California

Patience, Pietersburg, Limpopo, South Africa 

Patience is 20 years old at this writing (April 2009).  Born in Zimbabwe, she is currently a student of computer science in South Africa.  She is a devoted member of the Lighthouse Chapel International.  She enjoys music and dancing and aspires to learn to play drums.

Prayer is important to Patience as it is a means of getting to know the Lord better.  Through the benefit she receives in personal prayer, she is able to share the Lord with others through her personal relationship with Him and not through what she has learned about Him through her pastor's preaching or through Christian media productions.

When Patience became a Christian, she discovered that there are so many people who do not know the Lord and are thirsting to know more about Jesus.  She would pray every Saturday asking God to lead her to the people who need Him.  Then she would invite someone to church.  She would spend a portion of her Saturday evening praying that the one she invited would be able to make it to service.  Some of her prayers were answered.  

Patience says that she enjoys praying for people individually for the whole gamut of their needs whether they be spiritual, physical or emotional.  She says that she gets satisfaction from praying for hours at a time.  When she does, she feels God's glory upon her life.  She speaks of the joy of knowing that she is wreaking havoc in the ranks of the devil with the result that someone's life is changed forever because she cared enough to pray for them.

For Patience, the prayers of the apostle Paul recorded in the epistles provide helpful guidance in how to pray.  She understands, as Paul stated in Romans, that we do know know how to pray as we ought to, so she gleans insights in prayer through the Scriptures.  The book of Psalms also provides inpiration in prayer for Patience.  She states that "The psalms are great when you really want to behold the glory of God and raise your faith level by understanding what great power He has." 

Patricia, Highland Park, Michigan 

Patricia is an intercessory prayer leader for her church, St. Luke AME, in Highland Park, Michigan.  She is a wife, mother and grandmother.

For Patricia, the primary focus in prayer is petitioning for the needs of others.  She says that she has always felt a need to pray for other people.  Her pastor, Robert Blake, recognized her calling to the ministry of intercession, and he has encouraged her to pursue her calling.

In her intercession for others, Patricia's prayers run the gamut from prayer for healing to deliverance to spiritual growth.  She also prays for unreached people.  

Patricia's prayer pattern is to follow the Lord's Prayer as an outline for her prayers and petitions.  She says of her prayer life, "I feel an intense presence of God, and I am drawn closer to Him.  I experience renewed strength after praying, and I experience much joy."

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Precious, Benin, Nigeria, Africa 

Precious became a Christian in 1997.  At this writing (January 2009), she is 31 years old.  She is married to a banker from Ghana and has a son.  She owns her own petty business and manages her home.  Currently, her husband lives in Benin City, a four hour drive from where she lives, as the two of them just moved to Nigeria.

A member of the Prayer Squad Team of New Covenant Church since 1999, Precious faithfully waits upon the Lord in prayer and prays for people as the Lord brings them to mind.  She believes that God honors her prayers for many who are in life situations that render them helpless.

Influenced by the ministries of the late Kenneth E. Hagin and R. W. Shambach, Precious finds that her dominant role in prayer is that of spiritual warfare and petitionary prayer.  She finds satisfaction in prayer as she knows that when she calls upon God, He hears her, honors His words, and proves Himself a faithful Father who cares about her needs and those she prays for.

Precious does not follow a routine in prayer but allows the Holy Spirit to guide her prayer times.  This means she often finds herself praying about matters that she had not planned to pray about.  Her prayers begin and end with praise and worship of God, which she says is her greatest weapon.  She also believes that prayer is empowered by praying the Word of God and appealing to the redeeming power in the blood of Jesus.  

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Regina, Columbia, South Carolina

Regina lives in Columbia, South Carolina with her husband and two children.  She is a member of Glory Temple Worship Center.

In late 2001, Regina was told that she has a calling on her life to be an intercessor.  At that time, she did not know what an intercessor is.  However, she did recognize that God was guiding her in her times of prayer.  She enjoys spending time talking with God, and she finds that God will bring to her mind something specific to pray about or someone to pray for.  When she receives a prayer assignment for a particular individual, she is moved upon to "cry out" to God for them, often in warfaring prayer.   

Prayer time for Regina is 12:00 p.m. daily.  Her regimen proceeds from Scripture reading to singing to worship to prayer.  She does not see herself filling a particular "niche" in prayer in the sense of a dominant prayer focus.  She is just motivated to pray because she simply believes that God answers her prayers.

The essence of prayer for Regina is coming into God's presence and worshipping Him.  Praise and worship would best describe the heartbeat of her prayer life.  She states "In my heart, 'hallelujah' is the highest praise."   

Riana, Mosselbay, Western Cape, South Africa

Riana has been married for 20 years to Johann at this writing.  They have an 18 year old daughter named Charlene.  Together, the family worships at New Life Church in Mosselbay, Western Cape, South Africa.

A born again, Spirit-filled Christian, Riana enjoys spending time with God and His Word.  She says, "I love to pray!"  She first sensed the calling to be an intercessor eight years ago when her pastor gave her a book about intercessory prayer.  

The primary focus of prayer for Riana is, she says, praying Ephesians 4 for others.  This chapter emphasizes experiencing the love of Christ in its fulness, i.e. it's height, depth, length and breadth.  She says this is her prayer for others whether they are saved or unsaved.  

For Riana, prayer is more than conversation with God.  It results in the feeling of being filled with the Holy Spirit after prayer.  She says the after-effect of prayer is like being on a spiritual "high" in which she finds herself beaming with the joy of the Lord.

Riana starts every prayer with John 11:41-42, which states:  "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.  I knew that you always hear me . . . ."  This is a wonderful way to start prayer as it renews one's mind at the beginning of prayer to the fact that God accepts us in the Beloved One and is ready to hear and answer the prayers that arise from the believing hearts of His children.

Rick, Mindanao, Philippines

Ricardo Necosia and his wife Amor are in their early 40s at this writing.  They have three children.  They minister full time to the unreached Muslim-Kalagan in a remote southeastern part of the Philippines.

The Necosia's describe their work as "very sacrificial," even "life-threatening."  Yet they find their missionary work very rewarding.  They started their outreach ministry in 1995, ministering to one family.  They now personally minister to many families which constitute a congregation of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  God has confirmed their ministry with signs, wonders and miracles with the result that seven indigenous churches have been planted through their labors.  

In addition to church planting, the Necosia's are engaged in pastoring and ministering in hospitals, prisons, and to children.  They labor to train and send disciples into the harvest field.  While visionaries with a purpose, they remain focused on the unreached people groups who are indigenous, less fortunate, and extremely poor.  Ricardo says that they experience overwhelming joy in seeing so many experience salvation and changed lives.  The hardships they encounter in this ministry are well worth the cost.

Prayer for the Necosia's is largely spiritual warfare prayer.  They use the Lord's Prayer as their prayer outline.  They find that prayer for the deliverance of the demonized invariably leads to salvation, and they have a heart for souls and for reaping the harvest.  Their vision for the harvest also leads them to pray for political leaders and for their nation generally.

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Robbie, Detroit, Michigan

Tammie, Canton, Illinois

Tammie is a single mother residing in Central Illinois.  Her children are adults living independently.

While actively attending Faith Community Church, Tammie is part of an intercessory prayer group affiliated with Crossroads Full Gospel Church.  She is committed to prayer and desires to grow in the ministry of intercession.

Tammie sensed the calling to intercession around 1985, and her prayer life is very fulfilling to her.  She says, "It makes me feel real special."  Two dominant emphases in Tammie's prayer life are spiritual birthing and deliverance.

There is no set structure in prayer that Tammie follows consistently.  She says that the order of her prayer times differs with the occasion.

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Wilda, Accra, Ghana

Wilda is a member of the parish of St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington.  At this writing, she has recently received her doctorate in education and is looking for a vocation in her field.

"I believe in the miracle of prayer," Wilda says.  She believe that God has a plan for each life and that He honors prayer as His divinely appointed means in helping us find that plan.  Alluding to Matthew 18:19, Wilda states that whenever two or three come together in prayer, God hears.  In answer, He does what He knows to be best.

Prayer begins for Wilda as personal petition for her own spiritual growth.  This inevitably leads to praying for the needs of others and God desires this of us.  In doing so, it is important to be led by the Lord, and Wilda believes that God gives her prayer assignments to direct her in prayer.

The joy of prayer for Wilda is sensing the closeness of her personal relationship with God.  In this connection, the 23rd Psalm plays a large part in her prayer life as she truly believes that God is her Shepherd.  She states that when we allow our Shepherd to lead us, He does not lose even one sheep.  In His infinite wisdom, He leads us in right direction for our lives.

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William, Accra, Ghana

William is happily married to Rita and is the father of three children.  He is a member of the International Church of God in Christ (ICGC) where his wife serves as a worship leader.  

Currently living at Sakumono Estates, Ghana, William is in the process of registering a prayer and counseling ministry to facilitate prayer for Christian leaders and those serving in the five-fold ministry.  As for academic training, William holds a bachelor of social sciences degree with dual majors in English and law, and he earned a certificate in ministry from Trinity College in Ghana.

In the early 1980's, William was attending secondary school when he was elected by the Scripture Union Group on campus to fill a ministry position for a women's group in the school's pantry.  His task was to preach the Word to them and pray for their needs.  Through this experience, he sensed a calling to warfare prayer.  William states, "I realized that my divine assignment was to intercede, destroy and uproot the works of the devil, and to plant God's will."

William's dominant focus in prayer is petition and spiritual warfare.  He senses prayer assignments that are divinely given.  These assignments are often to pray for individuals in business, for Christian leaders serving in the five-fold ministry, or for the effectiveness of particular ministry programs.

Prayer, for William, is most gratifying when there is noticeable prayer breakthrough.  He sometimes prays for hours on end until breakthrough comes.  That breakthrough is often in the form of revelation as God, in William's words, "demystifies a problem to me."  As for those on the receiving end of prayer, William often sees undeniable results when those for whom he prays in secret noticeably draw closer to God.

As for a prayer structure, William begins praying in tongues and may continue in this mode for several minutes, or even hours.  Beyond this point, his prayers are characterized by praise and worship, confession, binding and loosing, making petition for others, and giving thanks for God's answers. 

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