Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth (Large Print 16pt)

by Dutch Sheets

  12. Billheimer, Destined for the Throne, p. 107.

  13. C. Peter Wagner, Confronting the Powers (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1996), p. 242.

  14. Jack W. Hayford, Prayer Is Invading the Impossible (South Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1977; revised edition, Bridge Publishing, 1995), p. 92, 1977 edition.

  Chapter Three: Re-Presenting Jesus

  1. The Consolidated Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary (Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1954), p. 384.

  2. Ibid., p. 450.

  3. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 1834.

  4. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the Soul (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1993), p. 74.

  S. R. Arthur Mathews, Born forBattle (Robesonia, PA: OMF Books, 1978), p. 106.

  6. 1 have used the phrase "enforcing the victory of Calvary" throughout this book. Though not a direct quote, the seed thought was planted in my mind by Paul Billheimer, Destined for the Throne (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1975), p. 17.

  7. Mathews, Born for Battle, p. 160.

  Chapter Four: Meetings: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  1. Francis Brown, S. R Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The New Brown-Driver, BriggsGesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979), p. 803.

  2. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers, 1992), p. 1375.

  3. Ibid.

  4. William Wilson, Old Testament Word Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1978), p. 263.

  5. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible New American Standard (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1583.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup forthe Soul (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1993), p. 74.

  Chapter Five: Cheek to Cheek

  1. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), p. 45.

  2. Craig Brian Larson, Illustrations forPreachingand Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993), p. 144.

  3. Ibid., p. 99.

  4. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The New BrownDriver Brigs-Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979), p. 671.

  S. F. F. Bosworth, Christ the Healer (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House/Revell, 1973), p. 26.

  6. S. D. Gordon, What It Will Take to Change the World (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1979), pp. 17-21, adapted.

  7. New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1981), ref no. 2428.

  8. R Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980; Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., revised edition, 1991), p. 453.

  9. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers, 1992), p. 1128.

  10. Harris, Archer, Waltke, Theological Wordbook, p. 453.

  11. Words by Julia Ward Howe, America melody attributed to William Steffe.

  12. Larson, Illustrations for Preaching, p. 26.

  Chapter Six: No Trespassing

  1. The Spirit-Filled Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991), p. 1097.

  2. I first heard the phrase "prayer that sets boundaries" in a live message by Jack Hayford in Dallas, Texas, in 1976. He has since written about this in one of his books.

  3. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3427.

  4. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The New Brown-Driver, BriggsGesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979), p. 533.

  5. Ethelbert W. Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975), p. 804.

  6. Ibid.

  Chapter Seven: Butterflies, Mice, Elephants and Bull's-Eyes

  1. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The New Brown-Driver, BriggsGesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979), p. 803.

  2. W. E. Vine, The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1984), p. 200.

  3. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study BibleNew American Standard (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1812.

  4. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers, 1992), p. 400.

  5. The connection between Genesis 28:11-22 and Romans 8:26-28 along with several of the related thoughts, including the butterfly illustration, I first heard in a live message by Jack Hayford in Dallas, Texas, in 1976. He has since written about this in one of his books.

  6. Communicated to me by Israeli student Avi Mizrachi at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas.

  7. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 4878.

  Chapter Eight: Supernatural Childbirth

  1. The Consolidated Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary (Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1954), p. 749.

  2. W. E. Vine, The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1984), p. 110.

  3. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 8414.

  4. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study BibleNew American Standard (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1790.

  S. C. F. Keil and F. Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, Volume 1 (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., reprinted 1991), p. 48.

  6. William Wilson, Old Testament Word Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1978), p. 175.

  7. The Consolidated Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary (Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1954), p. 89.

  8. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The NewBrown-Driver BriggsGesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979), p. 934.

  9. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 3205.

  10. Ibid., ref. no. 2342.

  11. Ibid., ref. no. 1411.

  12. Ibid., ref. no. 1982.

  13. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), p. 242.

  14. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers, 1992), p. 1366.

  15. Vine, The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary, p. 268.

  16. Craig Brian Larson, IllustrationsforPreachingandTeaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993), p. 165, adapted.

  Chapter Nine: Pro Wrestlers

  1. R Arthur Mathews, Born for Battle (Robesonia, PA: OMF Books, 1978), p. 113.

  2. Jack W. Hayford, Prayer Is Invading the Impossible (South Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1977; revised edition, Bridge Publishing, 1995), p. 45, 1977 edition.

  3. R Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr. and Bruce K. Waltke, Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980; Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., revised edition, 1991), p. 715.

  4. Hayford, Prayer Is Invading the Impossible, p. 5.

  5. Ethelbert W Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975), p. 400.

  6. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible New American Standard (Chattanooga, 'IN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1797.

  7. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers,
1992), p. 1173.

  8. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 4122.

  9. Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance, p. 28.

  10. Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Abridged (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1985), p. 935.

  11. Strong, The New Strongs Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 4314.

  12. Ibid., ref no. 1747.

  13. Ibid., ref. no. 2442.

  14. Harris, Archer, Waltke, Theological Wordbook, p. 791.

  15. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 6960.

  16. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1733.

  17. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 4049.

  18. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1796.

  19. Ibid.

  20. Gordon Lindsay, The New John G. Lake Sermons (Dallas: Christ for the Nations, Inc., 1979), PP. 29-30.

  21. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 7218.

  22. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), p. 240.

  23. Hayford, Prayer Is Invading the Impossible, p. 140.

  24. Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance, p. 731.

  Chapter Ten: Most High Man

  1. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary (Iowa Falls, IA: Word Bible Publishers, 1992), P. 816.

  2. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 575.

  3. Craig Brian Larson, Illustrations forPreachingand Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993), p. 98.

  4. Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary, p. 1464.

  5. Ibid., p. 1463.

  6. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 1994.

  7. Ibid., ref. no. 1124.

  8. Ibid., ref no. 3056.

  9. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible New American Standard (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1718.

  10. W. E. Vine, The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1984), p. 125.

  11. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 5188.

  12. Ibid., ref. no. 5187.

  13. Larson, Illustrations for Preaching, p. 134.

  14. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no. 1415.

  15. Ibid., ref. no. 2507.

  16. Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979), p. 386.

  17. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 2192.

  18. Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary, p. 923.

  19. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 5313.

  20. Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon, p. 851.

  Chapter Eleven: The Lightning of God

  1. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible -New American Standard (Chattanooga, 'IN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1846.

  2. Craig Brian Larson, Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993), p. 133.

  3. Ibid., p. 72, adapted.

  4. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), p. 422.

  5. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 7931.

  Chapter Twelve: The Substance of Prayer

  1. James Strong, The New Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 3115.

  2. Dick Eastman, No Easy Road (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1971), pp. 96-97.

  3. Craig Brian Larson, Illustrationsfor Preaching and Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993), p. 245, adapted.

  4. Eastman, No Easy Road, pp. 97-98.

  5. Larson, Illustrations for Preaching, p. 114.

  6. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), p. 38.

  7. Jack W. Hayford, Prayer Is Invading the Impossible (South Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1977; revised edition, Bridge Publishing, 1995), p. 55, 1977 edition.

  8. Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon, p. 14.

  9. Gordon Lindsay, Prayer That Moves Mountains (Dallas: Christ for the Nations, Inc., revised 1994), p. 43.

  10. Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon, p. 422.

  11. Paul E. Billheimer, Destined forthe Throne (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1975), p. 107.

  12. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 4057.

  13. Ibid., ref. no. 5228.

  14. Ibid., ref. no. 2596.

  15. Larson, Illustrations for Preaching, p. 177, adapted.

  Chapter Thirteen: Actions That Speak and Words That Perform

  1. Cindy Jacobs, The Voice of God (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1995), pp. 251-253.

  2. Sue Curran, The Praying Church (Blountville, TN: Shekinah Publishing Company, 1987), p. 140.

  3. Elizabeth Alves, Becoming a Prayer Warrior (Ventura, CA: Renew Books, 1998), pp. 167-210.

  4. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible New American Standard (Chattanooga, 'IN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1861.

  S. R Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, Theological Wordbook ofthe Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980; Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., revised edition, 1991), p. 158.

  6. Ibid., p. 118.

  7. Ibid., p. 793.

  8. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref no. 4834.

  9. Adapted from a message by Pastor Tim Sheets, Middletown, Ohio.

  10. Ibid.

  11. Dick Eastman, The Jericho Hour (Orlando, FL: Creation House, 1994), pp. 10-11, adapted.

  Chapter Fourteen: The Watchman Anointing

  1. Craig Brian Larson, Illustrations forPreachingand Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993), p. 59, adapted.

  2. Cindy Jacobs, Possessing the Gates of the Enemy (Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books, 1991), pp. 21-22, adapted.

  3. Quin Sherrer with Ruthanne Garlock, How to Pray for Your Family and Friends (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Publications, 1990), p. 127.

  4. James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 8104.

  5. Ibid., ref no. 5341.

  6. Ibid., ref. no. 6822.

  7. C. Peter Wagner, Prayer Shield (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1992), pp. 66-73.

  8. Ibid., p. 180.

  9. Ibid., p. 177.

  10. Sherrer with Garlock, How to Pray for Your Family, pp. 152-153, adapted.

  11. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible New American Standard (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1984; revised edition, 1990), p. 1752.

  12. Ibid., p. 1787.

  13. Sherrer with Garlock, How to Pray for Your Family, p. 95, adapted.

  14. C. Peter Wagner, Breaking Strongholds in Your City (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1993), pp. 176-177.

  15. Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, ref no. 2275.

  16. Larson, Illustrations for Preaching, p. 12, adapted.

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