Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth [Paperback]

Dutch Sheets (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

With Intercessory Prayer, first-time author and gifted Bible teacher Dutch Sheets brings clear and startling revelation on the power of prayer and the role of intercession. With the rare grace of Lucado and Foster, Dutch unwraps the mystery of intercessory prayer, revealing our role as God's partners in His work. Have you ever wondered if your prayers really count? Or why you never seem to get any answers? If so, then Intercessory Prayer will convince you that your prayers can, indeed, move heaven and earth.

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From the Back Cover

If God is all-powerful, why does He need us to pray? If we pray and nothing happens, does this mean that God isn’t listening? If you’ve ever felt that your prayers don’t count, Intercessory Prayer will show you just how vital your prayers are. Pastor and teacher Dutch Sheets explains the nuts and bolts of prayer with wisdom, gentleness and humor. This book will inspire you, give you the courage to pray for the “impossible” and help you find the persistence to see your prayers to completion. Discover your role as a prayer warrior—it can mean the difference between heaven and hell for someone you know!

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Dutch Sheets, D.D., is the senior pastor of Springs Harvest Fellowship in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he has pastored for ten years. He has served on the faculty of Christ For The Nations Institute, is currently an instructor for Christian Life School of Theology and is a guest lecturer for Wagner Leadership Institute. He is a best selling author, a minister, educator and conference speaker. His ministry focuses primarily on empowering believers for passionate prayer and world changing revival!

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Regal Books; Revised edition edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830719008
• ISBN-13: 978-0830719006
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DUTCH SHEETS is an internationally known conference speaker, pastor and author. He has written many books, including Authority in Prayer and his bestseller Intercessory Prayer. Dutch travels extensively as a guest lecturer in various venues. He is fervent in empowering believers for passionate prayer and world-changing revival. Dutch is the senior pastor of Freedom Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He and his wife, Ceci, their two daughters and three dogs make their home at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will Add New Power to Your Prayer Life, August 31, 2011

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This review is from: Intercessory Prayer (Hardcover)

Simply put, intercessory prayer is the act of praying on behalf of others. I was looking for a good book on this subject and came across this one. I have to say, its just solid biblical teaching about the many aspects of prayer, and I think it will answer many of the questions people have about prayer. You can certainly tell the author has a degree in theology.

I found it to be humorous many times (which helps me keep my attention), and it definitely reaches its goal of igniting and empowering the prayer lives of those who read it. Prayers really do work, but you have to pray. And if you're like me, you don't pray enough - but if you want to add new power to your prayer life, well, this is just a great "guide" to get you on the right track! Also recommend checking out The Prayer Project: How Each One of Us Can Make The World a Better Place to Live - In a Few Minutes a Day.

37 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There simply isn't a better book on the subject of Prayer, January 12, 1999

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This review is from: Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth (Paperback)

I'm not sure where the previous comments came from regarding this book straying from the biblical record - it simply isn't true - or either that, they didn't read the book. Dutch Sheet's book, Intecessory Prayer is simply the most definiative AND bibically sound book on prayer that there is today - so much so, that I would call it a DEFINITAVE WORK. There are many other very good books on prayer out there, but this book provides a theologically sound explanation of prayer which almost every Christian can apply immediately, leading them to a more fullilling prayer life. This revelatory information contained in this book has lifted my prayer life to a new level - I'll never be the same. Thanks Dutch!

47 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Intercessory Prayer, September 21, 2005

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Roy Ingle "The Seeking Disciple" (Lexington, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth (Paperback)

Dutch Sheets' book on intercessory prayer offers biblical, historical, and personal insights into the power of intercessory prayer. Without a doubt, intercessory prayer is the work of all true saints of God (1 Timothy 2:1-8). The Bible is clear on the power of prayer (Matthew 7:7-11; 21:22; Luke 18:1-8). However far too many Christians don't understand just how powerful our prayers can be. We alone contain the truth of God (John 14:6). We alone contain the true Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:16-21). And yet cults and other world religions often shame us in their zeal and in their dedication to prayer (Matthew 6:7,8).

Sheets' book outlines just what is intercessory prayer. I found it to be helpful in showing us in Scripture the power of prayer in the lives of other believers. My only drawback to the book was the heavy emphasis upon experience. Prayer is an experience but it is not so much how we feel or what we see but our faith in God and what He can do through our prayers (Mark 11:22). Being devoted to prayer (Colossians 4:2) does not always mean I feel like praying but I pray because I am a disciple of Jesus (Luke 11:1) and I want to be just like Him in all that I do (1 John 2:6).

I can endorse this book and recommend other Christians to read it. Always read a book with your Bible open and your heart set on pleasing the Lord.