Some quotes from the message
- “God didn’t simply plan for us to come to church on Sundays, to be blessed, to receive an answer to our prayers. Jesus planned infinitely more for us.”
- “If your goal is simply for God to handle this problem, to resolve this situation, you will spend your life dealing with life’s problems rather than being transformed.”
- “When you pursue this goal of transformation into the image of Jesus, not only do you grow, but you can exercise authority over those natural circumstances that would have preoccupied you.”
- “We are coming out of darkness, we are entering the kingdom of the beloved Son. Even in heaven, they declare what we have become. It is essential for us to know what we have become.”
- “Many people want to demand rights, without considering their responsibilities. They say, 'Lord, do it for me,' but God says to them, 'Do it for me.'‘
- “Prayer has two objectives: to call upon God’s help in situations for individuals, and to bring about God’s reign in circumstances.”
- “In royal intercession, we establish God’s dominion, we make circumstances align with God’s will, we use our spiritual authority to paralyze the opposition.”
- “When we declare that France belongs to the Eternal, we are exercising our function of royal intercession. We are prophesying, calling for the reign of God.”
5 CONCEPTUAL (NON-FACTUAL) MCQS
1. Question What is the fundamental difference between priestly intercession and royal intercession as taught in this sermon?
A) Priestly intercession takes place in the morning, royal intercession in the evening
B) Priestly intercession presents the needs of humankind to God; royal intercession declares God's will on earth
C) Priestly intercession is reserved for pastors, royal intercession for members
D) Priestly intercession uses verses, royal intercession uses hymns
2. According to the teaching, why must intimacy, elevation, and authority be present simultaneously for effective royal intercession?
A) Because it's a magic formula that guarantees the answer
B) Because intimacy reveals what God wants, elevation provides perspective, and authority enables execution
C) Because each dimension corresponds to a different prayer time
D) Because that's what the apostles did in the book of Acts
3. Why does the sermon state that “disobedience always leads to an accumulation of difficulties” in the life of a Christian?
A) Because God immediately punishes all disobedience
B) Because disobedience opens legal loopholes that the enemy can exploit
C) Because disobedient Christians lose their salvation
D) Because God withdraws all His blessings from the disobedient
4. When the sermon says, “If we take responsibility, we will fully enjoy our rights,” why don’t many Christians experience their rights in Christ?
A) Because they don't have enough faith
B) Because they don't know enough Bible verses
C) Because they want the rights (blessings) without exercising the responsibilities (priesthood, intercession, obedience)
D) Because God distributes rights randomly
5. When God says, “I am looking for someone to stand in the gap… but I do not find him” (Ezekiel 22:30), what does this reveal about the role of intercession in carrying out God’s will?
A) That God prefers not to intervene in human affairs
B) That God needs human partners in intercession to manifest His will on earth
C) That intercession is not really important to God
D) May God only seek pastors to intercede
12 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. The teaching highlights that Revelation 5:9-10 declares that Jesus has made us “kings and priests to our God.” This dual role was unique in the Old Testament—only Melchizedek possessed it. What were the consequences when others encroached upon the priestly role? How does this revelation of your identity as both king AND priest concretely transform your approach to prayer and daily Christian living?
2. The sermon teaches that Jesus taught us to pray first, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done” (royal intercession), before “Give us this day our daily bread” (personal supplication). Explain the importance of this prayer. Honestly analyze your current prayer life. What percentage of your time is devoted to intercession for God’s kingdom compared to your personal needs? What concrete change will you make this week?
3. The teaching presents three essential positions in royal intercession that must be present simultaneously for effective intercession. Explain each of them with supporting verses. Which of these three dimensions is weakest in your current prayer life, and what specific actions will you take to strengthen it?
4. The sermon quotes James 5:16 – “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” – and explains that without obedience to God, spiritual authority is impossible: “Without submission to God, resistance to the devil is useless.” Did the Holy Spirit point out a specific area of disobedience in your life during this sermon? How might this disobedience explain the ineffectiveness of some of your prayers?
5. The sermon mentions four elements (e.g., the rhema) in the process of royal intercession. What are they, and how do they work to enable us to fully exercise royal intercession? Explain the role of the Holy Spirit.
6. According to the teaching, we have the authority (Matthew 18:18) to forbid and to free, to loose what has been bound and to bind what must be bound. In what situations in your life do you need to stop begging God and start exercising the authority to bind and loose that He has already given you?
7. Relate and comment on Derek Prince's intercession at El Alamein. What profound truth does this testimony reveal about the link between intercession and historical/political events? How should this transform your intercession for your country and its leaders?
8. Relate the intervention of the Nigerian servant in Australia. What does this story reveal? Are you close enough to God that He would send you on an unusual intercessory mission? What would prevent you from obeying if God asked something similar of you?
9. How will you transform your workplace this week by exercising your priesthood there? Name three colleagues for whom you will specifically intercede.
10. The teaching gives a serious warning about betraying God's trust in intercession. God sometimes places an intercession in our hearts for someone, but some intercessors will then spread it. Have you ever betrayed God's trust by revealing what He had shown you in private, solely for the purpose of intercession?
11. In Ezekiel 22:30, God says, “I am looking for someone to stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, but I do not find him.” The pastor asks the direct question, “Will God find you when He looks for someone to intercede?” In light of this teaching, for whom or in what situation is God specifically calling you to stand in the gap? What concrete commitment will you make today?
12. According to Pastor Bola, “When someone starts speaking ill of them in church, it’s not proof that someone has wronged them; it’s proof that love is not in their heart.” Be brutally honest: Are there people or situations in your church that you complain about or criticize? How does this reveal your lack of intercession for them? Will you replace your criticism with prayer this week?
13. “There is a proliferation of false prophets and false pastors today. There are people who want to cater to the needs of disobedient people, who have found it advantageous to substitute themselves for people’s obedience in an attempt to wrest from them a grace for which they are not qualified because of their disobedience.” She explains that these people “bargain their involvement” because rebellious Christians “prefer to give themselves up for someone else rather than submit to God.” Is this reality present around you? Have you ever been tempted to seek a “prophet” or a “man of God” to obtain grace without obeying what God has already told you to do? How will you protect yourself from this temptation?
14. According to the teaching, “if we take responsibility, we will fully enjoy our rights.” Indeed, many want God to “do things for them” without ever “doing things for God.” In what areas of your Christian life do you neglect your responsibilities (daily prayer, participation in prayer times, service in the church) while hoping to enjoy the rights (blessings, answers to prayer, protection)?
15. Toward the end of the sermon, the pastor emphasizes “the basics”: daily personal prayer, participation in church prayer times, and commitment to service. She says that many seek special prophetic revelations when even the basics aren’t in place. Be honest: if a spiritual audit of your Christian life were conducted this week, what basics would be found to be missing?
16. In summarizing the teaching on the royal dimension of intercession, the pastor presents two ways of living the Christian life: one that spends its life managing problems by pleading with God, and one that exercises royal authority by interceding with authority. Draw your own current spiritual portrait: to what extent do you live as a victim of circumstances versus as a king and a priest who rules? Identify three concrete changes you need to make to move from the former to the latter.
17. In light of all that you have heard in this sermon – the identity of king and priest, the twofold dimension of prayer, the three positions of intercession (intimacy, exaltation, authority), the link between obedience and effectiveness, and God's call to find someone to stand in the gap – write a specific personal commitment that you are making before God today.
This commitment must include:
(1) an area of obedience that you will rectify,
(2) a discipline of prayer that you will establish, and
(3) a specific intercession for which you will stand in the gap.
