Standing in the gap prayer
 

Can someone explain to me what standing in the gap prayers are ?

The explanation comes up when you Google. What else do you want to know? Or why do you want to know? is no doubt the more important question. Questions are mostly always about you, not the thing in question.

you're praying for others :smile: (Ezekiel 22:30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one).

Standing in the gap prayers are not as simple as just praying for others, they are said on ' behalf of others ' who are unable to pray for themselves or unwilling to pray. They are called ' Intercesssion prayers ', said for those who are lost.

My first thought was praying while waiting for the train in the london underground........"PLEASE MIND THE GAP":biggrin:

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You'll certainly need gap prayers if you slip through the gap....

Yikes. :icon_eek:

Practice gap prayers only if the person asks you to. Otherwise it's horribly pretentious.

"You're lost and I'm not."

Seriously, a person would have to be delusional (lost?) to honestly think and say that about someone else!

jojo50,

Thanks for sharing this scripture. I was not familiar with it so I thought it would be worthwhile to read the entire chapter of 22 Ezekiel. It was a scathing indictment of Jerusalem and I fear it could be a similar indictment for our present times.

22:4....."Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil". Isn't this happening on some scale in our present times?

22:29 "The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice". Once again familiar enough to sound quite familar and causes one to be uncomfortable.

The gap prayer implored to find one who would stand up and confront these outrages in a visible effort and way to save the city. In our times we look for the same thing. Others seem to doubt the efficacy of intercessory prayer but I would beg to disagree. But then sometimes scriptures seem to speak wisdom to you personally, whereas others see no message.

Oh yes thats quite normal in some religions, unfortunately.