The Joy of Intercession: A 40-Day Encounter

by Beni Johnson

As we dive into the FatherOCOs heart we are overwhelmed by His presence, the fullness of
joy. From this place we begin to see from His perspective. As we see and understand His
world we are compelled to intercede. We are now praying and speaking with fresh insight.
We see that we no longer have to pray from a place of defense. Instead, we pray
offensive prayers from His presence. When we speak our petitions and most importantly
our declarations into the atmosphere, authority and breakthrough come. From the intimate
place with our Father, everything is birthed.

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Christian Non Fiction

195 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2011

Reviews

[Cate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical Bethel prosperity gospel

There are some good points in this book, but I believe it misrepresents God and preaches a prosperity gospel. Two examples: God is in a "good mood" and that Bethel (at that time) declared itself a cancer-free zone. Seriously? God is not a human, and He doesn't have moods the way that we understand them. He makes choices and moves for His own reasons, and not because He's in a good or bad mood, which would make Him changeable based on His mood at the time. And God never changes! Beware of anthropomorphizing God, because it makes God into our image. And declaring your church a cancer-free zone leads to blaming the victims of cancer rather than supporting them. I have seen the fallout of such practices first-hand, and it is evil.

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having not read the book this devotional is based on, I initially found the meditations a little too brief to spend decent time reflecting upon. The questions Johnson posed were insightful but once again due to lacking sufficient detail on some of the topics found them difficult to really think through quality responses.

However, there were some excellent insights sprinkled throughout the book. I especially the last week or so’s particularly those on mystics.

Definitely worth working through as it serves to stimulate desire for more. Even though I have the longer book, I’m not sure I will jump into rather look for another resource.

[Debby · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a treasure! Every day brought areas of growth and depth in my prayer life and how I see intercession. I recommend this book for any believer. I think Beni Johnson removes some of the misconceptions about being a prayer warrior or intercessor. I've got to say that joy and worship are two things that have been coming up for me repeatedly with regard to healing and breakthrough prayer. Truly grateful for this devotional! Thank you, Beni Johnson!

[Sally Kilpatrick]

This is one of my rare DNFs.

I saw it on sale. I'm always looking for ways to improve my prayer life. I got about 5% in and she was talking about praying in tongues, and I thought I am waaaaaay too Methodist for this.

Then I looked up Beni Johnson and the Bethel megachurch in California, and it felt a little too...prosperity gospel? IDK The vibes weren't good.

Do as you will, other readers, but I don't believe this book was my ministry. Literally.

[Patsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A brief Daily Devotional

This was a brief book on the Joy of intercession prayer with God being the leader and praying with others for our churches, families, communities and our country. This book is about finding the Joy of worshiping with God every day. I enjoyed the book, if you are looking to God and trying to find joy in your life this may help.

[Cynthia James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Drives me to learn more about what being an intercessor means

This book is more than a daily devotional. It's informative and prompts me to reflect, as well as guides me to meditate on what intercession means and how to do it joyfully.

[joy amelio]

This was a great help over prayers that seem to have become stale and indifferent. Reminders of how others in the past have approached intercession prayers aided me in seeing that my prayers matter.

[Catherine Zapata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the fresh approach & perspective on what intercession ought to be about. Good companion to The Joy of Intercession.

[Ashley Hewett · Rating 5 out of 5]

The devotion was a nice reflection for me, but I felt that I followed it better because I had read “The Happy Intercessor” first. I read this devotion with a group of friends and we enjoyed sharing our reflections together.

[Zareen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good in parts like the curates egg. Although I originally began reading it in August 2019, I stopped & began reading it again recently.

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought this books would explain how to become an intercessor, but instead it is directed towards those who already are.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn't what I was looking for, but I still enjoyed the majority of it and found it to be thought-provoking.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’d recommend this book for anyone that struggles with keeping peace and joy as you intercede for others. This is a great book and wonderful tool to keep on hand as you prayerfully press forward to be all that God has created you to be as an intercessor. I received this as a gift from a dear friend of mine, along with The Happy Intercessor, and it’s a book that has dynamically changed the way I view and experience intercessory prayer and will be a book I will read for years to come.

The only thing that I would have enjoyed better is more original content in this devotional than what was in The Happy Intercessor, though I do understand that this devotion is companion to the original book. Overall, I liked it and benefited a lot from reading this book.

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