intercessory
having the function of interceding: an intercessory prayer.
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How to use intercessory in a sentence
Despite (or rather because of) being raised Southern Baptist, I am uncomfortable with the whole concept of intercessory prayer.
Bring on the Made-for-Reality-TV District Race Down South | Michelle Cottle | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe White Cross league admits women associates for intercessory prayer—and what mother will not be thankful for that?
The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons | Ellice HopkinsOf equal necessity intercessory prayer is objective; it has to do wholly with others.
Quiet Talks on Prayer | S. D. (Samuel Dickey) GordonIt would follow, then, that intercessory prayer is not a work of extraordinary merit but a necessary element of devotion.
With God in the World | Charles H. BrentThere is no more delicate service in the whole round of human action than that of intercessory prayer.
With God in the World | Charles H. Brent
As already stated, the special work of the widow was intercessory prayer and ministering to the sick.
The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles | Alfred Plummer
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