Just the Promises 7

Just the Promises 7: What is the proof that you are qualified to be an intercessor? 1 Peter 1:13-16 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." The King James version says to gird up the loins of your mind. Gird means to hold firm in place and keep steady. Loins are located between the place where your ribs end and your pelvic bone begins. This area of the body is called the seat of strength. When you go into intercession, only God knows how long you are going to be there, so your sash strengthens your loins. When you are standing in a hard place in prayer, and it looks like the devil isn’t going to move, God will declare to you from His Word, I’m going to help you gird up your mind so you’ll be able to stand and you won’t feel the pain because you are standing on my word.