Last night a young man in a detention center said to me, “I see the judge tomorrow. Please pray for me that I will get out.” This morning someone said to me, “I was asked to ask you if they could borrow the van to help them move.” In the first case I was being asked to intercede with God for someone, and in the second someone came to me to intercede for another. Life is full of the need and desire for intercession. In this issue we look briefly at our two perfect intercessors with God — the Lord Jesus in heaven and the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. Both perfectly understand us, our needs, and God to whom they go on our behalf. We now know God, and the more we have fellowship with Him and get to know His heart and ways, the more we, too, are to be occupied in the service of intercession for one another and for all men. We are humbled as we see how Abraham and Moses interceded with God and as we see what is needed to be an intercessor, but love for others will motivate us to this important work. Intercession is the exercise of a heart in communion with God’s heart — a heart that is holy, harmless and undefiled.