The theme of NAC India’s 2019 calendar is “Prayer”. The monthly calendar texts are based on a doctrinal article by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider which was published in the community member magazine 04/2018 (starts on page 20). This prayer series explores and elaborates on each month’s topic.
Fellowship with other Believers
Intercessions arise from the believer’s awareness that he does not practice his faith on his own, but rather in the fellowship of other believers. Beyond that the supplicant knows that he has been created in the image of God, and thus exists in relationship to other human beings – as they have likewise been created in the image of God – and therefore shares in the fellowship of all God’s creatures together with them.
Love Your Neighbour!
Beyond that, intercession follows from the commandment to love one’s neighbour. The plea of the supplicant that God should also protect and preserve others and grant them salvation protects the believer from the danger of desiring salvation exclusively for himself.