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Good morning, boys and girls. Today, we are talking about a very big word, and also a very important one. The word is intercession. What do you think the word intercession might mean? (let them answer) Those were all good tries, but they are not the answers. I said it was a big word and not one that we use very often. I think that I can help you learn what it means in just a minute. First of all, I want to tell you that Jesus is our intercession. That will help us to learn more about what the word means.

I brought with me a bolt that you might use when you are building a table, or chair, or almost anything. Sometimes when you are building something, it is necessary to drill a hole and use a bolt. But when you use a bolt, you must also use a nut. The nut just twists right on the bolt and helps to hold something together. There is one thing missing if you want to keep the bolt and nut from pulling right through the wood. You need a washer, something to come between the bolt and the nut.

Now here is where you must pretend. Let's say that the bolt is God; and we are the nut. God wants you and me to be close together but because we are not always good and right, we have some problems with God. Our problems are called sins. We just don't belong in the same place with a very holy God. God wants us and we want God, but because God is pure and holy we don't belong together. Jesus is the washer. Jesus comes between God and us just like the washer is in between the bolt and the nut. Jesus makes us fit good with God because Jesus takes all our sins and gets rid of them. Jesus listens to God the Father just like he listens to us, and he brings us together. We fit better because of Jesus, just like the bolt and nut fit together because of the washer.

The washer comes between and is called the intercessor or intercession. He listens and works for both sides.

That is why Jesus is so important to you and to me. He speaks for us and acts for us with God the Father. Jesus also speaks for God the Father and acts for God the Father. He is the intercession. We pray to God the Father through the name of Jesus, and God gives us forgiveness through his Son Jesus Christ.

Intercession is a big word and a very important one to all of us. When you pray, you use the name of Jesus who speaks to the Father for us. A bolt, a nut, and a washer help us to understand the way that God works with us through Jesus.