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Stephen in Acts 7:55-56 "full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by him, gazed into the heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand; and he said, 'Look! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!'"  Stephen was being stoned to death and one might think it was his worst moment.  But Jesus was there, waiting to take him into heaven. Jesus was acting on Stephen's behalf at the moment Stephen needed him the most.  You might think Jesus would have saved his life but this is not what happened.  But it was the best moment of Stephen's life.

Hebrews 7:25 makes it clear that Stephen was not the only example of Jesus'
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"Therefore, he is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally for all time and eternity) those who come to God through him, since he is always living to make petition to God and intercede with him and intervene for them."

Romans 8:26-27 assures us that the Holy Spirit is interceding to the Father on our behalf.  "So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads on our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.  And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to the and in harmony with God's will."

Those who have come to God through Jesus Christ and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit may be praying for you unknown to you.  They may be praying for you out of obedience (I Timothy 2:8).  They may be praying for you because you live in a place where it is difficult to share the Gospel (Psalm 2:8).  They may be praying for you because God woke them up in the middle of the night and described you to them and told them urgently to pray for you.  They may be praying for you because someone who knows you have a need and has described your situation to them.  You may never meet them but you are being prayed for by them.  Christians often pray for "unspoken" prayer requests.

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