Intercessory prayer is a holy bucket brigade

Intercessory prayer is a holy bucket brigade. God fills the first bucket with living water. The Spirit places it in our hands. We pass it forward through prayer, through pleading, through faith. One by one, heaven’s supply is carried to earth’s thirst, until the fire of need is quenched and life springs up again.

I've been enjoying connecting with leaders using Google Calendar, Appointment schedule. As I work with over 20 people in 7 timezones this makes it easier for me to create several 1/2 hour blocks of time over a 10 day period and allow my friends to meet when they can. It's free and simple and an answer to prayer (though its been around for a long time I've just discovered it). I plan on redoing this every month for 1 on 1 w/Ben (BSF). Topics include Personal life, family, community, work, other & Spiritual health, prayer and encouragement. 

What I've learned is a bucket brigade is a method of transporting items, most notably water, by forming a line of people who pass the items from one to the next, rather than having each person carry the item individually from the source to the destination. It's a human-powered conveyor belt. 

• God is the Source of living water (Jeremiah 2:13, John 7:37–38).
• The Intercessor is like one in the line, faithfully passing along what is needed—pleas, petitions, encouragement, blessing.
• The Recipient is the one in need, receiving the provision, healing, or breakthrough supplied by God through prayer.
• The Authority Structure mirrors the order in the brigade: each person participates under direction, passing on what is not their own but entrusted to them.

Biblical Anchors for “Passing On Behalf of Another”

• God as Intercessor: The Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words (Romans 8:26–27), showing God Himself steps into the brigade. Jesus lives to intercede on our behalf (Hebrews 7:25), ensuring prayers reach the throne (Heb 12:22-25). We join God in intercession, speaking the very Words of God (1 Peter 4:11), to benefit others according to there needs (Eph 4:29,32).
• Jesus as Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5) – the ultimate one in the line, passing our prayers to the Father.
• Believers as Priests (1 Peter 2:9) – each of us takes our place in the brigade, carrying needs to God and blessings back to others.
• Moses as Intercessor: Exodus 32:11–14 – Moses pleads on behalf of Israel after the golden calf. He “passes” Israel’s need to God, and God relents.
• Numbers 21:7 – The people ask Moses, “Pray to the LORD to take the snakes away.” Moses carries their request to God.
• Samuel as Intercessor: 1 Samuel 7:8–9 – Israel says, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us.” Samuel acts as the one holding the bucket in the line, passing their cry up to God, and God answers with thunder.
• Paul’s Intercessory Role: 2 Corinthians 1:11 – Paul says, “You also must help us by prayer,” implying a chain of spiritual help where prayer links believers together.

Poetic Imagery of Response and Flow

• Hosea 2:21-22. Notice the chain of response: “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth; and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.” This is a bucket brigade of blessing, God’s word flows down through creation, each layer passing on life. 
• Psalm 147:8, God prepares rain, just as prayers “rise like incense” (Psalm 141:2) and come down as provision.
• Deuteronomy 11:13-14, If Israel loves and obeys God, He promises rain in season, another flow of supply.
• Isaiah 55:10-11 God’s word is like rain and snow that water the earth, accomplishing His purpose as it “flows down.”