References: 

• Learning to want what God wants can happen through the primary and urgent matter of communicating with God.
  • 1 Timothy 2:1-4 through Supplication, Prayer, Intercession, Thanksgiving
• ἔντευξις (ent'-yook-sis) noun - ἐντυγχάνω (en-toong-khan'-o) verb 
  • Noun 2X - 1 Tim 2:1 & 4:5
    • 1 Tim 4:1-10 - ἔντευξις = prayer in NLT and ESV
    • “It” is made acceptable by
      • The word of God and
      • By intercession
  • Verb 5X - two negatively, three positively
    • Acts 25:24 & Rom 11:2
      • The Jews “interceding” against Paul
      • Elijah “interceding” against Israel
    • Rom 8:27, 34 & Heb 7:25
      • Of the Holy Spirit’s interceding
      • Of Christ’s interceding
• Consider the root of ἐντυγχάνω, τυγχάνω (toong-khan'-o)
  • to hit the mark (of one discharging a javelin or arrow),to reach, fall out, of he who meets one or presents himself unsought
  • I find this helpful when put together with the positive examples of Holy Spirit and Jesus hitting the mark of accord with the heart of the Father in their intercessions
• For our intercessions, we look in. We listen to the voice of God as God reveals to us through the Spirit and the Word, God’s heart for everyone. 
  • Keeping in mind Jer 17:9-10
    • We cannot trust our own heart of flesh/stone in intercession.
    • We must listen, surrender, and allow God to reveal His heart for our hearts, thus for others
  • Psalm 139:23-24 - Know my heart, point out it’s flaws and lead me in Your way.