A dictionary defines “stand in the gap” as “to expose oneself for the protection of something; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.” Scripture shares numerous examples of people standing in the gap for others.
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”...
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be...
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt...
