Prayer and Intercession are a 2-way street. We must train ourselves to hear God's voice and to be obedient.
If we are going to do the works of the kingdom, we need to understand how Jesus did it:
Jesus demonstrated the ability of living out of constant contact with God, declaring that He did nothing on His own initiative, but only what He saw the Father doing, and heard the Father saying (Jn. 5:19,20,30).