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Prayerwalking

Prayerwalking
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A special phenomenon has unfolded in recent years!   "Prayerwalking" - a concept defined as "praying on site with insight" - has found its way into the lives of many Christians.

Prayerwalking is...

Praying while Walking. It may be as simple as praying while walking for exercise, or it may include an organized effort to saturate a city or neighborhood with prayer. It may be as simple as praying for the needs of people, or it may be used to target areas that need an evangelistic witness.

Intentional Praying. It is setting aside a time to walk in order to pray. It is deliberate intercession for others.

Praying with Vision. Walking through areas endables a Christian to visualize what God wants to do in the lives of the people who live or work there. Seeing enhances our praying.

Involvement in Spiritual Warfare. People without Jesus as their Savior are being held by Satan and need to be set free. PRAYERWALKING is offensive praying to attack these strongholds bombarding them with spiritual power through prayer.

NOT an End in Itself. Evangelistic PRAYERWALKING is preparation for evangelistic witnessing. This witness may come as a part of an organized effort or it may come as an encounter during a prayerwalk.

Purpose
"For the weapons of our warfare aree not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds." 2 Corinthians 10:14
The Gulf War of 1991 was ended quickly when the ground forces marched on Iraq. One of the reasons for success was the previous strategic bombing of enemy strongholds by the United Nations Air Forces. The use of air power was preparation for the ground attack.

PRAYERWALKING can spiritually bombard Satanic strongholds in cities, neighborhoods and families prior to an attempt to share the Gospel with everyone.

PRAYERWALKING allows us to see the needs and the lost condition of our neighborhoods and cities. It helps us focus our prayers on the needs and the spiritual bondage and blindness of people without Jesus.

Purpose

"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20
Be alert as you walk, keep your eyes open and be observant. Ask God to let you see through His eyes.

Pray aloud. Verbalizing your prayers helps focus on the object of prayer.

Allow the Holy Spirit to lead your prayer. Pray for what you see and what you don't see - the people behind the doors of homes.

Pray together. Take turns praying short prayers about a certain subject or area of focus.

Walk slowly to allow time to observe.

Claim God's love and compassion for the people and ask God to remove their spiritual blinders and tear down all barriers that hinder belief in Jesus.

Be alert to how the Holy Spirit may be leading. Sometimes it may be to speak to someone along the way. Watch for open doors to witness. Also, be alert for opportunities to pray for spiritual and other needs.

Preparation
"Likewise the Spirit also helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us..." Romans 8:26
Select a date and time, and place them on the church calendar. Evangelistic PRAYERWALKING is planned times of intercession.

Map out the area to be "walked." Assign teams of two, preferably, but not more than three.

Meet together as a group before PRAYERWALKING to pray, share Scripture and information about the area to be walked.

Pray for Holy Spirit power and wisdom and for control of all that is done.

Agree on the time to return and report results.

Prayerwalking may also include:
  • Walking alone and not as part of an organized effort.  Anytime and anywhere you are walking, you should be praying.
  • Walking as families.  Talk about it in advance and plan a short easy route for small children.
  • Walking through your work area.  An office manager arrived early each Monday and prayed at every desk.
  • Walking at school.  Students may walk around their school and pray or walk the halls praying at classroom doors.
  • Walking through a neighborhood and talking to God about the people who live there.
  • Walking in or near places which are obvious strongholds of Satan, such as places where drug dealers hang out.

Prayerwalking results
"...our God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine..." Ephesians 3:20
Prayerwalkers invariably report that praying "on site with insight" causes them to see persons and conditions with their hearts. The Holy Spirit creates within them a new dimension of sensitivity, love and prayer burden for the people and the area. Of even greater importance, prayerwalking places the Christian in partnership with God in carrying out His plan of releasing His power in response to the prayers of His people.

Reprinted: Through Every Door with Prayer
Prayer for Spiritual Awakening Department, Florida Baptist Convention
from: Prayerwalking by Steve Hawthorne and Graham Kendrick
and Prayerwalking -Praying On Site With Insight by Minette Drumwright