Summer Prayer Walking.
With the warmer weather, earlier sun rises and later sun sets (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere) there are more opportunities to take our praying to different places. This also gets us out of our routines and into something new.
Prayer walking is intercession and ‘others’ focused. As you are out walking in your neighborhood, or other places around your community, you look to the Lord for what to pray. Let the Holy Spirit be your guide as you quietly intercede for your neighbors, for the local businesses, for the local government and services, for those around the parks, and other places around your area.
Your prayers can help in so many ways, most of which you will never know about. You may pray blessings for your neighbors, or success for some local business. You may find yourself praying for peoples’ salvation, or you may be moved upon to pray for healing from sickness or injury. Many find that this type of praying helps them grow in how they pray. There are times that you may be general in your praying, and other times find a very specific item that you have an urgency to cover in prayer. It is not uncommon to get burdens for people and things as you go prayer walking. You may feel that this is crazy, but give it a chance and be open to what the Lord will lead you into. This can be like going on a short-term missions trip in your local area.
Prayer walking is great, it is refreshing, and it can be very powerful in touching lives. Why not give it a try this weekend?
God bless you all.
Jay Becker
Making a Difference with Prayer
PeoplePray.com