Prayer Walking

The road looked more like a wide path. It was wide enough for people, animals with carts, and bicycles. It wound through a village of huts made with mud bricks and covered with a roof of straw. The huts were separated from each other by gardens and fields of field corn and pea trees. At one point we had to cross a bridge that had so many gaps and holes we wondered how anyone crossed it safely. We were in Africa but we were not sight-seeing. We were Prayer Walking.

As we walked we prayed for the people in the huts we passed. We observed the yards for signs of children and other evidence that would guide our prayers. In between the huts the pastor would talk and give us useful information about the area and the people who lived there. Sometimes we talked to each other pointing out things that we could pray for concerning the people and the church we were helping on our mission trip.

The rest of the week we walked, prayed, and carried Bibles and Evangecubes, (a tool for sharing the gospel with pictures). We saw hundreds come to Christ. Salvation is the work of God. Evangelism is a combination of the work of the Holy Spirit through our prayers, preparation, and participation in sharing the Word of Christ.

“Prayer walking is intercession on location with information in cooperation against opposition for glorification.” (Prayer Walking: A Journey of Faith, by Dan R. Crawford and Calvin Miller) Another definition is: “Walking on-site with insight.”

We continued to use Prayer Walking in the Dominican Republic and Vancouver. Our Children’s Ministry and Youth have learned about missions through Prayer Walking.

We are beginning a new ministry of Prayer Walking on Sunday nights. This will be our Sunday night worship during the summer. Over the course of the summer we plan to walk every street and pray for every home and business in Gentry. We want to take what we have learned on the mission field abroad and put it into practice on the mission field at home.

James said, “…The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.” (James 5:16b HCSB)

In a prayer meeting recently one of our prayer warriors prayed, “Lord, we need more people praying!” Come and join us. If you do not wish to walk there will also be a group praying in the church while others are walking. Prayer makes a difference in our lives and will make a difference in our church.

Bro. Robin