Prayer Walking 101 (Taken from Steve Hawthorne s Book Prayer Walking)

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1 Prayer Walking 101 (Taken frm Steve Hawthrne s Bk Prayer Walking) Call t Me and I will answer yu and shw yu great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which yu d nt knw- d nt distinguish and recgnize, r understand. Jeremiah 33:3 Cntext: Prayer Walking is simply praying nsite with insight (Steve Hawthrne) that we might jin with Gd t see Matthew 6:10 accmplished. yur kingdm cme, yur will be dne n earth as it is in heaven. On Target Praying: Smart bmbs allwed US trps t pinpint specific targets s that greater impact culd be made. Prayers such as, Gd help the peple f this city, des nt directly attack specific demnic frces. Prayer walking allws the pray team t see and be in the territrial dmain f wh and what is prayed fr. Circumstances: A war is being engaged. Until we believe that life is war, we will nt knw what prayer is fr. Jhn Piper Fr ur struggle is nt against flesh and bld, but against the rulers, against the authrities, against the spiritual frces f evil in the heavenly realms. Therefre put n the full armr f Gd, s that when the day f evil cmes yu may be able t stand ur grund, and after yu have dne everything, t stand. Eph. 6:12-13 Fr thugh we live in the wrld, we d nt wage war as the wrld des. The weapns we fight with are nt the weapns f the wrld. On the cntrary, they have divine pwer t demlish strnghlds. We demlish arguments and every pretensin that sets itself up against the knwledge f Gd, and we take captive every thught t make it bedient t Christ. II Cr. 10:3-5 t pen their eyes and turn them frm darkness t light, and frm the pwer f Satan t Gd, s that they may receive frgiveness f sins and a place amng thse wh are sanctified by faith in me. Acts 26:18 War changes the landscape f peple and places. Humanity has rejected Gd and chsen idlatry. Rmans 1:20-26 Fr since the creatin f the wrld Gd s invisible qualities his eternal pwer and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understd frm what has been made, s that men are withut excuse. Fr althugh they knew Gd, they neither glrified him as Gd nr gave thanks t him, but their thinking became futile and their flish hearts were darkened. Althugh they claimed t be wise, they became fls and exchanged the glry f the immrtal Gd fr images made t lk like mrtal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefre Gd gave them ver in the sinful desires f their hearts t sexual impurity fr the degrading f their bdies with ne anther. They exchanged the truth f Gd fr a lie, and wrshiped and served created things rather than the Creatr-wh is frever

2 praised. Amen. Because f this, Gd gave them ver t shameful lusts. Even their wmen exchanged natural relatins fr unnatural nes. Satan has taken dminin in this fallen wrld and left his mark. I Jhn 5:19 We knw that we are children f Gd, and that the whle wrld is under the cntrl f the evil ne. Iceberg effect: What is seen n the surface is but an indicatin f deeper unseen spiritual dynamics and realities. The visible result f a gang marking its territry is seen as graffiti. In like manner, satanic strnghlds are territries marked, claimed, and frtified by Satan t repel light and breed rebellin. Daniel 10 allws us t understand that strnghlds can have a territrial nature. Satan has dminin f the csms, (systems, authrities, institutins, etc) but the Kingdm f Gd can invade Satan s territry. Matthew 16:18-19 And I tell yu that yu are Peter, and n this rck I will build my church, and the gates f Hades will nt vercme it. I will give yu the keys f the kingdm f heaven; whatever yu bind n earth will be bund in heaven, and whatever yu lse n earth will be lsed in heaven. A gal in prayer walking is that Gd may remve the blinders frm peple s eyes that they may acknwledge Gd. Thus evil spirits and principalities may be bund, but they als have the right t return when they are invited via idlatry, ccultism and sin. Matthew 12:29 Or again, hw can anyne enter a strng man s huse and carry ff his pssessins unless he first ties up the strng man? Then he can rb his huse. Luke 11:24-26 When an evil spirit cmes ut f a man, it ges thrugh arid places seeding rest and des nt find it. Then it says, I will return t the huse I left. When it arrives, it finds the huse swept clean and put in rder. Then it ges and takes seven ther spirits mre wicked than itself, and they g in and live there. And the final cnditin f that man is wrse than the first. Catalytic: Pray alertly - Cl. 4:2-4 Devte yurselves t prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray fr us, t, that Gd may pen a dr fr ur message, s that we may prclaim the mystery f Christ, fr which I am in chains. Pray that I may prclaim it clearly, as I shuld. Be fruitful - Jhn 15:16 Yu did nt chse me, but I chse yu and appinted yu t g and bear fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will give yu whatever yu ask in my name. Physical Prayer walking allws a platfrm fr Gd t be present in this place, as the temple in which the Spirit f Gd dwells thrugh prayer walking the temple is brught n-site and Satan cannt hld back the attack. I Cr. 3:16 Dn t yu knw that yu yurselves are Gd s temple and that Gd s Spirit lives in yu? Matt. 16:18 And I tell yu that yu are Peter, and n this rck I will build my church, and the gates f Hades will nt vercme it.

3 Plws and breaks up the hard grund fr greater respnse t the Gspel. Pints f Cntact Prvides yu with pints f cntact fr yu t see Gd at wrk in this place. Having prayed in this envirnment, yu are nw able t pray with greater understanding. Furthermre, the visual images becme a memrial factr t recall in faith what has been cmmitted t prayer. Having experienced the prayer walk yu can nw pray with greater specificity. Jshua 4:4-9 Prpels evil and prmtes light. Persnal respnsibility is a way fr yur relatinship with Christ t grw. Cnsecratin: The way yu see yurself is the way Satan will deal with yu. As believers, we have been taken frm the dminin f darkness and are cmplete in Christ yet can d nthing apart frm Christ. In this life we are affrded the whle armr f Gd that we may serve and glrify Christ. Cl. 1:13-14 Fr he has rescued us fr the dminin f darkness and brught us int the kingdm f the Sn he lves, in whm we have redemptin, the frgiveness f sins. Cl. 2:6-15 S then, just as yu received Christ Jesus as Lrd, cntinue t live in him, strengthened in the faith as yu were taught, and verflwing with thankfulness. See t it that n ne takes yu captive thrugh hllw and deceptive philsphy, which depends n human traditin and the basic principles f this wrld rather than n Christ. Fr in Christ all the fullness f the Deity lives in bdily frm, and yu have been given fullness in Christ, wh is the head ver ever pwer and authrity. In him yu were als circumcised, in the putting ff f the sinful nature, nt with a circumcisin dne by the hands f men but with the circumcisin dne by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him thrugh yur faith in the pwer f Gd, wh raised him frm the dead. When yu were dead in yur sins and in the uncircumcisin f yur sinful nature, Gd made yu alive with Christ. He frgave us all urs sins, having canceled the written cde, with its regulatins, that were against us and that std ppsed t us; he tk it away, nailing it t the crss. And having disarmed the pwers and authrities, he made a public spectacle f them, triumphing ver them by the crss. Prayer walking angers the enemy s camp. It is imprtant therefre t: Abide in Christ Jhn 15:7 I tell yu that in the same way there will be mre rejicing in heaven ver ne sinner wh repents than ver ninety-nine righteus persns wh d nt need t repent. Adjust yu mtivatin James 4:3 When yu ask, yu d nt receive, because yu ask with wrng mtives, that yu may spend what yu get n yur pleasures. Accrding t His Will I Jhn 5:14-15 This is the cnfidence we have in appraching Gd: that if we ask anything accrding t his will, he hears us. And if we knw that he hears us-whatever we ask-we knw that we have what we ask f him.

4 Ask in Faith Matthew 21:22 If yu believe, yu will receive whatever yu ask fr in prayer. Cmbat Zne Open the enemy s strnghld t the light f the gspel 1. Organize the team: a. in triplets b. with rles c. ne grup may cncentrate their prayers n the team s prtectin and insight. d. Hld n t scripture a verse fr prtectin, and anther verse fr victry and visin Ps. 46:10-11 Be still, and knw that I am Gd; I will be exalted amng the natins, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lrd Almighty is with us; the Gd f Jacb is ur frtress. 2. Plan and pace nt ne lng walk but several smaller walks lasting minutes a. 20 minutes team prayer and wrship b. 40 minutes prayer walk c. 15 minutes reprt take ntes and thanksgiving d. 40 minute lunch break while bserving the spiritual dynamics f the marketplace e. 5 minute team prayer f. 40 minute prayer walk (trade team tasks at this pint) g. 20 minute reprt and thanksgiving t Gd 3. Explit the Enemy s camp - 3 cnditins f defilement t be alert t are: b. Immralities c. Idlatry - idls, trinkets, charms d. Identifying pints f past/present bldshed, ppressin When Abraham came t the Prmised Land, he built an altar t Gd and called n the name f the Lrd. T build an altar was t include the land in the cvenant between Gd and his chsen peple. The land became cvenanted t the Lrd. The Canaan name fr Jerusalem was Urushalim. Shalim was the lcal gd representing Venus. When David finally cnquered the city, he changed the name and the city s identity. What des this city s name r landmarks stand fr? Pray that Gd wuld change the name r the meaning f the names that identify with ther gds r sin. Gen. 12:8 Frm there he went n tward the hills east f Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel n the west and Ai n the east. There he built an altar t the Lrd and called n the name f the Lrd. Neutralize the enemy with blessings and specific prayers Give a blessing, bless peple, places, tls, auts, and hmes, Lve even thse that may turn away Pray That place names referencing evil, gds, r tragedy will be renamed t hnr Gd. That streets and alleys that prmte evil, will be a frum t widely prclaim Christ.

5 Pray the Lrd s prayer fr this cmmunity Sing transfrmatin sngs fr the cmmunity, Example: Shine Jesus Shine Pray scripture (Ps. 67 fr the cmmunity) Pray ut lud pray silently pray hlding hands pray tuching the bject f yur prayers Listen t the prmpting f the Hly Spirit that yur effrts may be mre fruitful