Prayerwalker Journals

I felt convicted to pray into the big way in which stores have been marketing haloween this year ... and for the response from the people in the stores (shops). Little girls being dressed up as evil witches, Boys with glowing devils-forks. It is just terrible! I have mapped out a route which I have prayerwalked this morning and I am about to leave on the same route right after publishing this blog. The route takes the shape of a spiral and circles out in bigger and bigger circles throughout this city where I live in. Eventually the spiraling ends on the beach ... BUT not the prayers. This morning, as I prayerwalked this route, I didn't have (or use) much understandable words - I just let the Holy Spirit pray through me. This was a battle in the spirit-realm. The amazing deal in that is HE is doing the battle as we let HIM use us. So Lord please use us. Use me. I am standing in the gap for this nation right now. Just praying Your will to be done here. Your love to be here. Your glor

Even if you don't know it, I saw the sun rise this morning. I saw a new day break. I saw the sun break through the cloudy sky like in a red hot open flame giving freshness to the morning dew and a crispy chill that burns through bones and cut through skin. And I knew you made it through a-NO-ther day Yes ... you are at the start of a new day. You made it through YES-ter-day Now come, let me help you through this day TODAY Within the first few kilometers, as I started out on my 50km walk, I felt that I could go on for the whole day. I felt fit and ready ... I felt light and bouncy That was when I started to pray for you. And I mean it when I say: I came under a real conviction to pray for some specific things. Life is really really tough for those who have given in to drugs. Those who have been caught up in the addiction and who want to get out. Doesn't it feel like: " The world is just watching you - waiting for you to make your next mistake. " You need support right

The longest single prayerwalk I have done to this day was in Denmark, between Skagen and Frederickshaven. (42km) I have not advertised the next walk because I felt something stirring in me. I wanted to make sure what the Lord is laying on my heart. As I prepared for this walk; I more and more sensed the focus of the prayerwalk should be for our children - in the area of drug abuse. This morning, on a prayerwalk, I prayed against drugs. I prayed that the grip that drug abuse has, would be broken. As I walked, and as I prayed this prayer, I could almost sense the resistance in the spiritual realm. This just confirmed to me that drug abuse has deep spiritual roots and we have to come against it in prayer. I now challenge you to take time out this weekend and pray for the youth in your area. The youth in your church. The youth in your family. The youth in your home. That they will be free from drug abuse. As you pray for this, I am sure you will also sense the oppression in this area in th

Often, as I go prayerwalking, the Holy Spirit leads me to sing specific songs over an area as I walk through it. I wrote the other day about the trees and how He gave me such fresh revelation of how He made it to be pleasing to the eye. Now the song that came from that, is still mulling through my head, I even sing it in the supermarket! I share it with the whole world - just because of His love for us. So sing with me ... telling Him how beautiful He made creation for us to enjoy: Here are the words and sheet music copyright free. Just worship Him with it. Beautiful to behold Beautiful to behold are the works of Your hands Beautiful to behold are the words that You speak Beautiful beautiful are the trees of the field You planned it and made it and said that it was good, that's why we praise Your name Beautiful to behold are the works of Your hands Beautiful to behold are the words that You speak Beautiful beautiful are the trees of the field You planned it and made it an

I just returned from my "39 churches ... 1 hour ... 1 prayer" walk in Howick and Pakuranga in Auckland, New Zealand. One thing which was on my heart while I walked through the area, was an "anchor". I focused on praying for the churches in the area to be places where people will get anchored. Places where the people from Howick and Pakuranga can come to get anchored in their spiritual lives. Anchored to the Word of God. Anchored to Jesus. As I passed one church, it struck me that there was still parking space available. It really struck a chord in my heart and I prayed (and continue to pray) that the parking areas will fill up. That people will come to church, and your parking areas will overflow. At another church their was the sweet sound of worship. I say "sweet" because it was how I perceived it - an aroma pleasing to the Lord. And as I passed, I could see that some of the athletes heard it and that they made comments about it. Filled with compassion,

A new day will break on 15 October. And it will be a new morning. And ... the mercies of the LORD will be new ... still fresh, as we start the prayerwalk. I have one thing on my heart for this walk: it is to pray for unity among the 39 churches along the way. That they will step into peaceful and supportive relationships. That the bride of Christ will be ONE BRIDE ... and even as we worship in our different ways, we will be accepting towards other denominations. Loving and supportive of our fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord. Join me in the spirit, as many of my dear friends do when I go on my prayerwalks, by praying with me on Sunday morning 09:40 for an hour. The event is the Sir Barry Curtis 10km race. Even though I entered as a walker; I will be prayerwalking! I am always humbled when I announce my prayerwalks, how people from all over the world let me know how they will be joining me (in the spirit - praying). Some even wheelchair bound, others already in their 80's. So l