Prayerwalker Journals

I believe in my heart that God spoke prophetically through Matthew, a young man, who cannot walk or talk. He was the one who was pushed in his wheelchair on the "Pushover passover prayer-walk". Matthew had 2 energetic and fit helpers to push him on that day. As we were going up One-Tree-Hill, the front left wheel on the wheelchair just snapped right off. That left us with a decision whether to continue or pull out of the walk. We decided to continue, and it was with extra effort, caution and grace , that we managed to finish the route. On the day before the race, I asked God to lead me in a direction of prayer for New Zealand. kind of ... a theme for a prayer-walk. the Lord gave me this scripture (the day before the walk) - Isaiah 31 - Destruction is certain for those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their cavalry and chariots instead of looking to the Lord. The message from this is clear and simple: New Zealand don't put your trust in your own strength - Don't p

I am about to embark on a very symbolic prayer-walk. I believe God loves symbolism and in the same way that He uses it often in the bible I am about to reflect some symbolism in an act of worship ... and you can join me in this challenging prayer. A local church ( http://www.tabernacle.org.nz ) have organised a run / walk / crawl event through the city for Saturday 15 September. I have volunteered to accompany (and push) a disabled man, Matthew, who is a member of that congregation. Within the short space of 16km we will be able to cross New Zealand's narrowest neck of land, from the Tasman Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. Those of you who have come to know me well enough would, by now, have gathered that this will be a perfect opportunity for a prayer-walk. Yes, indeed: The "Pushover passover prayer-walk" As I push Matthew over New Zealand, from one ocean to the other, my declaration will be about the blood of Jesus: ... He will see the blood on the t

I travel to work with, among other, the Auckland Western train line. I get off at the 4th last stop ... BUT I have often wondered what is at the last train station - out there in the Waitakere mountain ranges: out where the Auckland trains turn back ... out there at the end of the line ... the last stop. Today I took a journey to this place where I believe God prompted me to go prayer-walk and this is how I prayed: Before I started, while I was praying about this prayer-walk, I felt God speak into my spirit about being connected to the roots. ... grafted into the vine ... getting back to the center of it all - J E S U S ... J E S U S ... J E S U S ... J E S U S ... J E S U S ... J E S U S Even after many years of being disconnected, There is hope to get grafted back to the roots. and for New Zealand; praying that there will be a turning from all the busy scheduled church-based activities to the root of it all. the most important, the One who it is all about - J E S U

This morning I just felt in my heart to get of at the train station before my usual destination, and pray as I walked from there. As I walked away from Sunnyvale train station on this cold morning, the clouds were starting to display a range of warm orange and red reflections of a spectaculaer sunrise. This is the first time I walked in this neighbourhood. and I started off praying for direction of what to pray for. As I persisted I got some clear direction, and I started praying for this area, for "personal choices". I felt to pray for personal choices that are made each day, those choices which shape people's lives, their living conditions, lifestyles, health and physical and spiritual well-being. Lord Jesus, I pray that the area where I walked, be filled with good, honest, reliable and considered choices. that there will be consideration for those who will be affected by the choices, Lord, I ask that the choices which would involve children and how they are raised, be

On my morning prayer-walk (winter is here - brrr), I was praying for motorists as they were passing by. As usual, this was done in an inconspicuous way. (I am still praying for the 1 million people in New Zealander to be saved. Since 6 November 2006, I have prayed for 115 157 motorists. (Distance walked: 876 km). I keep combined statistics here: Prayer and adwalks database It is about 2 months now since the Holy Spirit started prompting me to be sensitive while interceding for motorists, because He would lay on my heart specific things to pray for as specific people would pass by. Bearing into a light icy wind, as I was walking up a hill, with some vehicles passing by, I was in an instant struck by the words: "grace to forgive". I realised that, since I was praying in the spirit, it was a prompting of the Holy Spirit to pray that for someone. As I walked along, praying that for the person (only God knows who and why), I realised the profoundness of those words. It is in a way

It was still dark when I walked to the bus stop for the 2 hour journey to the starting point of today's prayer-walk. I felt impressed to pray: "Lord I pray for an open heaven" I said to the Lord that I didn't understand it, but I prayed it anyways. Just after I reached the bus stop, the rain started pouring down ... I feel this is very significant - almost prophetic. And then I started to sing " Send your po-o-o-wer Send your po-o-o-we-e-er oh Lo-o-o-ord Send your po-o-o-wer Send your po-o-o-we-e-er oh Lo-o-o-ord Send your po-o-o-wer oh Lo-o-o-ord my God " (repeat repeat repeat) The rain stopped a little while I was in the bus. While traveling, I felt convicted of the sinful state we, as mortal beings are in. And how we need to be cleansed by the blood of the Lamb on a daily basis. That was why it was important for me to just start this prayer-walk in right standing with God. And then, by grace can I come boldly to the throne to make prayers and petitions, p

A prayer-walk on the high places ... I will need hinds' feet "The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet , and he will make me to walk upon mine high places." [Hab 3:19 (KJV)] Wednesday 23 May will see the sun rise, as it did for many many years, over the 53 volcanic sites in Auckland ... a city so ethnically diverse ... with 181 different ethnic groups. This day there will be prayer from 5 of those high places ... intercession for the people of New Zealand. Will you pray too? (Right there at your workplace, as the Holy Spirit reminds you of this prayer-walk ... and as you ask God to lead you in prayer for New Zealand) On this "Volcano-crawl" prayer-walk I will start from Onehunga Lagoon in the South, climbing up 5 (inactive) volcanoes along the way to Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. Along the way we find landmarks, significant in its own way for the direction of my prayers: One Tree Hill This 183 metre volcano has three craters a

After yesterday's meeting, I walked back and talked to God about what I felt He means to me as a Father. At this week's home group meeting we were reflecting on biblical references of how much He actually cares for and loves us. As I walked praying, I felt: Being convicted on how to respond to Father's love for me, and To seek Him in deeper and wider ways to understand, know and love Him more. I am awe-struck by His love for me ... but I am not so awe-struck by my love for Him!! If He then loves me so so so so so so so so so so so much!!! Howcome does my love for Him seem so small? So tiny compared to His love for me. He knows me as the One who knitted me together in my mother's womb, the One who knows me outwardly (how many fingers, arms, legs, toes, and even hair) the One who searches my heart and knows my every thought; ... yet I know so little of Him Even Moses, who spoke to God face to face asked Him (Ex33:13 AMP) " ... show me now Your way, that I may know Yo

---------------------------- Day 1 ---------------------------- God prompted me in 3 different ways over the past week concerning a place called Paremoremo. Last night with the 3rd prompting, I felt a call on my heart to go prayer-walk this place of which I: Saw a road-sign only last week and felt drawn to it in some way Felt to pray for an Alpha group about their prison ministry concerns ... only to later realize they were to minister at the Paremoremo prison Listened to a man telling how they have for years been praying that God would establish a church in their area ... only later to realise he came from Paremoremo What I am to pray for and what I would find in Paremoremo I did not know. But today, I went out walking to Paremoremo for Day 1 to listen to the Holy Spirit and to tap into God's heart for this area. Paremoremo - Day one - The hidden place As I prayed, I felt to pray for Paremoremo as: A hidden place A place where the rain doesn't hit the ground A place of many en

My cup runneth over (on a Sunday); but does it last untill Thursday ... After setting out on a 10 km prayerwalk, I came to a very (very) steep uphill. Once I got to the summit, I felt a barrenness in my heart. I was praying over the area, but I felt as if there was Someone missing ... it was just a small area, but the feeling was strong. I believe the Holy Spirit was prompting me to sing over that area ... Holy Spi-rit, You are wel-co-me i-i-in this p-l-a-c-e Holy Spi-rit, You are wel-co-me i-i-in this p-l-a-c-e Holy Spi-rit, You are wel-co-me i-i-in this p-l-a-c-e Holy Spi-rit, You are wel-co-me i-i-in this p-l-a-c-e omnipotent Father of mercy and grace You are wel-co-me i-i-in this p-l-a-c-e and so it was for the next 6 km - almost an hour of singing that proclamation over the areas I walked through. As I sang that song, I wondered what happens when people go to church on a Sunday, and they get an overflowing joy and indwelling presence of God; and Monday it starts to get less intens

Report-back from the Friendship prayer-walk I have much to say about this prayer-walk, but let me start by saying this: North Shore City (Auckland), where I prayer-walked is not lying on any major fault-line, therefore earthquakes in the region are relatively rare. At daybreak I started walking and praying as I passed and stopped at various churches. Then something awesome happened ... and for now, I will start off by telling only about that incident. (More about the prayer-walk will follow later.) In the afternoon, at 16:20 I was walking towards a church which I could see from a distance. I have just crossed over a steep hill, and was going from a populated area into a park-like open valley. I normally take some notes when I am prayer-walking and at that time I made these notes: " I don't know of a kind of a fault-line in the spirit realm ... but as I came into this valley, it just felt like a dense cloud of depression hanging low over the area. It felt like some kind of ten

21 February 2007 - North Shore City I will soon be reaching 100 000 in the "Praying for ONE MILLION to be saved in NZ"! As an extension of that prayer, I am planning a prayerwalk throughout North Shore City - from Devonport Wharf in the South all the way to Torbay in the North and then round and back down South to end in Northcote. I plan to start at 0600 from Devonport Wharf and prayerfully walk my way from church to church, praying at each building for 15 minutes, and finally ending at 1800. (click on the image for a larger map) Here are the Arrival times: Start from Devonport Wharf 0600 0615 - Holy Trinity Anglican Church - 20 Church Street 0645 - Edge Church Devonport - 2C Handley Avenue, Narrow Neck 0715 - Belmont Full Gospel Church - 151 Lake Road 0840 - Milford Baptist Church - 3 Dodson Avenue, Milford 0940 - Anglican Church Of St John, 327 Beach Road, Campbells Bay 1100 - Living Word Ministries - Torbay Primary School 1130 - St Marys By The Sea - Torbay, North Shore 1