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Volcano-crawl prayer-walk

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 and a lava field that extends to the Manukau foreshore. Starting off from Manukau Harbour and Onehunga Lagoon, I will pass the Onehunga Blockhouse (one of 10 small forts) built in 1860, and a replica of cottages built for military settlers in 1847. One Tree Hill is the largest and most complex volcanic and cone site in the southern hemisphere. It has hundreds of terraces, food store pits, defensive ditches and banks that for centuries supported a population of 5,000 people. Acacia Cottage located in Cornwall Park, built in 1841, is Auckland's oldest wooden house.
    It is also significant to me that we find the Stardome Observatory here.
  • Mount Eden
    This is the tallest volcano in Auckland (196m). The slopes were once densely populated by Maori that shaped the hills steep scarps, terraces and kumara pits; and also referred to the crater as the food bowl of Mataoho.
    I plan to spend quite some time in prayer and intercession enjoying the 360° views from here.
  • Auckland Domain
    Here we find 2 smaller "hills". The Auckland Museum is located on the "hill of bitter memories", which mourns the many slain in the 1820s musket wars as well as those who died in the first world war. On this part I will prayer-walk on the 2 small cones- one here and one in the adjacent Outhwaite Park.
    This is a tranquil area with large trees dating from the 1840's - great for long quiet prayer-walking before entering the busy-ness of the city centre
  • Albert Park
    This green shoulder of the Central Business District, is a small, now barely-recognisable volcano. A Meteorological Observatory is situated at the highest point of the park and has been providing recordings of weather information since 1909. The prayer-walk ends at the ferry terminal that has operated since 1912 on the Viaduct Harbour (formerly the home of Aucklands fishing fleet) just after Customs Street along reclaimed land and the neo classic beautifully restored ex-Chief Post Office building, now home to the city's bus and train terminal.


I am preparing my heart for this prayer-walk in a sensitive way for the Lord to speak before-hand to me some of the things I will be praying for.

Will you also prepare with me and let me know if you have any directions for praying.

I will also take with me a list of prayer requests. If you need someone to stand with you in prayer, please write to me and let me know ... I will take it with me on this prayer-walk.

Now Lord I pray that You prepare our hearts
By the indwelling of Your Holy Spirit

Lord I ask that You will reveal to us the things on Your heart
those things we need to prepare our hearts to pray for

In Jesus' name
amen
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