As many of us are needing to engage various levels of social isolation, including sheltering in place, walking is one of the only activities in the world left us. We can use our walks as an amazing missional opportunity.
As we walk, we also observe and pray in response to what we are seeing.
Some have called it, “intercession on location.”
Prayer walking doesn’t initiate God’s work. Rather, it cultivates in us an awareness of God’s loving presence and Kingdom purposes in our neighborhood. As the Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper observed, “there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”
Most simply, as you walk, talk with God about what you see, including the specific places and residences and people. Ask him to give you eyes to see beyond the surface and into the spiritual realities. Call to mind what you know from the Scriptures about God’s heart for the world and ask for those things. It’s easy to prayer walk with a partner, just pray out loud conversationally as you walk. Before you begin, you may want to read Eph 6:10-20, 1 Tim 2:1-10, Eph 1:17-18, Rom 8:18-30, or Ps 46.