Prayerstreaming – the Interceding Heart
McHenry acknowledges that intercession may not be the most normal response of our hearts. Yet it is a call on our lives, so how can we cultivate intercession? She gives three ways.
1. Prayerwalking – the discipline of praying over homes and businesses as we walk past them.
Now I have to admit that I’m not out there walking like I should be, which is probably why I’m outgrowing everything I own. But I take and change prayerwalking into prayerdriving as I chauffeur people around town. I pray for businesses as I pass and ask God’s blessing over them. I ask Holy Spirit to teach me how to pray for my city and then listen and hear his prompting. One of the most surprising directions for prayer came to me as I drove past the state pen one day. The phrase “house of singing” came to my mind. So now every time I drive by, I ask God to do a miracle in there and to change if from a “house of punishment/despair/crime/discouragement” into a “house of singing/redemption/joy/salvation”.
I also find that as I drive around the city, I sing over the city too. There is one song by Misty Edwards that has these lyrics in it:
People get ready;
Jesus is coming.
People get ready;
Jesus is coming.
He’s not a baby in a manger anymore.
He’s not a broken man on a cross.
He didn’t stay in the grave
And He’s not stayin in heaven forever.
He’s Alive!
He’s Alive!
He’s Alive!
While the people I pass may not hear me sing (unless the windows are down), the powers of darkness are very aware that I am declaring that their kingdom is a defeated kingdom and THE KING is coming back soon!
OH, Sioux Falls, get ready; Jesus is coming!
3 responses so far ↓
Teresa // May 27, 2008 at 10:16 am |
Kristen, That’s so cool! I’ve been singing that same song/ prayer over SF for the past few weeks! I kind of got obssesed about it as I played it/sang along with it over and over and over. I think I wore out that track on the CD! God must really want us to get ready if he compels both of us to do the same thing, without either of us knowing the other is doing it too! PEOPLE, GET READY!
midnightcry // May 27, 2008 at 11:16 am |
Yes!!! Agreement through the Holy Spirit that we didn’t even know we were agreeing on!
Marnie // May 29, 2008 at 7:43 pm |
There are endless opportunities to see God’s promises here! Although I have found this is an area so many people are very uncomfortable or unfamiliar with. I often wonder what Sioux Falls could be… with more “prayer”?