This morning was a special walk. Thanks to a dear and precious friend, I was reminded of a form of prayer that I used a long time ago. My friend is also a prayer walker and uses this same form of prayer. My heart was thrilled at the thought of renewing this style of prayer. While this form of prayer is directive in nature and keeps the prayer focused, it also invites an opportunity to “freeform” words from your heart. So, as my feet hit the pavement, I began..A (Adoration)
The “A” prayers are comprised of praise and worship. “I love you, Lord!” “You are a mighty God!” “There is no one like you, Lord!” “You alone, I worship, God!” This time is focused totally on worship and praise of our God. If you have having difficulty getting started with praise and worship, you can play praise music and allow the music to lead you into worship and praise.
C (Confession)
The Bible tells us that God will forgive our sins, and will remember them no more. This is a time to ask God to forgive you. You must tell God the specific things that you have done wrong and you feel sorry about. Once you confess, your sins will be forgiven, and you can be assured that God has forgiven and forgotten. You can know without a doubt that your sins are erased and never to be remembered again. “Lord, I confess that I have been fearful and not trusting you in this situation.” “Lord, I confess I am angry and hurt about this…” “Lord, I confess that I allowed hurt to keep me from moving toward your perfect will for my life.” This time if focused on being transparent and truly bare before the Lord. He knows already what is there and His desire is that we recognize the darkness and stumbling blocks and bring it to His light for healing and restoration.
T (Thanksgiving)
The “T” prayers are comprised of thanksgiving. Those probably come the easiest as they spring forth without being beckoned. “Lord, thank you for my husband who is such a godly man.” “Thank you, Lord, for my family who is a family of faith.” “Thank you, Lord, that our grandchildren know You personally and believe in Your salvation.” “Thank you for the wind at my back that is gently nudging me forward to Your perfect will.”
S (Supplication)
The “S” prayers are those comprised of asking God for what is in your heart. “Lord, please bring me to Your perfect will.” “Lord, now that I am walking into this mighty wind, please use Your Spirit to blow away anything in me that is not of You.” “Lord, please heal our church and our members. There are some who are very sick.” “Lord, help my husband and I to be like trees planted by the water. That we will grow stronger in You. Please use Your Spirit to give us nutriments so that we will bend and not break.”
Today the wind was blowing so strong that when I faced it head-on, it literally blew my earbuds of my Ipod out of my ears. It had been a holy walk. I was sad when I made the last corner and walked up the driveway to stretch from walking. Once the stretching was done, Maggie (our little schnauzer) and I sat on the front porch and listened to praise music and just praised and worship.
Today the wind was blowing so strong that when I faced it head-on, it literally blew my earbuds of my Ipod out of my ears. It had been a holy walk. I was sad when I made the last corner and walked up the driveway to stretch from walking. Once the stretching was done, Maggie (our little schnauzer) and I sat on the front porch and listened to praise music and just praised and worship.
My cell phone ran bringing me back into the day of activities ahead. Until tomorrow…Lord, my soul pants for you like a deer pants for the water. Please give me hind feet for high places.
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