From southeastern coastal cities to the northeast and even to the dry northwest regions, different mission teams and Christians individuals are engaging in prayer walking. Some pastors encourage believers to participate in it, while others say that it has changed the spiritual climate. Some also express that they have seen God's work during prayer walks.
Grace, a sister in Christ who has been doing prayer walking for over ten years, said, "Just as Jesus walked through every city and village, Christians also need to go out to pray for the people. Sometimes, only by going out can you find out where people are suffering, and what kind of suffering they are enduring. And you have to become a vessel of blessing to pour out blessings and His love through your prayers."
Grace said that to do prayer walking, she moved from a comfortable place to a province with a completely different climate, culture, and lifestyle habits, where she has resided for a long time. For quite a long period, she lived in a remote village for many years, occasionally staying in hotels in the city for bathing or refreshing.
She embarked on her prayer walks from there. She would pray at some historical sites; she would pray for the people around temples, sensing the bound souls; she would plan tourist routes, admiring the scenery while praying. She would also pray for the place she lived, even walking into the fields to meditate like Isaac.
Believing that God listened to her prayers, she stated that often after prayers, she could see God's work the next day and that sometimes she needed to wait patiently. She once prophesied the message of resurrection of dead bodies on ancient ruins, which later became a new district built by the government.
When she meditated in the fields, God told her through the scenery what she should do. Sometimes she encountered the season of sowing, the season of growing or the season of harvest. She was led differently by God in different season.
Grace believed that external changes required spiritual breakthroughs. In China, especially in rural areas, she saw many places still controlled by evil spirits, so she often declared God's word to break the curse of idols. Sometimes, she simply prayed, using the Lord's Prayer, for the land beneath her feet and the souls there.
She is fond of a sentence from the Apostle Paul: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice." She said that in the process of prayer walking, she is also offering herself, just as Abraham walked to the land God showed him and built altars there. She encouraged Christians to go out and establish prayer altars wherever they go. Therefore, in her view, believers could possess the land through prayer walks, declaring that the land belonged to the Lord.
Furthermore, during prayer walks, she said that she miraculously connected with local believers at times. Not measuring the effectiveness of prayer walking by whether it benefited evangelism, Grace added that any change could be God's response to your prayers.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
从东南沿海城市，到东北地区，再到干燥的西北地区，都有不同的团队和个人在做走祷。有牧者鼓励信徒都能参与到走祷中来，也有牧者说通过走祷改变了当地传福音的氛围。也有人表示，她在走祷的过程中看到了上帝的工作。
一位实践走祷10年以上的恩典姊妹（Grace）说，“耶稣走遍各城各乡，基督徒也需要走出去，为了你脚掌所踏之地的人们祷告。有时候只有走出去，你才能看到哪里有人正在经受痛苦，看到他们正在经受什么样的痛苦。而你就要成为祝福的器皿，上帝要通过你的祷告把祝福和他的爱浇灌下来。”
恩典姐妹说为了实践走祷，她从一个相对舒适的地方来到一个气候、文化、生活习惯完全不同的省份，长期居住下。有相当长的一段时间，她住在一个偏远的农村生活多年，有时为了洗澡或是调整一下，偶尔到城市的宾馆住一两晚。
她以那里为起点来开展她的走祷工作。她会去到一些遗址古迹祷告；她会为寺庙周围的人们祷告，感知受捆绑的灵魂；她会制定旅游线路，一边欣赏山水，一边祷告；她也会为她生活的地方祷告；她还会走到田间像以撒一样默想。
恩典姊妹确信上帝在聆听她的祷告。她说，常常是今天祷告，明天就能看到上帝的工作，也有时候则需要耐心等待。她曾经站在一个像废墟一样的历史遗迹上宣告枯骨复活的话语，那里后来就被政府兴建成为一个新区。
当她在田间默想的时候，上帝会透过田间的景象来告诉她答案。有时候遇到撒种的季节，有时则是庄稼成长的季节，当然还有收割的季节。不同的季节，她心中的感动也不同。
恩典姊妹深信外在的改变，需要属灵上先突破。在中国，尤其是农村，她看到很多地方依然是被邪灵掌控的，因此她也常常为了破除偶像的咒诅而宣告上帝的话。她的祷告有时候很简单，用主祷文来为她脚下的土地和那里的灵魂祷告。
恩典姊妹很喜欢使徒保罗的一句话，“所以弟兄们，我以上帝的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当做活祭。”她表示在走祷的过程中也是献上自己。她也学习亚伯拉罕，走到上帝所指示他的地去，并在那里建立祭坛。她鼓励基督徒都能带着祝福走出去，并在他们所去到的地方建立祷告的祭坛。在她看来，走祷的过程就是得地为业，宣告这片土地是属于耶和华的。
此外，在走祷的过程中，她说有时候会很奇妙地跟当地的信徒连接起来。她不会用能否开展福音工作来衡量走祷的果效；她表示，任何的变化都可能是上帝对你祷告的应答。
走祷，一种正在流行的祷告祝福方式
From southeastern coastal cities to the northeast and even to the dry northwest regions, different mission teams and Christians individuals are engaging in prayer walking. Some pastors encourage believers to participate in it, while others say that it has changed the spiritual climate. Some also express that they have seen God's work during prayer walks.
Grace, a sister in Christ who has been doing prayer walking for over ten years, said, "Just as Jesus walked through every city and village, Christians also need to go out to pray for the people. Sometimes, only by going out can you find out where people are suffering, and what kind of suffering they are enduring. And you have to become a vessel of blessing to pour out blessings and His love through your prayers."
Grace said that to do prayer walking, she moved from a comfortable place to a province with a completely different climate, culture, and lifestyle habits, where she has resided for a long time. For quite a long period, she lived in a remote village for many years, occasionally staying in hotels in the city for bathing or refreshing.
She embarked on her prayer walks from there. She would pray at some historical sites; she would pray for the people around temples, sensing the bound souls; she would plan tourist routes, admiring the scenery while praying. She would also pray for the place she lived, even walking into the fields to meditate like Isaac.
Believing that God listened to her prayers, she stated that often after prayers, she could see God's work the next day and that sometimes she needed to wait patiently. She once prophesied the message of resurrection of dead bodies on ancient ruins, which later became a new district built by the government.
When she meditated in the fields, God told her through the scenery what she should do. Sometimes she encountered the season of sowing, the season of growing or the season of harvest. She was led differently by God in different season.
Grace believed that external changes required spiritual breakthroughs. In China, especially in rural areas, she saw many places still controlled by evil spirits, so she often declared God's word to break the curse of idols. Sometimes, she simply prayed, using the Lord's Prayer, for the land beneath her feet and the souls there.
She is fond of a sentence from the Apostle Paul: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice." She said that in the process of prayer walking, she is also offering herself, just as Abraham walked to the land God showed him and built altars there. She encouraged Christians to go out and establish prayer altars wherever they go. Therefore, in her view, believers could possess the land through prayer walks, declaring that the land belonged to the Lord.
Furthermore, during prayer walks, she said that she miraculously connected with local believers at times. Not measuring the effectiveness of prayer walking by whether it benefited evangelism, Grace added that any change could be God's response to your prayers.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Christian Woman Witnesses God's Work Through Decade-Long Prayer Walk
