A LESSON IN PRAYER WALKING

So what do you do for a living?

“My job presently?” says 62 year old Henry Gruver. “Prayer walker to the nations.” He continues: “The simplest definition is simply walking and talking to God. And it’s walking and talking to God about everything that gets your attention.”

How many miles have you walked?

“I can’t begin to imagine,” he says. “For many years I walked 12 to 16 hours a day.” He clips off 15-minute miles while systematically walking every street of a town or city. This includes many of the major cities of the world. Twenty-four years of walking have taken him throughout the United States and into 36 nations.

Henry also teaches prayer walking, focusing on three Biblical principles as guidlines for entry level prayer walking.

First: “While walking, if I see sin; I say: Father in Heaven, that’s sin. Jesus forgave the sinner who was not repenting on the cross. I ask Your forgiveness, for they know not what they are doing.” He emphasizes the importance of addressing evil: “One sin sends forth a ripple effect across the community.”

Second: “You ask the Father in Heaven, God, to release His goodness, to pour out His goodness upon the sinner. It’s the goodness of God that leads them to repentance.”

Third: “You ask the Father to surround them, to send laborers to surround them and be a Christian example. And lead them to the Lord.”

Henry speaks volumes regarding the impact of prayer walking he has experienced. He says, “Are you really fully content with your town—the way it is? Or are there things you’d like to see changed? You have the power; you have the authority, and the commission to make changes. You just have to do it.”

Walk. And talk to God.