MEMBERSHIP

Use the SOAP method.

Scripture Summary: summarize the main idea of what you read.

Observations: Write out everything you observe about the passage.

Application: Answer the questions, “How does this apply to me?” or “How can I apply this in my life?”

Prayer: End in prayer! This can be out loud, an inward prayer, or even a written prayer journal entry. Prayer journal about your biggest needs and the content of your heart. This is major key to deeper revelation and inner healing.

Meditate on the word or in Priscila Shiers words “Prayerfully Listen” for the direction and clairity from the Lord.

Prayer Walk

The simple walk that turned into a powerful moment with God!

In May I began doing a Prayer Walk with my little dog Monti. This walk would be three miles every evening, and it actually didn’t feel like three miles. I would have my worship music playing or just listening to nature and sounds, but somehow, the more I walked the more peace I began to find on the trails of that walk.

My goal wasn’t to pray or to turn it into something spiritual, but it turned there anyway. I began to see God in the details of nature and even in new ways in my life. I saw Him in the way I loved my dog, smiled at the people on the trail, or even when I pushed myself to jog miles.

The prayer walk was a time for me to get out of the norm of my schedule and outside in nature. I also would save big pressing issues in my life to address on this walk, and I always got the clarity I needed. I knew this walk was peaceful, but I didn’t know it was powerful until one day after walking that trail for two months, God spoke to me powerfully. He spoke in a way that had me floored. He revealed a few areas I was struggling in and why. He took me generationally and revealed some pains that my lineage had battled, and now I, too, was battling it. That was the moment when I realized that this was no small gesture of just walking, but it was a meeting ground to meet God. I saw that God took that usual routine and said, now meet me outside, somewhere else. That is going to require you to get uncomfortable for a bit, but I will speak powerfully to you there. If I would’ve tried to be perfect at the prayer walk, I would’ve missed God. But instead of being perfect, I just tried to go when my schedule permitted me to make it. And now, my body is better, my blood pressure is better, and my legs are looking nicer than they’ve looked in years. Most of all, I meet God outside of my home and busy schedule and that has made a huge difference in my personal walk.

Thank God for the Prayer Walk!