Walk-back Prayer-walk

We are here to serve God
and to walk the road where He leads ...
and He is leading me in my heart
to do a specific prayer-walk for a week
- on a dusty pot-holed road

And you're invited ...

Join me in the spirit to pray this week, for our nation

And this is how I believe we should pray, for hearts to turn:

"With weeping they shall come,
and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for I am a father to Israel" (Jeremiah 31:9)

Thank You God that you proclaim over us that You are our Father
Thank You Jesus that we can pray with compassion for the people of South Africa to humble their hearts and in tears and repentance pray for Your mercy as we pray for the future of this land.
Thank You Holy Spirit that You will lead us back
to WALK BACK to a place of fullness.
Amen

Please pray with me for this week, daily at 0830
even while you're at work or on the road
'cause I'll be on that dusty pot-holed road
praying the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain - as we
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together, (Is 40:3)

And on the first walk this morning I can say that the Lord encouraged me with this -
What happened in the past is over. We are here in the present to drink form the life-giving water He supplies for us and to grow in HIM.
To walk with HIM
To live in HIS ways...

Lord Jesus
I pray for the people of South Africa now
Lord many hearts are hardened - just like that hard pot-holed road.
Hearts full of bumps and holes as others have stepped on them
and messed with their feelings
and hearts trodden into the ground
self-worth smashed and broken in the sand
and tears have only helped to harden the walls around their hearts
Lord Jesus
it is with compassion that we pray these words
it brings tears to my eyes
to see how people
have been made to feel worthless
and how they have little hope for the future
and how they don't live ... live ...live ...
It is with tears that we turn to YOU
and look to YOU
and trust in YOU
and reach out and help each other up
build each other up
encourage each other
stir the gifts in each other
to come to YOU
in a new and fresh way
to say
F A T H E R . . .
F A T H E R . . .
M Y . . .
. . .
MY FATHER
We accept your declaration over us
We take it with all our hearts
My Father
A m e n ...