Prayer Walking
Penny LeClair
Life is busy and trying to find time to exercise gets harder and harder, and prayer time seems to get squeezed in segments. I decided to take a dedicated hour of my day and combine my exercise and prayer time. My favorite form of exercise is walking and my favorite prayer activity is to make confessions or meditating on God’s promises for my life.
When I am referring to the "promises" I mean the things that God's word says we are heir to and that we can have. Such as healing, salvation, blessings, protection, provision, deliverance, etc. We need to give God’s word voice- our voice through our mouth gate. Open up your mouth and say what God said in his word- then angels will begin work to carry it out. Psalm 103:20
I get my handy dandy weights, my comfy clothes, sneakers, anoint myself with frankincense and peppermint and head out for a powerful prayer time with God. Prayer walking has changed my life. It will change yours too.
There are many benefits of walking and prayer, the combination of the two is packed with power. I have found that I have more strength to accomplish the time exercising; I see faster results and feel spiritually revived.
BENEFITS OF WALKING:
1. Boosts endorphins: easing stress, anger, and fatigue in 10 minutes.
2. Reduces Glaucoma risks.
3. Halves Alzheimer’s disease risk over 5 year.
4. Limits sickness.
5. Improves heart health and circulation.
6. Engages and strengthens the muscles.
7. Reduces Blood Pressure points by 5 points.
8. Limits colon cancer by 31% in women.
9. Burns more fat than jogging.
10. Build bone mass reducing osteoporosis.
Words are containers. They carry faith or fear, and they produce after their kind. Confessing God’s word brings life to our flesh and life. Proverbs 4:22. Most people hear the world and speak as the world speaks, which brings fear, unbelief, and death. It is imperative that we take time out of our day to confess/meditate on God’s word for success. Joshua 1:8
BENEFITS OF CONFESSING/MEDITATE GOD’S WORD.
1. Renews the mind. Romans 12:2
2. It stirs up our flesh to praise God. Ephesians 5: 17
3. It increases our faith as we speak out the Word. Romans 10:17
4. It disciplines our minds and shuts out the attacks of unbelief by Satan. Josh. 6:10
5. It makes us more sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. 2 Tim. 3:16-17
6. Wise words bring health and life, it is medicine. Proverbs. 16:23,24 Proverbs 4:22
7. God’s word if full of power and will not return void. Isaiah 55:11
8. Brings Success in our life. Joshua 1:8
Our confession is our faith. Speaking God's word out loud should be a normal part of our spiritual diet. Why not combine your exercise time with God, you will experience amazing results. Don’t give up be consistent and you will see results. Galatians 6:9- In due season I shall reap. I do not give up.
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Love this a great reminder thanks so much.
I picked up walking these last weeks and I feel so much better and I love to confess the word of God for sure; both powerful exercises in our life.
I walk every morning and I usually listen to praise music, but this would be a wonderful addition!
I love prayer walks, too! My most recent confessions of faith are Ephesians 1 and 3… it’s SO POWERFUL to meditate and to confess God’s Word over our lives.
The stats on the benefits of walking are very persuasive… it’s so much nicer to just walk than go to a busy gym… at least that’s what I’ve convinced myself of over the years!
I love what you said about words being containers… I hadn’t considered that before… what an awesome article!
I know that as I walk my long-haired chihuahua Luey up both sides of my street 4x each day (we don’t have a fenced in yard) I pray for my neighborhood. For God to be evident and powerful in the lives of the people who live here. For me to be able to know and serve those people and for that service to lead to a relationship with Jesus. It has changed 100% my thoughts and attitudes about my neighbors and has created community/witnessing opportunities.
Fantastic idea…taking care of our body and spirit together! Thanks!
I love the Bible versus you have here. They are so powerful and God’s word will not return void. Amen!
This is a great way to combine ways to making your life stronger and healthier… on two different levels! I think we all need to be better about speaking out the Word of God and dwelling on it more than our circumstances. Thanks for the great idea of combining them both!
What an awesome idea, and one that can be adapted to almost any activity. Nice one!