In the church I had attended for ten years with my third wife, I learned about being a “prayer partner” and “prayer warrior” and learned what a “prayer project” was.
As prayer partners or prayer counselors, we pray with people who have decided to seek God’s help with a problem or a situation in their lives or who want to pray more effectively for healing or help. Our guide for working with them is God’s word, as found in the Bible, helping them in applying it in their lives or using it in their prayers.
As prayer warriors, we are fighting a spiritual battle using prayer as a weapon. We are literally attempting to effect changes in circumstance and opportunity using the power of prayer and our faith, either individually or in groups.
A prayer project, where I was trained, is a phrase reserved for some of the most difficult “missions” we prayer partners or prayer warriors are trying to see accomplished. These typically will not be resolved in a few prayers or even a few days or weeks of prayer, but are considerably more long-term, as is a project.
I believe that, essentially, “walking out our faith” sends the same message as “putting your money where your mouth is.” Both show what you believe and how important you feel it is by where you choose to invest. Worth as much or more than money, our time, effort, talents, and prayers can be sizable investments we make that will speak volumes about our intent to the spirit realm as well as the physical world.
As a prayer warrior I often feel like a forward artillery observer in a spiritual battle, asking God to send in the heavy artillery and hopefully effecting a win against the powers of evil for the ones who need it. As a Christian and a “church dad”, I am a firm believer in bringing God into the godless situations I am asking Him to deal with, in a sense introducing people to Him by modeling the newly created me up close, which I no longer fear.
This walking out of our faith, taken one step at a time, not only sends a strong spiritual message, it allows room for steering to happen between each step. We are instructed in scripture to “walk circumspectly”. Essentially, where we thought we were going when we started out just might not be where we end up if we are paying attention as we walk. Like our most interactive prayers in our quiet time before God, this walk is actually a conversation with Him, as well. As a teacher and a wordsmith, of course I couldn’t resist telling people that some of our most effective prayers we pray with our feet!
