A Mile With Jesus Booklet

A MILE WITH JESUS

& VIRTUAL PRAYER

WALKING GUIDE

PRAYER AND OUTREACH IDEAS.

INTRODUCTION TO

HOUSES OF LIGHT

Neighbourhood Prayer Network, started in

2010, becoming a charity in 2012. It changed

its name on 3rd September 2025, to become

Houses of Light. In late 2024, we felt God was

speaking to us about fresh vision. One of our

foundational scriptures since the beginning

was Matthew 5:13-16. Jesus says we are the

‘Light of the World,’ and to let our light shine

so that people will see our ‘good deeds’

and praise our God the Father, in Heaven.

We feel God is leading us to be more ‘visible’

as Christians.

From 2010 until now, we have had the privilege of

hearing beautiful testimonies around the UK- there

have been reductions in crime, alcoholics stopping

drinking, our members discovering their neighbours on

the floor; allowing them to get much quicker medical

attention, than had they not known their neighbour.

There have been healings as people have prayed,

lonely people have found family in their neighbours

and there have been some who have come to know

Jesus because our members have PRAYED for, CARED

for and SHARED Jesus with their neighbour.

This is not a hit and run commitment- most of the

testimonies we have received have come in after a

few years of prayer. There are some cases where it has

happened more quickly, but we suspect this is in places

where a lot of prayer had already been taking place.

In this new season, while PRAYER will always be our

foundation, CARE for people will always be key to

who we are- there is a greater emphasis on the Great

Commission- we want to see many of our neighbours,

becoming disciples of Jesus.

Our vision is to see at least one House of Light on

every street in the UK. A House of Light is an individual

or household, who takes spiritual responsibility for the

street where they live.

Every week we share prayer suggestions, any

testimonies that have come in – through a weekly

e-newsletter on a Friday. While we would love our

members to pray every day, we recognise that all of us

have a lot of pulls on our time. We ask that all of us try

to pray for neighbours on a Friday. There is power in us

all praying on the same day, knowing we are joined by

literally hundreds, if not thousands on the same day.

A Mile with Jesus is our prayer walking strategy within

Houses of Light. We ask every Christian who has

signed up to become a House of Light on their street,

to prayer walk their street whenever you leave the

house. We also ask that you consider a longer prayer

walk or prayer drive around a mile from your home, at

least once a month. Once a year on the last Saturday

of September is our national ‘A Mile with Jesus’ prayer

walking day, where we ask you to get as many people

as you can, to prayer walk your local community.

Included in this guide is an updated version of the ‘A

Mile with Jesus’ prayer guide. We have also included

a ‘virtual Prayer Walking Guide’ as well. We recognise

that not all of us, due to disability or ill health are able

to walk their local street, so this allows you to do this

from your home.

We have a dedicated WhatsApp group for ‘A Mile

with Jesus’ where you can interact with others who

are passionate about prayer walking. Our WhatsApp

group is only open to members of Houses of Light

who have signed up to pray for their street. We do not

automatically add people to WhatsApp (as this is a

closed group). You would need to request to join once

a member. We take the privacy of our members very

seriously.

Visit www.housesoflight.net to sign

up to magnify Jesus on your street.

This is done through PRAYING for neighbours,

CARING for neighbours and SHARING Jesus with our

neighbours. We are aiming for 5 new disciples of Jesus

on every street, where there is a House of Light. Will

you join us and MAGNIFY Jesus on your street?

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ORIGINS OF

‘A MILE WITH JESUS’

Rachael Fola-Taiwo

A Mile with Jesus co-ordinator,

Houses of Light.

In October 2015, after fourteen days of

fasting and prayer, God gave me the vision

of ‘A Mile With Jesus.’ In a dream, I ‘saw’

prayer chains springing up from different

places, electric sparks coming together and

forming a massive umbrella shape, with one

stick that all hands were holding onto. Then I

could see traces of fire/ lightening coming

from the roads and streets and returning

towards Heaven.

When I woke up from the ‘revelation’ I was lost in deep

thought of what I had just seen. I pondered over it

day and night. I continued praying and fasting, ending

my fast at the ‘National Day of Prayer’ conference

in Croydon, which I attended with the NPN team in

November 2015. On the last day of the conference,

I asked Pastor Jonathan Oloyede to pray for me. As he

laid his hand on me, all I could pray was “Lord I will go

a mile with you.” The Holy Spirit said to me, “not just

you, but as many that will go a mile with Him, He will

go with them, through the journey.”

I kept the vision within me after sharing it with my

husband. I had no peace,

I wrote the vision down, and all the planning of how

to go about it, as given in prayer. For three months, I

carried the burden in my mind.

In January 2016, Neighbourhood Prayer Network was

holding a special prayer meeting to ask God about

the year ahead. I couldn’t stop the prompt of the Holy

Spirit, to share the vision with Rebekah Brettle. She

told her husband Carl Brettle and they invited me for a

discussion. I was thrilled as they shared with me how

they wanted to take it National; it was exactly how the

Holy Spirit had given it to me. I just opened my mouth

speechless, as they talked with me about the vision.

Hence the journey of, ‘A MILE WITH JESUS’ begins…

Rachael Fola-Taiwo

(2025) writes…

A mile with Jesus is what you can make of it, since

the inception of this vision Christians across UK

have participated in prayer walking their streets and

communities as group or individuals. It is the power

of prayers of agreement, unity of purpose, oneness

that can reach Heaven and create unstoppable

waves of salvation, healing, provision, love, harmony,

breakthrough, deliverance and revival to our nation

and World. Thousands of miles have been prayer

walked and with tremendous testimony from people

who had taken part in previous prayer walks. Today we

encourage you to take spiritual responsibility over your

street and community as you prayer walk and magnify

Jesus on your street.

Thanks & God bless Rachael Fola-Taiwo

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DONATE TO

OUR WORK.

This guide is free at the point of use. However,

it cost money to produce. If you are able

to donate to our work, we would be most

grateful. If you cannot afford to give to our

work, we appreciate your prayers instead.

To donate to our work, click here

To sign up to become a House of Light

on your street: click here


ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide is intended to be an aid to those

who have little experience of prayer walking.

It is meant to be used as a reference, rather

than to be read all at once.

This is a Houses of Light resource. Further

copies can be downloaded from our website

www.housesoflight.net

There are five parts:

Part I: Preparing in prayer before your ‘Mile with Jesus’

Part II: An A to Z guide of places you might come

across. We have provided some prayer points for each

one. Some of you may be walking in more rural areas,

others in more residential areas, others around Towns

and Cities. There is something here for all of these. As

residential roads and streets may make up a significant

part of your walk, we have provided a special prayer

points for these at the beginning.

Part III: We have provided some inspirational scriptures

that you may want to pray over streets, or places, or to

aid you in prayer.

Part IV: Some churches may wish to use this as a

‘outreach’ opportunity. In this section, we hope you will

find inspiration and ideas.

Part V: Virtual Prayer Walking Guide


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CONTENTS

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About this guide

Getting started

Part I - Preparing in prayer

Part I - General prayer

Part II - Praying for streets / roads

Part II - A-Z of places to pray for

Part III - Scriptures for prayer walking

Part IV - Outreach suggestions for churches

Part V - Virtual Prayer Walking Guide


GETTING STARTED

All of you will interpret the vision differently. The following is a suggestion only. For the

purposes of safety we recommend that you do this in twos and prayer walk in daylight hours.

Step 1: Decide whether you plan to do your prayer walk

on your own, with family or friends, with your prayer

group or as a whole church! Plan accordingly. Some

churches might want to map out their whole parish or

neighbourhood and get people to cover every street…

Step 2: Decide when you are going to do your prayer

walk and whether it is a one off or something you want

to repeat.

Step 3: Ask God what route you are going to take,

starting from your door step, your church or another

location. You might want to use a map, sat nav, a

pedometer, a car, to work out a full mile route.

Step 4: Visit the www.police.uk website and click on

‘Find Your Neighbourhood’ (at the top of the website),

add in your postcode and view crime statistics for the

streets you will be walking down.

Step 5: Prepare in prayer, before you go out. You may

want to use our ‘Prayer Walking Guide… A Mile with

Jesus’.

Step 7: When going out, (or for those house bound/

disabled), staying at home, start immediately in prayer,

asking Jesus to reveal how He sees the places you are

walking.

Step 8: If you come across anyone, pray for them

(either telling them or discreetly), pray a blessing on

them and for them to come to know Jesus.

Step 9: If you come across a Post Office, a church, a

hospital, a pub, a Police station, a Fire station, shops…

pray a blessing over them and as God leads you or use

our ‘A Mile With Jesus’ resource for inspiration.

Step 10: Listen to what God is saying as you walk…is He

leading you somewhere, speaking about something?

Is there someone in need you should help?

Step 11: Please contact us via www.housesoflight.net if

you have any testimony to share that might encourage

others. We always love to hear from you.

Step 12: Repeat…on another day?

Step 6: Make sure that you have warm clothes, water

proofs, access to a Bible or online version.


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PREPARING YOURSELF

IN PRAYER

Read, the following scriptures

• Love God, (Mark 12:30)

• Love People (Mark 12:31)

• Love other Christians (John 13:34-35)

• Love your Enemies (Matthew 5:43-48)

Confession

Confess the times that you have failed to show love to

others.

Forgiveness

Forgive those whom you hold a grudge against, people

who have hurt you, past and present. If necessary,

phone someone or meet with them to apologise, if

you have done something wrong. Ask God to forgive

you for failing to show love to others or for not putting

Him first. Pray for those who are struggling to forgive

others where you are going to walk today!

Thanksgiving

Thank God for all He has done in your life, for the house

you live in, your income, your family, your friends and

that you know Him.

Putting on the armour of God

As Christians we need to be mindful that when we are

in a spiritual war when we pray. Ephesians 6:12 says “for

our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against

the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers

of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil

in the heavenly realms.” (NIV)

Is this the first time you are choosing to

follow Jesus?

This prayer comes from the www.lookingforgod.com

website.

Dear God,

Thank you for sending your Son to die for sinners just

like me. I believe that He died in my place and took

the consequences of my rebellion against You upon

Himself. I am amazed and so thankful that He suffered

the punishment I deserved, so that I don’t have to. I

am sorry for the wrong I have done and want to turn

from it.

I believe that Jesus came back to life to prove that He

had beaten sin and death itself and to give me new

life. Please make right my relationship with You. Send

me Your Holy Spirit and transform my life from within.

Amen

Tell someone that you have prayed the prayer and think

about visiting a local church.

Take time to read through Ephesians 6:10-18 and put

on the armour of God as you feel led.


GENERAL

PRAYER

Pray for all those across the country taking

part in ‘A Mile with Jesus’

Luke 13:22

Father, we are inviting You afresh onto every road and

highway that leads to our villages, towns and cities and

the wider country. We pray that Your

glory will be seen in our society and that the country

turns to Jesus. Unite all Christians today to pray for

Your Kingdom to come.

Luke 14:21-23

Father as people go out onto streets to pray, break the

bondage of depression, anxiety, sickness, stress or the

work of the enemy, in the name of Jesus.

Lord Jesus, open the eyes of everyone on our roads

and highways to come to know You and be saved.

Lord Jesus, let many driving, riding bikes, praying at

home, walking, have an encounter with You today.

Luke 10:33

Jesus, let Your Spirit of love and compassion fill the

hearts of everyone as they journey along roads today.

Help us all to see our neighbours, other drivers on the

roads, through Your eyes. Bring love to all across our

nation.

Jesus, help all to be patient and understanding and for

love to overflow from the hearts of everyone as they

travel ‘A Mile with You’ today.

Luke 17:19

We pray that today as we pray for the sick, that many

will be healed in Your name.

Mark 14:13

Father, provide for all taking part in ‘A Mile with Jesus’ as

they pray and spread the “Good News” of the Gospel.

Lord, we ask that we could become Your hands, Your

feet, Your lips, and have Your heart. Let us hear clearly

what You are saying today, as we go out and let us go

out in obedience. Amen


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PRAYING FOR

STREETS / ROADS

• Ask God what He is saying about a street. How does

He see it?

• Pray for anyone you see walking by. If you feel Jesus is

asking you, ask someone if they want prayer.

• Pray for the safety of all drivers, all cyclists and

pedestrians.

• Pray for all living on the street you are on, to come to

know Jesus.

• Pray for the blessing of God to come in abundance on

this street.

• For people to feel that there is a sense of community

on this street and for the lonely to find friendship and

love.

• For protection from anti-social behaviour, theft and

violence. For peace on our street.


A-Z OF PLACES

TO PRAY FOR

The idea is pray for these places as you come across them. This intended as a reference guide.

Ambulance station

• For an increase in morale among paramedics who

often feel under resourced and under pressure.

• For the wise use of ambulances and a reduction in

demand for them.

• For all those needing ambulances to receive help as

fast as possible without any significant delays and for

healing!

Art galleries

• Thanksgiving for all artists and aspiring artists and

the work they do.

• For all who visit art galleries to develop an appreciation

for art and imagination.

• For people to see a revelation of who You are through

art and that all creativity comes from You!

Banks

• For the public to treat staff kindly and with respect.

• For protection from any future ‘crisis’ in banking.

• For the most vulnerable in society to be treated fairly

and with compassion and for banks to stop people

taking on debts they cannot afford.

Bikes (See Cycling) Bowling alley

• Thank You for all the fun that people experience in

bowling alleys which are often enjoyed as a family

activity.

• For safety of all using the bowling alleys.

• For peace and harmony at time of great competition.

Bus station

• Thanksgiving for all bus drivers and a blessing over

their lives.

• For bus routes to serve those most in need and fares

to be at a price that allows all people to use them.

Betting Shops / gambling

• Protection for people drawn to betting shops from

addiction to betting, especially those who are most

in need of money.

• For owners of betting shops to act responsibly in how

they advertise.

• For those in financial difficulty to receive much

needed advice and support.

Café

• Thank You for the cafés and all places like it, as places

for people to meet.

• Help the café to become a place of community and

meeting for people and a place where some feel less

lonely.

• Bring blessing to the café and encounters with Jesus

in the café!

Car parks

• Protect all drivers on the roads as they drive home

today.

• Protect all vehicles from any damage.

• Reduce tempers where there is competition for

spaces.

Church / cathedral

• We praise You for this Christian church, for its location

in the community, all the people who worship here

and the outreach done in the past and present.

• We pray that the Gospel message is presented in a

powerful way and in a way that people understand.

• Bring growth to this church. Let people come here for

healing and may they encounter You. Let this church

be a true representation of what You are calling her

to be!

• For safety of all people using buses and protection

from any accidents.


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Cemetery / crematorium

• Bring healing to everyone who has recently been

bereaved and for them to remember ‘good memories.’

• We pray for everyone visiting this place today, that

they will know Your presence.

• We pray for ministers/registrars performing services,

to be sensitive to the needs of those attending.

We thank You that many people hear the Gospel at

funerals.

Colleges (see University / schools)

Cinemas

• We thank You for the many cinemas that allow newer

churches to use their premises.

• We pray for the films shown here, to inspire, to

encourage and to promote a better world.

• We pray protection for young people attending

cinemas, protection from sexualised images and

violence.

Clubs

• We thank You for the work of Street Angels, Street

Pastors and similar organisations, working with the

night-time economy. (If your town/City does not have

these ministries, pray for them to be established).

• Pray for all drug dealing in the club to be prevented or

stopped and a reduction in dangerous drinking.

• Prevent violence, sexual assault, unwanted

pregnancies and any decisions young people may

regret.

Cyclists, cycle lanes and velodromes

• Thank You for cycle lanes and that so many areas

are now cyclist friendly and for our recent Olympic

success in cycling.

• We pray for all cyclists, especially younger cyclists

to wear helmets, protective clothing and be clearly

visible.

• We pray protection over all cyclists from road traffic

accidents.

Dance studio

• We pray for all those who attend dance classes. Help

those of all ages who are struggling to learn to dance,

to make progress.

• We pray for professional dancers. Give them stamina

for the performances they do. Bring reconciliation

when people fall out. Help those who are seeking

work. Be close to any who are injured and making

decisions about their future career.

Debt management centres

• Thank You for all debt management centres and the

people who genuinely are trying to help people in

debt.

• We pray for all who use their service to receive the

right advice and to be using the best service available

and to find a clear path out of debt.

• Let those who are feeling depressed and anxious, feel

Your presence, love and find hope in You!

Dentist

• Father, we pray for all those who need an NHS dentist

and struggle to find them. Help them to get timely

treatment and prevention of dental problems.

• Guide dentists and all those who work in the practice.

Help all dentists give the best treatment that they

can.

• Protect dentists from anxiety and depression and

from suicidal thoughts, (dentists have one of the

highest rates of suicide).

Factories

• We pray for the safety of all working here and fair

working conditions.

• We pray for high productivity, high profits and

protection from closure.

• Bless this factory with new orders and long term

prosperity.

Farm

• Thank You for all who farm our lands and provide

crops and food. Help them to feel appreciated.

• We pray a blessing on their harvest, for high crop

yields and high birth rates among animals.

• Help farmers struggling financially to find new

markets and for an increase in organic farming and

reduction in pesticides.

• We pray that people will make friends with others

they dance with.


Fields

• We pray for our bee population to increase, (there has

been a marked decline in bees the last few years).

• We pray for farming techniques to respect Creation.

• We pray for an excellent harvest.

Fire station

• Thanksgiving for our fire service and the men and

women who work here, risking their lives. Help

them to feel appreciation from the public and from

government.

• For a reduction in suicides (this is currently very high),

healing for post traumatic stress disorder and other

mental health problems and for any fire fighter who is

currently in pain or struggling, to find the courage to

seek help from his family, colleagues and friends so

they get the help they need.

• For stable working conditions, a reduction in serious

fires, good pay and conditions and protection from

harm when they respond to fires/ rescues every day

and for strength for families who send them to face

this.

Food bank

• Thank You for the generous donations to these and

for all the volunteers who work in them.

• For a reduction in the need for Food Banks, for benefit

changes to happen smoothly and incomes to rise for

families struggling.

• For those receiving food parcels and food aid, to

receive love and support from family, friends and

those in their community.

Football stadium (see stadiums)

Garden centres and public gardens /

horticulture

• Thank you for garden centres and the joy they bring

to so many.

• For public gardens to remain open to the public.

• For these places to be places where people feel safe

and a place where people can feel close to You.

Golf courses

• Thank you for golf courses and the enjoyment they

bring to so many, especially those who use them as a

‘stress relief’ from their work place.

• For golf courses to be places of harmony and peace

and relaxation.

• For friendships to flourish, especially for those who

find making and keeping friends difficult.

Government buildings: (See Town Halls)

GP surgery

• For all the staff, GPs, practice nurses, receptionists

to feel appreciated. For Health care workers to get

help when they experience ‘burn out’ or other mental

health problems and for a reduction in suicides.

• For waiting times to reduce, for a reduction in heart

conditions, respiratory conditions, diabetes, obesity,

depression and anxiety among patients.

• For enough resources, staff and time to meet

demand, for increase in morale and a feeling that the

public appreciate them and a reduction in negativity

and complaints.

Hair dressers

• We pray for all hair dressers, to enjoy their work and

establish regular customers.

• We pay for protection from low wages.

• We pray for opportunities for Christians to share their

faith with their hair dresser and to ‘gossip’ the Gospel.

Homeless shelter

• We thank you for all the homeless shelters, the

volunteers and those who fund shelters. Help all

homeless people experience love.

• For all the homeless people, for them to soon find

their own accommodation. For a reduction in the

number of homeless people and for protection from

harm while they remain homeless.

• For domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse,

mental health issues, relationship breakdown and all

the issues that contribute to homelessness to reduce.


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Hospital

• We pray for all staff working in the hospitals and for

their working conditions to improve…time to eat,

time to have a break, time to go to the toilet and

for the volume of work they are experiencing to

decrease. For recruitment of more A and E staff, and

for less people to attend as emergencies.

• For all patients and visitors currently in the hospital.

For the right diagnosis and treatment for each patient.

For hospital chaplains as they minister to those in the

hospital.

• For wise allocation of resources, use of services and

for elderly people in particular to be treated with

dignity and respect and their problems dealt with,

avoiding the need for multiple admissions.

Houses

• Bless the house and all who live in it.

• Let all who live in the house have the opportunity to

come to know You.

• For protection from evil, crime and for all who dwell

there to know love.

Housing association

• Thank You for all those who work to provide affordable

accommodation often to those who need it most.

• Preserve enough housing for the need in the

community.

• Give wisdom to those involved in placing people with

serious problems.

Ice rinks

• Protect all who use them from broken bones.

• Thank You for the fun that people have in this place.

• Let this be a place where friendships are forged,

maintained and flourish.

Job centre / job clubs

• Bring encouragement to staff in job centres working

with difficult guidelines and protocols, which can

cause anxiety for those attending.

• Help all those genuinely seeking work to find a job

that fits their personality, skills and needs in terms of

finances and location.

Leisure centre

• Thank You for the location of this centre and that it is

a resource for the local community,

• Help more people to take advantage of fitness

programmes and swimming pools to improve their

health.

• Protect all who use these facilities, particularly

children, from those who might cause others harm.

Library

• Thank You for the library and the resource it is.

• For funding of our libraries to continue.

• For children to enjoy the ‘library experience,’ learning

to read and to appreciate many books both now and

in the future.

Museum, National Trust, historical interest

• Thank You for all who work here, for opportunities for

us to respect the past and to learn from it.

• We pray for the public to respect and appreciate

museums and places of heritage.

• For funding, for restoration, development,

improvement and innovation for the next generation.

Nurseries / daycare/ pre-school

• For the most disadvantaged children and children

who are developmentally behind to be catered for

and for them to ‘catch up’ to other children.

• For staff, often low paid, to feel appreciated for their

work and to feel safe in the work place.

• For children to be in a safe environment, to enjoy

learning and being with other children. For nursery to

be a place of joy and laughter.

Offices

• We pray for all businesses that practise integrity to

flourish.

• For business leaders and workers who sometimes

feel isolated, to find support and a network of support

within the business community.

• For businesses suffering from problems with debt or

needing to make redundancies, to find solutions to

their problems.

• Bring comfort and support to those who have been

informed that their benefits have been stopped. Let

Your peace reign over this place.


Parks

• Thanksgiving for parks and the spaces they provide

for children to play and for adults to enjoy them.

• Protection from any violent crime or sexual assault or

activities that should not take place in parks.

• For churches to hold events in parks that reach out to

the whole community.

Non-Christian places of worship

• Forgive us as a Christian community when we have

failed to extend our friendship to those of other faiths

and have contributed in anyway to discrimination or a

sense of isolation.

• Help all who attend this place of worship to associate

Christians with love.

• Help all who worship here to have the opportunity to

understand the Christian faith.

Police station

• Thank You for all police officers and all the staff who

support them.

• Heal officers who have seen road traffic accidents,

witnessed or heard about horrific crimes and are

struggling to deal with what they have seen.

• Help our police officers to be well resourced and able

to respond to any threats of terrorism in a timely and

responsible manner.

• Help relationships with all the public so that the public

have confidence to report crimes.

Post Office

• Thank You for all who deliver our post, from all

companies.

• For all those who use the Post Office to feel like they

are entering a place of peace.

• For the mail, to transmit the Gospel around the

country.

Pubs

• Thanksgiving for a place where families can eat and

people can socialise and for all the staff.

• For no-one to leave this place drunk and then to drive.

• For people who drink alcohol or who smoke to reduce

how much they drink or smoke.

Rivers

• For rivers, streams and waterways to be free of

pollution.

• For local wildlife to flourish.

• For people to consider the environment when

throwing away rubbish.

Refugee registration centre

• For hope for genuine asylum seekers that this is the

end of their journey.

• For asylum seekers to be treated with dignity and

respect.

• For the church to respond positively and with love

towards local asylum seekers.

Schools

• For an increase in morale among teachers, for fair pay

and working conditions.

• For children to receive high quality teaching, that

they find enjoyable, which is inspirational and

encourages them to study. For all pupils to reach their

full potential.

• For schools to be places free from ‘sexting’, bullying,

sexual harassment and assault and for wise use of

social media among pupils.

Shopping centre

• For protection from terrorism and the fear of

terrorism.

• For people to buy only what they need and can afford.

• For churches to have the opportunity to share the

Gospel in a relevant and respectful way, that draws

people towards Jesus.

Stadiums: football / rugby

• Thanksgiving for stadiums and the joy they bring

to many as they are used for football, rugby or pop

concerts.

Supermarket

• Thank you for the abundance of food and choice that

we have in our supermarkets.

• For fair prices for local farmers and more fair trade for

overseas producers.

• For a reduction in wastage and an increase in the

sharing of food.


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Sure Start centres

• Thank You for these centres, most often serving the

most disadvantaged communities.

• For targeted help to families who need their resources

the most.

• For continued funding and presence in the most

deprived areas.

Take-aways

• Thank you for all who work in Take-Aways serving so

many.

• For high quality food and protection from food

poisoning for any who use them.

• For ‘Take-Aways’ to be part of a balanced diet and for

a decline in obesity rates in our community.

Train station / tram station / tube station

• Thanksgiving for trains/trams and the ability they

give people without cars to travel and to reduce the

environmental damage of cars to the environment.

• For safety on trains/trams, especially at night.

• For fares that are fair and represent good service and

investment, allowing people to see them as a cheaper

alternative to driving and for staff to feel appreciated

and to be paid fairly.

Theatre

• Thank You for the diversity of plays produced in

theatres and for those who work in them.

• For funding to continue.

• For new and aspiring artists and actors, musicians,

for their talent to be recognised and for them not to

give up!

Tourist attractions

• Thank You for the opportunities tourist attractions

offer to invite new people into an area and to help the

local economy.

• For funding, resources and development for future

generations.

• For safety and a ‘good’ all round experience for people

visiting.

Town Halls / government buildings

• Thanksgiving for all who work for government, for

local Councillors, MPs and Civil Servants.

• For Your wisdom when making decisions that affect

the lives of so many.

• For Your presence to be felt along corridors of

power, for prayer to continue in these places and for

a Christian presence and influence in all aspects of

government.

Universities

• For students, especially those who are put off by

tuition fees, to continue to attend university, not

because of their ability to pay, but because of their

ability.

• For research in the university to be ground breaking

and of benefit to humanity as a whole. Funding for

it and for an expansion in research and co-operation

with other universities.

• For pupils to be equipped for jobs in the future and to

find personal fulfillment and joy in their field of study.

Vets

• Thanksgiving for all those who look after animals and

pets.

• For a reduction in cruelty to animals in our community.

• For all pet owners who have relied on pets for

company who are experiencing loneliness because

they have recently lost a well loved animal.

Youth centre

• Thank You for all youth centres and the opportunities

that they offer to young people and for all youth

workers.

• For funding and resources to continue their work and

expand existing programmes.

• For young people to benefit from strong role models

and for many Christian role models to be present in

the youth centre.

Zoo

• Thank You for the conservation work being done to

save endangered animals. Forgive us for the times we

have failed to think about the products we buy that

are affecting the habitats of endangered animals, eg

palm oil.

• Help people to learn to appreciate the diversity of

Your creation and zoos to be part of changing our

attitudes to animal welfare across the globe.

• For the wellbeing of all animals in the zoo and for many

offspring for those in the most danger of extinction.


SCRIPTURES FOR

PRAYER WALKING

Sayings of Jesus

Matthew 7:13-14 New Revised Standard Version,

Anglicised (NRSVA)

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and

the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are

many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road

is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

John 14:6-7 The Message (MSG)

Jesus said, “I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life.

No one gets to the Father apart from me. If you really

knew me, you would know my Father as well. From

now on, you do know him. You’ve even seen him!”

John 6:35 New International Version (NIV)

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever

comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever

believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 10:10-11 (NIV)

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I

have come that they may have life, and have it to the

full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays

down his life for the sheep”.

Mark 3:35 New Living Translation (NLT)

Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister

and mother.

Scriptures to pray for those who seem

down/weary

Matthew 11:28-30 New King James Version (NKJV)

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and

learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and

you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and

My burden is light.”

Scriptures to pray over the homeless,

the asylum seeker, the poor.

Matthew 25:34-37 New Revised Standard Version

(NRSV)

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come,

you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom

prepared for you from the foundation

of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I

was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was

a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you

gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me,

I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous

will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you

hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you

something to drink?

Mark 12:41-44 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings

were put and watched the crowd putting their money

into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in

large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two

very small copper coins, worth only a few pence.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you,

this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all

the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she,

out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to

live on.’

Praying for many to come to know Jesus

John 3:16-18 The Message (MSG)

“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his

Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no

one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can

have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the

trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing

finger, telling the world how bad it was, He came to

help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts

in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him

has long since been under the death sentence without

knowing it.. And why? Because of that person’s failure

to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when

introduced to him.


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John 4:35-38 New Living Translation (NLT)

You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting

and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The

fields are already ripe[a] for harvest. The harvesters are

paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people

brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the

planter and the harvester alike! You know the saying,

‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true. I sent

you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had

already done the work, and now you will get to gather

the harvest.”

Luke 4:18-19 New King James Version (NKJV)

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has

anointed Me,To preach the gospel to the poor; He has

sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty

to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To

set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the

acceptable year of the LORD.”

Mark 1:15 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

‘The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God has

come near. Repent and believe the good news!’


While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many

tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his

disciples, for there were many who followed him.


Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word,

accept it, and produce a crop – some thirty, some sixty,

some a hundred times what was sown.’

Matthew 5:11 New English Translation (NET Bible)

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute

you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on

account of me.”

Those on the fringe of society

Mark 2:15-16 The Message (MSG)

Later Jesus and his disciples were at home having

supper with a collection of disreputable guests.

Unlikely as it seems, more than a few of them had

become followers. The religion scholars and Pharisees

saw him keeping this kind of company and lit into his

disciples: “What kind of example is this, acting cozy

with the misfits?”

Praying for hidden sin to be revealed


For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and

whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into

the open.

Praying for the rich…

Mark 10:25-27 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of

God.” They were greatly astounded and said to one

another, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at

them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not

for God; for God all things are possible.”

Matthew 6:19-21 New International Version (NIV)

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moth and rust consume and where thieves

break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures

in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and

where thieves do not break in and steal. For where

your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

Healing

Luke 4:38-40 The Message (MSG)

He left the meeting place and went to Simon’s house.

Simon’s mother-in-law was running a high fever and

they asked him to do something for her. He stood over

her, told the fever to leave—and it left. Before they

knew it, she was up getting dinner for them.

When the sun went down, everyone who had anyone

sick with some ailment or other brought them to him.

One by one he placed his hands on them and healed

them.


Prayers for Christians and churches

Mark 7:6-8 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you

hypocrites, as it is written,

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart

is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching

as doctrines the precepts of men.’ You leave the

commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of

men.”

John 17:22-23 New International Version (NIV)

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they

may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so

that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the

world will know that you sent me and have loved them

even as you have loved me.

Mark 8:38 Good News Translation (GNT)

If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching in this

godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be

ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his

Father with the holy angels.

Mark 10:42-45 New Living Translation (NLT)

So Jesus called them together and said, “You know

that the rulers in this world lord it over their people,

and officials flaunt their authority over those under

them. But among you it will be different. Whoever

wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the

slave of everyone else. For even the Son of Man came

not to be served but to serve others and to give his life

as a ransom for many.”


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OUTREACH SUGGESTIONS

FOR CHURCHES

Read Mark 16:15-20

This section is intended for those who want to take, ‘A

Mile with Jesus’ further and these outreach suggestions

are intended to be done as part of a church outreach.

Prepare a banquet/feast in your church

Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding Banquet

1. Invite the homeless, people in job centres, people

from GP surgeries, and residential care homes, to a

meal in your church.

2. Ask local businesses to contribute food.

3. Enjoy the food, meet the people and read out the

story of the wedding banquet, explaining that it was

the inspiration for the meal.

4. Hand out prayer request cards at the end.

Artwork for prayer request cards and

Father’s Love Letters can be downloaded

from our website www.housesoflight.net

to be printed locally.

Emergency services: Police, Fire Service,

Paramedics, GP surgeries, A&E

Romans 12:1-2

1. Attend one or all of these places, with a card signed

from all of your church, saying thank you.

Homeless ministry

Luke 10:25-37 - Would you walk by on the other side?

These activities are only suitable if done in twos please,

for safety reasons.

1. Go out prepared with warm coats, blankets, food,

and a list of local homeless shelters or places people

can get free meals.

2. Speak to homeless people.

3. Consider taking a homeless person out for a meal.

Sex workers / brothels / massage parlours

John 8:1-11

We advise that men do not take part in this activity

unless in the presence of women from your church and

that this is done as a group activity.

1. Take some red roses and give them out to

sex workers.

2. Give out prayer request cards, pray for them, if they

want prayer and tell them that they are welcome to

attend your church!

3. Prepare your church to receive people on the fringes

of society through teaching and discussion prior to

this outreach.

2. Invite them to a prayer service where you will pray

for them.

3. At this service put on food and get young people

to draw pictures about their work and have displays

with prayers for them.

4. Consider doing a first aid course in your church,

open to the general public, (Red Cross or St John

Ambulance).

5. Establish a longer term relationship with the police

and fire service, inviting them to give talks on the

issues they face.


Go the second mile

Matthew 5:38-42

‘You have heard that it was said, “Eye for eye, and tooth

for tooth.” But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If

anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the

other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and

take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone

forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away

from the one who wants to borrow from you.’

The context of going a second mile when someone

asked them to go one, was one where the Romans

would often force people to walk with them a mile.

How much more should we consider going the

extra mile, when Jesus asks us?


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VIRTUAL PRAYER

WALKING GUIDE

This virtual Prayer Walking guide comes from

a prayer project called ‘London Prayer LOOP.’

London Prayer LOOP was a project running

between 2018 and 2025, encouraging

Christians to cover every section of the

London LOOP in prayer. The London LOOP

almost completely encircles London and is

approximately 150 miles long; if you were to

walk the whole circumference. It is split up

into 24 sections.

In 2019 when the pandemic hit, prayer walking

physically was no longer possible for many and in 2020

this virtual prayer walking guide was born.

In more recent years this guide has been used in other

prayer walking initiatives such as Thy Kingdom Come

Here and in Arise Sheffield.

We also recognise that many members of our

community are not able to physically walk their streets

and this guide allows every member to take part. We

include this as a separate, but companion guide in the

‘A Mile with Jesus’ resource, recognising that there is

some duplication and overlap.

An invitation

As you read our virtual prayer walking guide, the

Houses of Light Team, hope it inspires you to consider

virtual prayer walking and to share the idea with others

who may be interested.


Virtual Prayer Walking Guide

Remotely praying for somewhere from your home,

church or elsewhere.

In the past Christians have prayed in strategic ways for

places using their Bible, maps, local A-Z street guides,

walking books, photos, drawings and their memory.

Today with technology, there are online resources that

can help including Google Maps, Apple Maps, Google

Street View, Google Earth, online Bible resources etc.

We have the option of meeting virtually on Zoom,

Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, WhatsApp or similar

platforms.

The advantage of virtual prayer walking is it can be

done by anyone anywhere in whatever situation they

are in. It can happen at any time of day or night. You

don’t have to travel to a place taking time and money

to do so. You will have facilities that you can use if you

need to. You can gather all the things that help you

pray and lay them out beforehand.

The need

There is so much to pray about. God is not distant.

We have the promise in Psalm 46:1 that “God is our

refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”

He listens to our prayers. James 5:16 gives us the

encouragement and promise that “the prayer of a

righteous person is powerful and effective.” Whatever

is happening in the nation and nations we can seek God

for the people and places laid on our heart praying for

them. 2 Chronicles 7:14 is key. It says, “if my people

who are called by my name, will humble themselves

and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked

ways, then I will hear them from heaven, and I will

forgive their sin and heal their land.”(NIV)-

How to go about virtually prayer walking?

Step 1

Decide who is going to virtually prayer walk?

• You

• Family

• Friends

• Prayer Group

• House group

• Church

• House of Prayer

• Churches Together

• Virtual/Physical Prayer Walking Together

Step 2

If your virtual prayer walk is part of a church service or

prayer gathering, determine when it is happening and

how to do it.

Prepare as appropriate. If you are doing a virtual prayer

walk on Zoom, liaise with anyone else who is taking

part giving them the day, time and login details and

reminding them closer to the time.

Many people are now using Prayer Apps. If you choose

to use a physical map and share it with others, please

be careful about copyright and terms of use.

Step 3

Is there a particular focus, event or outreach you want

to pray about? Maybe do some research about the

area you are prayer walking and be open to God leading

you, even if it is not what you first thought. Here are

some areas of focus to think/pray about.

• Christmas

• Easter

• Pentecost

• Mission and outreach

• Street Crime

• Gangs and knife crime

• Bereavement

• Loneliness/isolation

• Unemployment

• Debt

• Domestic Violence

• Mental Health & Wellbeing

Step 4

Consider the places you may like to virtually prayer

walk. Your virtual prayer walk may include a number

of these.


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• Streets/roads/lanes

• Footpaths

• Pilgrim routes

• Places where there has been a Christian presence in

the past.

• A village, town, or city

• Coast

• Industrial estates

• High streets

• Transport infrastructure – airports, stations, ports

• Entertainment venues or festivals

• Churches, Cathedrals, Monasteries

• Housing estates

• Nature reserves

Use the A-Z of places in the ‘A Mile with Jesus’ guide,

for inspiration.

Different ways of covering the land in

prayer.

1. Draw a circle around the area you want to pray for.

It may be a village, town, or city. And divide it into

sections like cake slices. You can virtually prayer

walk the outside of the circle and pray into the heart

of that section.

2. Draw a fan over an area of land and pray into each

section of the fan.

3. Stand or sit or kneel then pray facing the North, East,

South, and West for a minute in each direction. This

can be done on your own or with others on an online

prayer call. You can pray out loud or be silent. You

may decide to lift your arms to praise God and exalt

him high over all. You may be led to worship. You

could intentionally pray for those who are weary

that God would help them win the battles they face

by symbolically holding up your arms. In Exodus

17:11-12 Aaron and Hur held up Moses arms, so that

the battle could be won.

Praying for those who outreach

You may like to virtually prayer walk places that you

know Christians go out to outreach to others in your

community including to the homeless, young people,

older people, those who have been out in pubs and

clubs and any ongoing or planned missional events.

Pray for any places laid on your heart that don’t yet

have outreach.

Step 5

As the virtual prayer walk gets closer commit the time

to God in prayer and anyone else who may be part of it.

You may like to fast for part of a day or a whole day if it

is safe for you to do so.

Some examples of fasting, please refer to guidance of

your own churches in this matter.

• Daniel fast -is no meat or choice foods… this is safer

for those with medical conditions.

• A timed no food fast (please seek medical advice if

any medical condition) essentially no food from 12am

until 6pm, with lots of water drunk during the day.

• A sugar free fast (so no cakes, chocolate or any sweet

products) – anyone can take part in this fast.

• Social media fast or even a screen fast – so no TV or

social media or gaming – this is safe for everyone and

some may argue in modern times, a huge challenge.

The key to fasting is that when you are tempted to

eat something or use screens, you instead turn to

God in prayer, focusing on Him instead. Often prayer

breakthroughs happen when fasting. Anyone with a

history of an eating disorder, we recommend you do

not take part in food fasting.

Take time to familiarise yourself with different online

resources to help you virtually prayer walk – Google

Maps, Apple Maps, Google Street View, Google Earth,

online Bible resources.

Step 6

Before the virtual prayer walk gather what you may

need to help you virtually prayer walk.

• Your Bible

• Worship books/You tube worship

• Paper, pen and pencil. You may like to do a virtual

prayer walking journal or file to keep a note of the

verses of scripture you may have used, the things

you prayed into and anything that you wanted to take

note of in response – a word, picture, idea, or action.

• A-Z of streets if appropriate or a prayer walking App.

• Newspaper articles or magazines – This can help

inform your prayers. Alternatively, you can note

things from online news (BBC, Guardian) or a

subscribed newspaper if you have one. Your local

newspaper may also have some news which is free

to view online.

• Art materials so that you can draw anything that you

are inspired to do as you virtually prayer walk. You

may like to do a collage sticking newspaper articles


and anything else that helps you pray. You could draw

a prayer map on paper or on a white sheet as you

virtually prayer walk noting the people, places and

things that are laid on your heart as you do. You can

add scriptures and prayers as part of this. This prayer

map could be revisited to use again. If on paper it

could be put in a prayer walking journal or file. If on a

white sheet it can be folded away for future times of

prayer.

• Video - video footage on a phone, computer, tv or

church screen to help you pray for a place. If sharing

with others, be mindful of copyright and safeguarding.

• Watch and pray - Watching programmes on walking

and praying about the things you see and what is

shared that moves your hearts. If on catch up, you

can pause and pray as you go.

• As you virtually prayer walk you may like to use a pen

or your finger to go along the route you have taken

if using a printed map, drawn map or an online map.

• Sometimes it is helpful to research the history of the

place you are virtually prayer walking.

Praying Together

Virtual and Physical Prayer Walking can happen at

the same time. You may be in contact with those

physically prayer walking by mobile, text, video, or

email. And/or you may gather with them afterwards

to share anything on your heart and they with you and

then praying together. Often God will delight to bless

this type of prayer walking with confirmations and

affirmations.

Whoever is leading the physical aspect of the walk,

remember to avoid recording children or any situation

which might be objectionable to others. The walk

should be sensitive to the community around it,

especially if there are a group of people linked to the

walk remotely by zoom as it is physically happening.

One safe way is to send/use a photo of a street or

place which you have taken ahead of time or on the

day which you ensure has no one in it If you use more

than one picture it could be like stepping, to help you

pray throughout the virtual walk to help people pray.

• As you prepare to do your virtual prayer walk it is

important to avoid distractions. Look for a place

where you are alone or less noisy so that you can

focus and concentrate.


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Markers for prayer

Silence

Psalm 46:10 says, “be still and know God.” There may

be times when we fall silent before God. We are just

aware of God and worship him. Alternatively, we may

not know how to pray or what to pray so go silent as

we wait for the leading of the Holy Spirit. Other times

it may be because we are lamenting about something

or someone. We cannot find words. We may be moved

to tears.

Groaning

When we are silent before God we may find ourselves

groaning praying out the burdens in our hearts.

Romans 8:26 says “In the same way, the Spirit helps us

in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to

pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through

wordless groans.”(NIV)


Step 7

The Prayer Walk Itself

Before you virtually prayer walk spend some time

letting God search your heart. If there is anything you

need to say sorry to God about then do so. Have a

time of thanksgiving for all God has done for you. That

you know him. If you don’t know Jesus and want to

believe in him, you can say this prayer.

Dear God

Thank you for sending your Son to die for sinners just

like me. I believe that He died in my place and took

the consequences of my rebellion against You upon

Himself. I am amazed and so thankful that He suffered

the punishment I deserved, so that I don’t have to. I

am sorry for the wrong I have done and want to turn

from it.

I believe that Jesus came back to life to prove that He

had beaten sin and death itself and to give me new life.

Please make right my relationship with You. Send me

Your Holy Spirit and transform my life from within.

Amen

Putting on the armour of God

Take time to read through Ephesians 6:10-18 and put

on the armour of God as you feel led.

Authority

Our authority is in Jesus. It is in Jesus’ name we have

authority.

Be Watchful

The Bible invites us to watch and pray. It is so easy

to get distracted. Be honest and real with God about

these things and refocus. Don’t spend time feeling

bad about it. If there is anything that you need to ask

God’s forgiveness for that comes to mind then say

sorry to God. Take all anger, bitterness, and offence to

the cross. Give it to Jesus.

Worship

You may like to play some worship music and have a

time of praise before you begin virtual prayer walking

or at other times whilst you are praying. If you are a

musician, you may like to play your instrument. In

Psalm 98:4 it says, “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the

earth, burst into jubilant song with music”(NIV)

Bible verses

There may be verses from the Bible that you want to

say at the start, end or during your virtual prayer walk.

We suggest that we all start with the Lord’s prayer

Matthew 6:9-14. Here are some others.

Ephesians 3:20-21

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than

all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at

work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and

in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and

ever Amen.

Joel 2:28-29 Praying for the Holy Spirit


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And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men

will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour

out my Spirit in those days. (NIV)

Invite the Holy Spirit to come upon you and anoint

you with fresh oil for the day, as often saying that the

anointing of yesterday is not enough for today, ask

for the power of God to overcome you and make you

sensitive to the move of the Holy Spirit in the course

of the prayer.

1 Timothy 2:1-2 Praying for those in authority

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers,

intercession and thanksgiving be made for all peoplefor

Kings and all those in authority, that we may live

peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

(NIV)

Repentance

2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people who are called by my name, will humble

themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from

their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I

will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Jeremiah 29:7 Praying for the prosperity of

your street, village, town, city

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to

which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for

it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”(NIV)

Numbers 6:24-26 Blessing

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his

face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn

his face toward you and give you peace.” (NIV)

Luke 6:27-28 Blessing Enemies

“But to you who are listening; I say, love your enemies,

do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse

you, pray for those who mistreat you.”(NIV)

Sometimes we may want to lament. We feel a loss,

sorrow or regret and want to express this before God

as we pray. Lamenting is a common theme as we

read through the Bible. Lament can be personal or

communal. Lamenting is when we pour out our hearts

to God. This gives opportunity for us to encounter God.

Facing suffering and loss in a healthy way develops

character, prevents our hearts from becoming hard

and expands our ability to feel love and compassion

for others. Lamenting is about not hiding our feelings

from God but bringing those feelings to Him. It is an

act of faith and not of doubt.

A prayer for you as you virtually prayer walk.

As you virtually prayer walk may you know God with

you each step of the way. May God lead you and guide

you how to pray. In Jesus name. Amen

Step 8

After the virtual prayer walk

Are there things God has laid on your heart to do in

response to what you have prayed?

• A phone call

• An email

• A conversation face to face

• A visit

• Something your church can do to make a difference.

• A gift

• A letter

• A card

• Continuing to pray for a particular person, place, or

situation.

• Another virtual prayer walk

• Anything else laid on your heart.

Speak blessings over your neighbours, your street,

your community, the nation and anything else that is

laid on your heart.

Lamentations 3:21-24- Lament

“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed

for his compassions never fail. They are new every

morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself,

“The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

(NIV)


Testimony from Lisa Hutt

My experience of virtual prayer walking has come

through leading the London Prayer LOOP and zoom

community 2018-2025.

In 2020, I received an email from ‘J… “As we have been

focusing our prayers very much on London with the

coronavirus, I have pictured your map of the London

Prayer LOOP and have been ‘virtually’ walking around

London!..” It was a lightbulb moment that opened our

eyes to the possibility of virtually prayer walking the

London LOOP. I recalled how on one section of the

London LOOP the previous year, some Christians had

not been able to prayer walk their whole section with

others, but had prayer walked a few hundred yards and

gathered at a spot to pray. I realised that the great joy

of virtual prayer walking was that anyone, anywhere,

of any age could take part and they could do the whole

of a section, not limited by their physical health and

even do the whole of the London Loop if they would

like to.

A zoom community grew up out of London Prayer

LOOP, increasing virtual prayer walking of the Loop.

Perhaps you might want to consider meeting over

Zoom, or WhatsApp or Teams to form a Beacon of

Light, which is 3 Christians meeting together once a

month physically and three times a month virtually, to

pray for the three streets where you live.

Always listen to what God is saying to you personally

and as a group- this is not a one size fits all.

The Houses of Light Team- Praying for you.

We pray that you abide in His love, that you hide under

the shadow of His wing (Psalm 91). We pray that you

will arise and shine where you live (Isaiah 60.1) that

you will light up your street with Jesus’ love. (Matthew

5:13-16). We pray that as Jesus is the vine and you are

the branches (John 15) that you will be carriers of His

presence, where-ever you go (Exodus 34:29). Amen

Illustration Copyright: Lisa Hutt


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Special thanks to Rachael Fola-Taiwo, Lisa Hutt, Carl

Brettle, Rebekah Brettle for writing this guide; Rick

Yates (design), Jenny Bailey (a former trustee) and all

who pray for our work and all who as part of Houses

of Light, pray for their streets. Thank you to our

trustees, volunteers and partners. Special thanks to

RCCG Place of Victory, Swansea and Neath Methodist

circuit, without whose support, this guide would not

be possible.

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