It is a form of witchcraft. When those who do this walk around a neighborhood to pray for the community. The leaders of this movement counsel their people to not worry about talking to anyone, but just to pray as they walk. We see no model for this in the Word of God demonstrated by the apostles or Jesus Himself.
The idea that our prayers for a community are heard better because we walk the community comes from the Satanist play book on how to cast spells on someone or an entire community.
When a born again believer prays for someone or a community they have no need to physically be in the presence of that person or community. There is no power in our presence as the pagans believe.
There is also the matter of believing merely walking and talking has power over people or areas. I heard one lady once tell me that they prayed over the bridges in their city. My question was "what was that suppose to do", the bridges don't need saving and the power of the spoken word does not land on that structure to cause anyone on it to believe or do anything, and yet this person believed the prayer landed on the bridges and did something magical to everyone who passed over it. This is sorcery.
When God calls us to a community He tells us to bring the gospel, to speak to the people and to pray for them even after we have left the region. Incantations have no value except to bring up demons who love human rituals that divert people from trusting Christ while trusting in the own spoken word or magical spells.
To teach people that their presence without speaking is powerful is not biblical nor is it powerful, it is witchcraft.
Romans 10: 13-15 "…13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”…"
The devil is clearly fooling many believers into incorporating his practices into Christianity to divert us from doing what God told us to do and to place our trust in ourselves and ritualistic practices rather than Christ and His Word.
I saw similar concepts frequently in the Catholic church before I left it. There were continual rituals to bring about results asserting that the results were because of the actions not because God did a work.
It is prudent in our day to research every new practice that comes down the lane to make sure it matches with Biblical practices and principles.
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