A preacher friend and I drove to Washington DC this month to pray.

Why did we do that?

Couldn’t we have just prayed here?

After all, God is everywhere, right?

That is true, but Satan and his demons are not omnipresent.

The dividing line between the physical world and the spiritual world is not definite.

In the Bible, when people were healed or demons confronted, the disciples were in the physical presence of the ones they prayed for.

We prayed in DC because that is where spiritual warfare is taking place right now over our country’s future.

Prayer-walking is a term I first heard back in the late ‘90s.

We called it “praying on-site with insight.”

It really made a difference for me when I was standing in front of the Supreme Court building.

My heart and mind were more alert and focused on praying for the justices.

We stood out in the middle of the Ellipse in view of the White House.

Praying for our president was more intense standing near his back yard!

But what I remember most was standing in front of the capital.

Due to covid-19 we saw few tourists in DC.

There was an eerie peace and quiet.

No demonstrations or protests were happening where millions have gathered in the past.

There were no tour buses.

All the national museums were closed.

My friend asked what spiritual impression I sensed.

I felt we were there in the “calm before the storm.”

Our nation and our world are on a collision course with fundamental change.

Non-religious folks may call it natural socio-economic evolution.

Bible-believers like me call it end-times prophecy fulfillment.

I am not a prophet, but you don’t have to be to know that “times, they are a-changin’.”

Next week: Trench mouths

Dan Williams is the senior adult pastor at Lexington Baptist Church.