21 Days of Prayer & Fasting

How can we pray for you?

Thank you for sending in your requests! We prayed YOU specifically from January 5th-26th.
These anonymous prayer requests were printed on a postcard for someone different to pray for each night we gathered. Yes, your request was prayed for!

While our 21 Days is now over, if you submitted a prayer request and have an update or answer, would you let us know? We'd love to celebrate or continue to pray! You may use the box below.

Sunday Series During 21 Days:
Fearless

Watch the 3 Recap Videos for a look at our nightly gatherings and a quick highlight of each night's speaker!

We have a special playlist full of great worship music for fasting.
It includes songs we sing at our nightly gatherings, plus some other songs with great lyrics. Give it a listen on Spotify.

INFORMATION

What is the fast?

Sacrifice & discipline in fasting certain foods as we go before the Lord in prayer.

As a church family, we start each year with prayer & fasting.



Sacrificially surrendering your food habits.
This may mean The Daniel Fast (see below), or some variation of a food fast that requires significant, sacrificial surrender.
For example, instead of giving up chocolate or chips, you're surrendering staples in your diet.
This is a Biblical fast, not just giving up conveniences of our modern life (like media or the news).


Pray. What things are you bringing before the Lord--earnestly praying and seeking Him after?

• Declare our dependence on God.
• Reignite the Spirit’s fire in our lives.
• Pray for the lost.

* We will not be eating at our Life Group gatherings during the month, and we will not be serving coffee on Sunday mornings (water bottles provided!). We are doing this together as a church family, and want to intertwine the fast with our regular gatherings.

HOW TO EAT:

An example can look like the Daniel Fast.
On the Daniel Fast, you eat plant-based meals that are nutritious and delicious, while setting aside other foods as an act of worship and sacrifice to the Lord.

For information and food ideas, click the button below and explore this Daniel Fast website. (https://ultimatedanielfast.com/)

Where did the Daniel Fast Originate?

"You may be wondering, Where did the Daniel Fast originate? That’s a great question. The Daniel Fast was first observed by the prophet Daniel in the Bible. Scripture gives us some insight (such as in Dan. 10:3) into what Daniel ate and didn’t eat; however, we don’t know his complete menu. On one occasion, Daniel was greatly concerned for his people and sought the Lord’s wisdom during a time of prayer and fasting."

HOW TO PRAY:

During this year’s fast,

- Pray for the lost. (Intercede for the salvation of those who don’t have a relationship with Christ.  Write their names down and spend time praying over these 21 days)

- Pray for something where you need God to move in your personal life. (What do you need the Lord to do for you?  Where do you need Him to move in your life?)

- The requests from local community members; pray for some at the nightly Prayer & Worship at the church.

Control the food - control the body - control the heart

Is your fast drawing you closer to Jesus, or is it just easy for you to do?  The challenge is for it to be hard, so you can rely on God to sustain you.  We do it to please the Lord. If you're not expecting from the Lord, you are just on a fancy diet...and no one wants that :)

We encourage to use the times of temptations to lean in to God and His presence within you...it's a good reminder to rely on God when your body is fighting against you, and to pray for what you're fasting for.

How to Prepare for a Fast

Prepare physically with food-prep.
Prepare spiritually & mentally with heart-prep.

Encouragement

January 2024 Nightly Gatherings

Recap:
November Prayer & Fasting

November 3 - 5, 2024

Thank you for choosing to start your Tuesday morning with us at our early morning prayer & worship time. From 6:15am-6:45am on Nov.5, we had a great time of worship, were led in prayer by some of our men, and ended with communion. We then casually fellowship with coffee & donuts before heading off on our days.

Keep prayer & worship an integral part of your days!

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