21 DAYS OF BREAKTHROUGH

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING. THE DISCIPLINE OF PRAYER AND FASTING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WE EAT OR PARTICIPATE IN AND TURN THEM INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND TIME PRAYING TO GOD. TRADE-IN SOMETHING GOOD FOR SOMETHING GREATER!

FOR SOME, THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT PRAYER AND FASTING OR IT'S A REGULAR PRACTICE IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK. WHEREVER YOU MAY LAND, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PICK JUST ONE THING FROM WHICH TOO FAST FOR THE 21 DAYS. DURING THIS TIME WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ, PRAY, JOURNAL, AND MEDITATE ON HIS WORD. AS WE DO THIS, WE ARE ABLE TO PURSUE A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF YOU COULD FAST FROM SOMETHING FOR 21 DAYS TO FEAST FOR 344, WOULD IT BE WORTH IT?

BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER NIGHTS

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING US AT OUR PRAYER MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10, 17, AND 24 IN THE WORSHIP CENTER AT 6:30PM.

CHILDCARE WILL BE AVAILABLE, PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE.

REGISTER FOR CHILDCARE

BREAKTHROUGHS & PRAYERS AROUND THE GLOBE

Prayers and Breakthroughs will be posted on map below.

TRADE IN SOMETHING GOOD FOR SOMETHING GREATER

WHAT IS FASTING?

FASTING IS A TIME WHERE WE AS BELIEVERS TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS, SO THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION TO GOD. WE DO THIS SO WE CAN SET ASIDE OUR OWN DESIRES AND DISTURBANCES, HUMBLING OURSELVES, SO THAT GOD’S VOICE CAN BE HEARD. THE FOCUS IS TO DRAW CLOSER TO GOD, NOT TO STARVE.

TYPES OF FASTS

DANIEL FAST

FOR THREE WEEKS, DANIEL, WHO WAS A PROPHET DURING A TIME WHEN ISRAEL LIVED IN EXILE, ABSTAINED ONLY FROM “DELICACIES” LIKE MEAT AND WINE (DANIEL 10:3).

DURING THIS FAST YOU WILL REMOVE MEATS, SWEETS, BREADS, AND ONLY CONSUME PLANT-BASED MEALS.

ITEM FAST

THIS OPTION IS GREAT FOR THOSE THAT DON’T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN FOOD FASTS OR HAVE HEALTH RESTRICTIONS. IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REFOCUS YOUR LIFE.

YOU WILL FAST THINGS THAT CAN BE DISTRACTING, SUCH AS, SOCIAL MEDIA OR TELEVISION UNTIL THE END OF THE FAST AND THEN BRINGS THESE ITEMS BACK SLOWLY.

PARTIAL FAST

IN THIS TYPE OF FAST YOU WILL ABSTAIN FROM EATING ANY FOOD DURING THE MORNING OR THE EVENING.

THIS CAN BE FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF TIME SUCH AS 6:00 AM TO 3PM OR FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET.

COMPLETE FAST

A COMPLETE FAST MEANS TO DRINK ONLY LIQUIDS, USUALLY WATER AND JUICES.

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Day 1: You Are What You Love

Scripture: Acts 17:22-23

PAUL IS PREACHING IN ACTS 17 TO THE PEOPLE OF ATHENS WHO WORSHIPED MANY GREEK GODS. AS HE LOOKED AROUND, PAUL SAW THAT THE ATHENIANS WERE VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY NEGLECT ANY DEITY IN THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, SO THEY SET UP AN ALTAR TO AN “UNKNOWN GOD” TO COVER ALL THEIR BASES. PAUL SAW THIS ALTAR AS AN OBJECT LESSON: SOMETIMES WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TRULY WORSHIPING WITH OUR LIVES.

SOME OF US MIGHT IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOT VERY RELIGIOUS, BUT ALL OF US ARE WORSHIPERS. WE ALL LIVE OUR LIVES AND GIVE OURSELVES OVER TO THE THING WE WANT MOST. WHETHER WE ARE RELIGIOUS OR NOT, WE HAVE IDOLS. WE MAY NOT BEND OUR KNEES TO A STATUE, BUT WE ORIENT OUR LIVES AROUND WHAT WE DESIRE AND WHAT WE LOVE. EVEN WHEN WE TRY TO LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE SO OFTEN FIND OURSELVES GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY, JUST DOING OUR BEST TO COVER ALL THE BASES. AS WE ENTER THIS NEW YEAR, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REORIENT OUR LIVES AND OUR WORSHIP. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND EXPERIENCE THE ONE TRUE GOD THAT PAUL IS ABOUT TO PROCLAIM. WILL YOU SETTLE FOR UPGRADING YOUR IDOLS THIS YEAR, FOR MORE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY, OR WILL YOU TURN TO THE GOD WHO WANTS TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE THROUGH HIS UNSTOPPABLE LOVE?

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

  1. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR IN THIS NEXT YEAR?
  2. IF YOU WOKE UP TOMORROW AND ALL WAS RIGHT IN YOUR WORLD, WHAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED?
  3. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO LOVES YOU AND WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU RIGHT NOW? JOURNAL YOUR THOUGHTS.

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