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 4: Jesus Reveals God

Scripture: Acts 17:29-31

AS PAUL CONCLUDES HIS SERMON TO THE ATHENIANS, HE DESCRIBES THE ONE TRUE GOD AS A PATIENT FATHER, A JUST JUDGE, AND A VICTOR OVER DEATH. WITHOUT NAMING JESUS OUTRIGHT, PAUL IS INTRODUCING HIS AUDIENCE TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE GOD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH CHOSE TO BECOME HUMAN IN THE PERSON OF JESUS. GOD EXPERIENCED OUR HUMANITY THROUGH JESUS — OUR GOOD DAYS, OUR BAD DAYS — YET JESUS LIVED A HUMAN LIFE WITHOUT SIN. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD AS A LOVING FATHER AND NEVER FAILED TO SHARE GOD’S TRANSFORMATIVE LOVE WITH OTHERS. HE WAS FAITHFUL TO OBEY GOD EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, ALL THE WAY TO THE CROSS.

BECAUSE GOD IS JUST, HE IS A JUDGE WHO WILL ONE DAY BRING FULL JUSTICE TO HIS WORLD. BUT BECAUSE HE IS ALSO A LOVING AND PATIENT FATHER, GOD TOOK ON THE PENALTY FOR THE SIN OF THE WORLD WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS. JESUS WILLINGLY LAID DOWN HIS LIFE TO FORGIVE THE SINS OF OTHERS, FULLY ENTERING INTO THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF OUR SIN-STRICKEN HUMAN EXPERIENCE. BUT GOD’S LOVE CONQUERED EVEN DEATH WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE GRAVE, VICTORIOUS. ALL WHO CALL UPON THE NAME OF JESUS IN FAITH TODAY HAVE THEIR SINS FORGIVEN AND ARE TRANSFORMED BY THE LOVE OF GOD. JESUS EXPERIENCED OUR HUMANITY SO THAT WE COULD EXPERIENCE GOD’S LIFE AND LOVE FOREVER.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

  1. DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
  2. IF NOT, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SAY THIS PRAYER SILENTLY OR OUT LOUD RIGHT NOW?
    LORD JESUS, I’M NOT PERFECT, BUT I BELIEVE IN YOU. SAVE ME; CHANGE ME. I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
  3. IF YOU JUST SAID THAT PRAYER, YOU HAVE JUST BEGUN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ONE TRUE GOD WHOM PAUL WAS PROCLAIMING IN ACTS 17. CONGRATULATIONS! BE SURE TO TELL SOMEONE IN YOUR CHURCH FAMILY THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS.
  4. FOR ALL FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, WHAT CAN YOU THANK GOD FOR TODAY AS YOU REFLECT ON HIS LOVE FOR YOU?

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