14 Days of Fasting & Prayer January September 13- September 27th
For the last several years, we have dreamed, prayed, sacrificed, and worked together with one clear vision: so everyone can experience new life in Jesus. Through Preparing for the Harvest, For the Kids, and So Every Student, we have invested in spaces, ministries, and opportunities that would make room for the people God was already preparing to send our way. Every project and every prayer was an act of expectation. We were preparing for people we had not met yet, families whose names we did not know, and stories that had not yet been written. Many of you are the answer to those prayers. You may have walked through the doors of Evangel thinking you were simply visiting a church, but God had already been preparing a place for you here. What we once prayed for, we are now seeing sitting in the room and I believe the people we are praying for today will become part of the flourishing we experience tomorrow.
I believe that God is calling us once again to a season of prayer, but this time it’s different. I believe that we are contending for the fullness of all that we have worked hard to achieve and all that has been prayed over our church for years. I believe that we are contending for God’s promise over Evangel. It might sound overtly spiritual, and it's because it is. We can do all the right things, and have all the right strategies, but if God doesn’t grant the breakthrough then we will not see the promise. So I invite you in this season to join us in prayer to contend for what is ahead. Let’s contend together for those who have yet to call our church home, let’s contend for our community, let’s contend for our FLOURISHING!
I believe that God is calling us once again to a season of prayer, but this time it’s different. I believe that we are contending for the fullness of all that we have worked hard to achieve and all that has been prayed over our church for years. I believe that we are contending for God’s promise over Evangel. It might sound overtly spiritual, and it's because it is. We can do all the right things, and have all the right strategies, but if God doesn’t grant the breakthrough then we will not see the promise. So I invite you in this season to join us in prayer to contend for what is ahead. Let’s contend together for those who have yet to call our church home, let’s contend for our community, let’s contend for our FLOURISHING!
Types of Fasts
Complete Fast: In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
Partial Fast: This fast is sometimes called the “Jewish Fast” and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.
Selective Fast: This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
Soul Fast: This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.
Partial Fast: This fast is sometimes called the “Jewish Fast” and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.
Selective Fast: This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
Soul Fast: This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.
