8-Day Churchwide
Prayer and Fasting
2024 THEME
It's Building Season!
8-Days of
Prayer & Devotion
Join us daily during this fast. Our Senior Pastor, Rev. Krishnan Natesan will be sharing messages to equip us as we grow and develop deeper relationship with God during this time.
We hope that you are well. God let us finish strong in 2023. And now in 2024 It’s Building Time! We will begin our corporate fast. That is right it's fasting time: Tuesday, January 2nd starts our Fast for 8 days. Why eight? The number eight means abounding in strength. After the seventh day of completion and rest, the eighth day was the perfect completion and of new beginnings. Our desire is to elevate our relationship with God, obtain fresh vision, and to begin anew!
Foundational Scriptures:
Matthew 17:19-21
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
1 John 5:14-15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us -whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him.
Fast Preparation:
Be sure to discuss your fasting with your doctor. Remember when it gets challenging pray as often as you can throughout the day for God to sustain you. Find time from daily distractions so you do not lose your focus. Stay hydrated!!!
Fast Options:
1) Fruits, vegetables, and nuts. No sugar, starch, dairy and meat including seafood during this fast.
2) Liquids 6am-6pm or 7am-7pm
3) Sweets – Eliminate all sugary items like candy, desserts, and sugary beverages
4) Fried foods
If these are not a big challenge for you, go deeper. Remember it is not a fast if it does not challenge you.New Paragraph
Scriptures:
How to begin your fast: Matthew 6:16-18
Relation to prayer and reading the word: Nehemiah 1:4-5; Daniel 9:3; Luke 2:37
Corporate Fasting: Nehemiah 9:1-3; Erza 8:21-23; Jonah 3:5-10.
During your fast we are praying for breakthroughs, renewed faith, guidance, and vision. In 2024 It’s Building Time and this fast will help us prepare for our new season!