Disclaimer:
God’s Harbor For All Souls strongly encourages individuals with health concerns to consult their physician prior to beginning a fast. This is especially important if you take prescription medications or have a chronic condition.
Purpose of Fasting and Prayer
Fasting is a powerful spiritual discipline that aligns our hearts more closely with the heart of God and also empowers us to see breakthroughs in specific areas. When people think of fasting they may focus too heavily on the giving up of food but it is much more than pushing back our plates. Fasting is when we go without food (or specific types of food) for a period of time and instead direct our attention more fully to God. It helps us as believers to not be ruled by our physical desires but to grow in spiritual power and authority over the desires of our flesh.
Fasting is more about gaining than giving up. Fasting is about gaining more of God and growing closer to Him. Fasting allows us to remove some of the things we spend most of our time and energy on and gives us room to focus on God. Fasting humbles our flesh, causing it to decrease and allowing our spirit man to increase. Fasting isn’t something that we do to try to manipulate God, but it is a spiritual discipline that can help us to align our lives with Heaven and develop a deeper intimacy with God. Even Jesus Himself fasted (Luke 4:2)
God wants us to communicate with Him and this is done through prayer. There are many benefits of praying. Prayer changes our focus, ushers us into God’s presence, brings us closer to Him, helps calm us and brings about change. Prayer is one of your most powerful weapons against the enemy, your adversary the devil (1 Peter 5:8). For prayer activates the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18)
We acknowledge that for some of you, you might be new to fasting or haven’t fasted in a while. With that said we will be doing a partial fast unlike our last 7 day fast we did at the beginning of the year, which means you restrict commonly enjoyed foods as an act of worship and consecration to the Lord. We are providing guidelines for doing 14 days of fasting and prayer below following the Daniel Fast.
Try not to get too hung up on the food portion of the fast. The guidelines are given to help you form boundaries, not to push you into legalism. Your fast may look a little different than someone else’s, and that’s fine. Some people may need to be stricter than others in their food choices so that their fast is a sacrifice for them. That may look like not eating during the day and only do a water fast. The most important part of the Daniel Fast is that you deny yourself physically so that you may seek the Lord in prayer and grow closer to Him.
When:
September 8, 2024 at 6 AM CST to September 21, 2024 at 6 PM CST
Details:
Each day fasting from 6 AM to 6 PM
From 6 PM to 6 AM Water Only
Thursday Night Corporate Prayer 7:30 pm
What you need:
- Bible (Read at least a chapter a day)
- Get and prepare your fruit and veggies in advance
- A journal, to write down what God may be speaking to you either through His Word or through your dreams.
- 3 prayer points, what are you looking for God to do for you during this time of fasting and prayer?
- Have 3 -7 scriptures concerning your prayer points
- At least one person you want to focus on praying for.
- Prayer points.
Church Prayer Points
- Pray for unity in churches and in the body of Christ.
- Pray for the pastor and church leadership.
- Pray for revival and a great awakening in the world.
