Fasting
Ahhh...The spiritual discipline of fasting. It's the favorite of people everywhere!
Actually, to a lot of people, fasting is kind of a novelty, something only fanatics and mystics do. Yet Jesus talked about, right between prayer and storing up your treasure in heaven. If Jesus talked about it, then it must be important.
Our church is entering into a time of corporate fasting as we seek God for vision. Our goal is to have our church bathed with prayer and have some one fasting 24/7 for a week. At the end of the week, we plan to come together with an All Worship Sunday (we have one every quarter or so) and then break the fast corporately with meal of soup, bread, and salad. We also plan to have an 'open mic' so people can share what God is showing them. However, often time revelation doesn't come until after the fast, so the week after should be exciting.
The message on fasting was delivered by an other member of our Pulpit Team, so the notes presented below are hers:
Read through them. They are good.
The reason I bring it up is what I state previously: Fasting is a spiritual discipline thatdeservesdemands as much focus as prayer, reading the Word, and giving. I am looking forward exploring this more deeply.
While I have fasted before, I'm particularly excited about this time of being unified with my brothers and sisters seeking God will for our body.
I'll be sharing my experience over the next couple of weeks. Perhaps it will be an encouragement to others, maybe people will write me off as a mystic. That's alright: I wouldn't mind being known as a Christian Mystic.
Actually, to a lot of people, fasting is kind of a novelty, something only fanatics and mystics do. Yet Jesus talked about, right between prayer and storing up your treasure in heaven. If Jesus talked about it, then it must be important.
Our church is entering into a time of corporate fasting as we seek God for vision. Our goal is to have our church bathed with prayer and have some one fasting 24/7 for a week. At the end of the week, we plan to come together with an All Worship Sunday (we have one every quarter or so) and then break the fast corporately with meal of soup, bread, and salad. We also plan to have an 'open mic' so people can share what God is showing them. However, often time revelation doesn't come until after the fast, so the week after should be exciting.
The message on fasting was delivered by an other member of our Pulpit Team, so the notes presented below are hers:
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Read through them. They are good.
The reason I bring it up is what I state previously: Fasting is a spiritual discipline that
While I have fasted before, I'm particularly excited about this time of being unified with my brothers and sisters seeking God will for our body.
I'll be sharing my experience over the next couple of weeks. Perhaps it will be an encouragement to others, maybe people will write me off as a mystic. That's alright: I wouldn't mind being known as a Christian Mystic.
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Friday, January 19, 2007
