21 Days of Prayer and Fasting

From February 1, we will be committing to 21 days of prayer and fasting as a church and we'd love for you to join us.

Why are we doing this?
Because we love God and want more of him. The purpose of dedicated prayer and fasting is to draw near to God, to experience more of him and see him move powerfully in our lives. John Piper says in his book "A Hunger For God", "The heart of it (fasting) is longing. We are putting our stomach where our heart is to give added intensity and expressiveness to our ache for Jesus. We fast to express our longing or our ache for all the implications of Jesus’s power in the present moment that isn’t completely realized. We want to see people healed. We want to see people saved. We want to see marriages redeemed. We ache, and we long for this to happen; therefore, we ask Jesus to come by putting this exclamation point of longing at the end of our desires."

How are we doing this?
Choose one or more days a week and commit to the discipline of giving up food, whether one meal or an entire day, to spend intentional and dedicated time to pray and meditate on God's word. Pray that we would see God move powerfully in the life of our church in 2020. Each day of the week we will focus on a specific area for our focused prayer. You can follow LCC on Instagram and Facebook for daily prayer points as well as the outline below.
We encourage you to pray each day and use the scriptures provided to help guide your prayers. For some helpful thoughts on fasting read this helpful article by David Mathis. https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/fasting-for-beginners

Outline and Bible Verses
Sundays - Pray for our Ministries (LG's, Music, Kids, Women's/Men's)

  • For God to Enlighten our Heads (Eph. 1:15-23; Eph 4:17-24)

  • For God to Encourage our Hearts (Col 2:1-5; 1 Thes. 5:11)

  • For God to empower our Hands (1 Cor. 12:6-11; Eph. 4:12)

Monday - Pray for Provision

  • For Volunteers (Matt. 9:37-38; 1 Cor. 3:9)

  • For Facilities (Acts 2:46, 5:16)

  • For Finances (2 Cor. 8:2; 2 Cor. 9:13)

Tuesday - Pray for our Nation

  • Leaders (1 Tim. 2:1-2)

  • Repentance and Healing (2 Chron. 7:14)

  • Salvation (Rom. 10:14-17)

Wednesday - Pray for Mission

  • Obedience to Share (Matt 28:18-20; Rom. 10:14-17)

  • Boldness to Share (Acts 4:29-31, 28:31)

  • Empowerment in Sharing (Rom 1:16-17; Col. 1:3-7)

Thursday - Pray for our People

  • Make us Holy (1 Jn. 1:9; Gal. 5:22-24)

  • Meet our Needs (Matt. 6:31-33; Phil. 4:12)

  • Mature our Faith (Eph. 4:11-16; 1 Pet. 2:2)

Friday - Pray for Unity (Col. 3:12-17)

  • Unity through love and service (Gal. 5:13; Eph. 5:1-2; 1 Pet. 4:10)

  • Unity through grace and forgiveness (Eph. 4:32)

  • Unity through humility and care (Phil. 2:1-8; 1 Cor 12:21-26; 1 Pet. 5:5)

Saturday - Pray for other Churches

  • Faithfulness (2 Tim. 4:1-5; Micah 6:8)

  • Fruitfulness (John 15:1-11; Gal. 5:22)

  • Perseverance (Col. 1:9-12; Jms. 1:2-3)

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