Date: 1/8-9/9
The purpose of fasting:
Fasting and praying is to help us to repent, to be self-clean, to turn away from sin, to gain authority to pray for the kingdom of God, and to let God bring forth revival instead of judgment.
Why fast and pray?
God is infuriated by various sins that is occurring in the world and our world is experiencing major shaking. The prophets are giving warnings about God’s judgments. This is the hour that all churches around the world, cross-ethnic, and inter-denominations to come to fast and pray and repent, just like 2 Chronicles 7:14 ” if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Let us do according to the following principles, and on a daily basis, obey the Holy Spirit, and truly seek God’s revelation, to confess our sins, repent and pray. We have not truly revered God (fear God) for a long time, but instead worshiped idols in our hearts. Therefore,repentance is required at all levels, as an individual, as a family, as a church, and as a society or country.
On the individual level, we do not respect God, and do not value God’s word. We do not obey the first commandment, and do not love God with all our heart, all our soul, all our strength and all our mind.
On the family level, we do not respect the the sacred order established by God, the holy marriage between man and woman. We commit sins of physical and mental fornication. The relationship between parents and children is gone.
On the church level, we are not one body, and we don’t love each other as a family to please the Father.
On the national level, we are rebellious, proud and independent, arrogant, do as we please, and shed innocent blood.
We have to rend our heart to repent in order to move the heart of God and pray that God will not bring forth the doomed disaster just as God had listened to the prayer of repentance of Nineveh (Jonah 3:10). Moreover, we must stand in the gap for our country, (Ezek 22:30), not only to confess, and to repent for our country but also to avoid the use of accusational prayers, instead, use positive prayers with blessings. The following guidelines are to help us pray and to please God’s heart.
Suggested ways to pray:
In addition to personal prayer, you can also choose:
With the family: establish a family prayer altar, the whole family fasts and prays together, decide on a fasting way that the whole family can participate, come together everyday, and pray according to the theme in the 40-day fasting prayer manual.
With the group: Decide on a fasting style. You may want to set a timetable for daily prayers and assign a prayer time for the day so that each group member has the opportunity to participate.
With colleagues in your office: Encourage Christian colleagues in the office to fast with you. You can use the tea or lunch time to pray according to the theme in the prayer manual.
Through video conferencing / voice call / chat platform: set your heart, pray daily with a friend through a communication platform, such as WhatsApp, Skype
Global 40 Day Prayer And Fast URL: http://fastnpray.uptozion.org/
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