21 Days of Prayer and Fasting
This is a time when we intentionally seek God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. Prayer is how we connect and commune with God. We are going to watch God change us and change our world through the power of prayer and fasting! Every day, we will spend time with Jesus and pray for ourselves, our church, our community, our nation, and our world. Use this resource to create space each day to pause and connect with God.
How Do I Participate?
1. Text "21DAYS" to 56316
2. Engage in a Daily Personal Time of Prayer + Encouraging Daily Video
3. Devos from Our Staff (sent to your phone each morning after you text 21 Days to 56316)
4. Choose Your Fast (see below)
Fasting
The goal of fasting is to draw nearer to God. Biblical fasting always has to do with eliminating distractions for a spiritual purpose; it hits the reset button of our soul and renews us from the inside out. It also enables us to celebrate the goodness and mercy of God and prepares our hearts for all the good things God desires to bring into our lives. Remember, your personal fast should present a level of challenge, but it is very important to know your body, your options, and, most importantly, to seek God in prayer and follow what the Holy Spirit leads you to do.
Complete Fast
In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
Selective Fast
This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
Partial Fast
The goal of your group experience is to develop relationships while also growing spiritually. This fast is sometimes called the “Jewish Fast” and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.
Soul Fast
This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast, and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.