Gloria Dei Prayer & Fasting January 8-28, 2024
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Making new year’s resolutions can be a fun and exciting challenge, but have you ever considered starting the new year with a fast instead?
Fasting is a time of seeking the Lord and denying our flesh to declare our dependency on Him. While it includes some sort of eating plan to follow, the focus is not on losing weight or lowering our cholesterol but on growing our relationship with God. In Joel 2:12 the LORD remind us, “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;”. What better way to start the year than returning our focus to the Lord and intentionally seeking His face?
Fasting differs from dieting in that the results we seek are not about physical health scores (weight loss, cholesterol, heart rate), but spiritual health goals (self-control, humility, attitude of heart). Rather than a time of seeking what we can accomplish with our own two hands, it’s a time of seeking what God can accomplish in us and for us.
I invite you to join this time of corporate fasting! Download an informational booklet to answer some of your questions about the how, what, and why’s of fasting. The official Gloria Dei time of fasting will be 21 days from Jan 8-28th, but each person can fast according to their own individual plan and schedule.
Registration is not required, but if you plan to fast we encourage you to SIGN-UP HERE so we can be praying for you! We would especially like to know how many days you plan to fast and if this is your first time fasting.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Renee Page.
May this be a time of seeking and finding the Lord when you search for Him with all your heart (see Jeremiah 29:13). Happy Fasting!