ELEVATION-WIDE PRAYER NIGHT
Saturday February 24, 2024
7PM - 10PM (AEDT)
Hosted by Elevation Church Hills online on Zoom.
Join us as we unite across our locations to pray and contend for God to move in our lives, our church, our city, our nation and beyond.
What is fasting?
Fasting is a long established practice in the Christian faith whereby we deny our physical needs for a determined period of time in order to focus on our spiritual needs and draw closer to Jesus. Fasting allows us to take our focus and our reliance off earthly things to focus and rely on God. Fasting is powerful when it is combined with other spiritual disciplines: prayer and Bible reading.
Why fast?
Every February at Elevation Church, we invite our church community to voluntarily participate in a time of prayer and fasting as a means of seeking God for the year ahead. When we deny our physical needs, we feed the spiritual and grow closer to God.
Biblical fasting heightens our awareness of God's presence and power, feeds our faith and empowers our spirit. Fasting opens the door to the supernatural power of God in our lives. You can pray and fast for a number of reasons: to dedicate the year to God, increase faith, family and financial breakthrough, guidance, spiritual breakthrough, deliverance, salvation, healing and more.
You may choose to make a plan for regular fasting throughout the year. For example: one day a month, one meal a week, etc. There may also be unexpected times when you feel led to fast.
HOW TO PREPARE
Types of fasts include:
- Full/liquid fast
- Partial fast
- Daniel fast
- Technology fast
Choose a fast that will challenge you but is also realistic based on your fasting experience, physical and medical needs.
Fasting should turn your attention to Jesus by creating more time for prayer and bible study.
Most people can easily fast 1 to 3 days, but you may feel the grace to fast longer, even as much as 21 days.
Use wisdom and prayer for guidance.
Beginners are advised to start slow.
Consider what you will be praying and believing for during your fast. Ask yourself, “why am I fasting?”
It may be to draw closer in your relationship with God, to become more aware of His presence, to seek answers, pray for breakthrough in an area of your life or to pray on behalf of others.
Prayer and Fasting Bible Reading Plans
And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.