Callaway Church of God
In Preparation for the Fast
DISCUSSION, QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
Sunday, January 1st @ 6:00 pm
Why 21 Days?
How to Begin
Preparing Spiritually
What Kind of Fast?
What to Expect
Prayer, Important Element
How to End the Fast
A place of deliverance for mind, soul, body & spirit!
Going into all the world
America - Asia - Jerusalem - South Africa - Kenya - Haiti - Guatemala - Brazil - Nicaragua
A Journey of Prayer and Fasting
Fasting is abstaining from food or bypassing the opportunity to eat with a specific spiritual goal in mind.
Matthew 6:16, When you fast…
THE PURPOSE OF FASTING
1. The PASSIONATE PURSUIT of the HEART of GOD.
Isaiah 58:3-4 (NIV / NLT), “Why have we fasted…and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves,
and you have not noticed?” I will tell you why! It’s because you are living for yourselves even while you are
fasting… 4 What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get
you anywhere with me.
(See Luke 2:37; Matthew 4:4; John 4:31)
James 4:8 (NLT), Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.
2. The Need for Understanding, Revelation and INSIGHT and the Need for SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH.
(See Daniel 9-10; Matthew 17:21)
Isaiah 58:6-9 (NIV / NLT), Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and
untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food
with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe him, and
not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 “If you do these things, your light will shine will come like
the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD
will protect you from behind. 9 Then when you call, the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say:
‘Yes, I am here.’
