Prayer and Fasting:

The Next 60 Days

They Go Together

Examples of Prayer & Fasting

Moses – Ex. 34:28; Deut. 9:18-21David – Ps. 35:13; 2Sam. 12:16Elijah – 1Kings 19:5-8Daniel – Dan. 9:3; 10:2,3Israelites – 1Sam. 7:5,6;

Nehemiah 9:1,2Ninevites – Jonah 3:4-9

Is this a New Testament Practice?

Is this a NT Practice?

• Jesus fasted• Jesus taught on fasting• The first century church

fasted• So why don’t we fast today?

Is Prayer Important?

The Importance of Prayer

There is forgiveness from GodThere is peace from GodThere is strength from GodThere is opportunity from GodThere is boldness from GodThere is wisdom from GodThere is healing from GodThere is tranquility from God

Then Teach me to Pray

Then Teach Me to Pray

Praying on the basis of:A new relationshipA new respectA new priorityA new submissionA new dependenceA new pardonA new directionA new protection

Occasions for Fasting

Occasions for Fasting

The day of atonementWhen they were at warWhen loved ones were sickWhen loved ones diedWhen they sought forgiveness

How, How Not, and How Long?

How, How Not, & How Long

How should we fast?How should we not fast?How long should we fast?

The Next Sixty Days

The Next Sixty Days

Prayer:Two 24 hour prayer chains

May 21 and June 25Two Prayer Fasts

May 16 and June 13“One church family” prayer

June 14 – 8:30 & 10:15Thanksgiving prayer service

May 31 – 5:00pm

The Next Sixty Days

Fasting:Personal between you and GodConsult your physicianStart with one meal – lunch?Proceed to a one-day fastThree and seven day fast are not for everyone but may be for you!

The Next Sixty Days

Fasting:1. Set the date for your one

meal fast!2. Set the date for your one

day fast!3. Join us tonight as we

discuss the purpose of prayer and fasting!

Jonah 3:4-104 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

Jonah 3:4-105 So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Jonah 3:4-106 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

Jonah 3:4-107 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.

Jonah 3:4-108 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

Jonah 3:4-109 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

Jonah 3:4-1010 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

The Purpose of Prayer and

Fasting

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