This Sunday we’ll transition from prayer to fasting in our “The Art of Prayer and Fasting” sermon series; we’ll take a look at various scripture passages and see what they teach us about fasting. Then on Sunday night, we’ll continue our video study Follow Me. We hope to see you there!
Schedule
@945 Small Groups / Sunday School for all ages
@1045 Worship Gathering
@2pm Evangelism and Missions Team Meeting in gym
@6pm “Follow Me” video study
Sermon Notes
Learning to Fast ~ Various Scriptures
The sermon in one sentence: Fasting helps to deepen our dependence on God and opens opportunity for extended time in prayer, scripture, and helping others in their time of need.
- We fast because we have been made righteous by God, not to be made righteous by God (Isaiah 58:1-5)
- We fast to remind us that we are not yet physically present with Jesus (Mark 2:18-22)
- We fast in order to spend extended time in prayer (Acts 13:1-3)
- We fast in order to spend extended time in God’s word (Luke 4:4)
- We fast in order to help care for the disadvantaged (Isaiah 58:6-10)
Songs for Worship
In Christ Alone
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Hungry
Beautiful One
Take My Life and Let it Be
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