The Declaration of Dependence
21 Days of Prayer & Fasting
(Matthew 9:14-15) Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
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(Acts 13:2-3) While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
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(2 Corinthians 11:27 NKJV) ...in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often.
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Prayer services – Monday-Friday 6:00 a.m. & Saturday 9:00 a.m.
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(Joel 1:14) Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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Always consult your doctor before you begin your fast.
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The Declaration of Dependence
(Joel 1:14) Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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(1 Samuel 7:3-6) So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” ...On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.”
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(Matthew 17:19-21) Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn't we drive it out?” He replied, “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
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(1 Kings 19:8-9) So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him...
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(Ezra 8:21) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
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(Acts 9:3-6, 9) As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.
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(Daniel 10:1-3) In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great war. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision. At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
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All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.