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21 Days | Day 8: The Kind of Fasting God Honors

READ: Matthew 6:16-18; 2 Corinthians 5:9; Galatians 1:10

 

MEDITATE: In Matthew 6 Jesus teaches the proper way to fast. It should be done in private and focused on God rather than done in public and looking for approval from man. Our motives for fasting are important. Spend time today allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your heart and motives for fasting.

 

PRAY: Heavenly Father, search my heart and reveal to me my true motives. Help me to center them on you rather than outward approval from others. 

 

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

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Contributors: Brett Mayes, Administrative Pastor and Missions Director & Bernadette Hafner-Moore, Pastoral Care Director

MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE: The Power of Faith and Fasting

Teaching from Mount Paran North in Marietta, GA.

 

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21 Days | Day 6: All About Appetite

READ: Genesis 25:19-34; Hebrews 12:16

 

MEDITATE: Esau traded his birthright to Jacob for food to satisfy his hunger. Esau focused on the immediate, while Jacob sought the future. Sometimes we make short-term decisions without having a long-term view in mind. God wants us to keep our eyes on the eternal, what truly matters.

 

PRAY: God, help me to make decisions with a long-term and eternal view in mind. Give me spiritual vision, godly wisdom, and perseverance to choose.

 

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

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Contributors: Dr. Kirk Walters, Lead Pastor & Bradley Walters, High School and Young Adults Pastor

21 Days | Day 5: Just Like Us

READ: James 5:16-18; Hebrews 4:16; Acts 10:34

 

MEDITATE: God answers prayers. While our prayers may not be like Elijah’s, God wants us to spend time with him and honestly share our requests, but, are your prayers more of a “to do list” for God? Or are they authentic conversations with your Lord and Savior, who wants what’s best for you?

 

PRAY: God, at times I come to you more with my requests than to spend time with you. As my Heavenly Father, I know you want more for me than I can imagine. As I spend time with you, change my heart from my desires to what you desire for me and my life.

 

Need prayer? Submit a prayer request online:

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

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Contributors: Savannah Ogle, Assistant Worship Pastor & Sara Westover, Multimedia Coordinator

21 Days | Day 4: Fasting and the Power of Praise

READ: 2 Chronicles 20:20-21; Psalm 68:1-10

 

MEDITATE: Just as fasting is a means of putting our physical bodies under subjection, praise is a means of putting our mental, emotional, and spiritual beings under subjection to God’s authority. What areas of your life do you need to give back to God and give him authority over once again?

 

PRAY: I give you praise, O God, for your faithful love that endures forever! Help me to recenter my life in you.

 

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

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Contributors: Drew Norris, Connections Pastor & Dr. Scott Bennett, Communications Pastor

21 Days | Day 3: Doing Battle

READ: 2 Chronicles 20:2-3, 15-17, 25

 

MEDITATE: When struggles come (and they will!), it is easy to give up, but believe that God is fighting on your behalf. Don’t wait until the battle is won to give God praise. Praise him now for what he has promised.

 

PRAY: I may already feel like giving up, but help me, God, to praise you in the middle of the battle knowing that you are fighting on my behalf.

 

Need prayer? Submit a prayer request online:

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

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Contributors: Jason Duncan, Experiences Pastor & Ryan Joiner, Family Ministry Director and Middle School Pastor

21 Days | Day 2: Depending on God Through Prayer and Fasting

READ: Mark 9:14-29; John 15:4-5

 

MEDITATE: Jesus’ primary concern was the condition of the boy possessed by an evil spirit, and he confirms that the power needed for his healing comes through prayer and fasting. As we pray and fast, we are trusting God to do his will in our lives and to provide our daily strength.

 

PRAY: I am dependent upon you God for life, strength, and my needs. May you produce in and through me the fruits and results you desire to accomplish.

 

Need prayer? Submit a prayer request online:

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

https://mountparannorth.com/21-day-prayer-fast/

 

Contributors: Brett Mayes, Administrative Pastor and Missions Director & Mark Rasey, North Kids Pastor

21 Days | Day 1: Mountains will Move

READ: Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 21:21-22

 

MEDITATE: As we enter these 21 days of prayer and fasting, prayerfully consider what mountains you are believing God to move on your behalf and write those down. Are there mountains of your own making that need to be removed? Write those down as well. As you draw closer to God over the next few weeks, allow him to do what he needs to do to realign your heart and mind and then, see what more God can and will do!

 

PRAY: God, give me faith to believe you can and will move mountains. But first, search me and do the work you need to do in my own life. Not my will, but yours be done.

 

Need prayer? Submit a prayer request online:

https://mountparannorth.com/prayer-request/

 

21 Days of Prayer & Fasting website:

https://mountparannorth.com/21-day-prayer-fast/

 

Contributors: Dr. Kirk Walters, Lead Pastor & Lance Pierce, Worship Pastor

MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE: Faith That Moves God

Teaching from Mount Paran North in Marietta, GA

 

www.mountparannorth.com

FRESH START: Prayer & Fasting

Teaching from Mount Paran North in Marietta, GA.

 

www.mountparannorth.com