The Response: Baton Rouge January 24, 2015 A Day of Prayer You can register at theresponsela Day 22 Fasting for Breakthrough If one were interested in enticing Winnie the Pooh to spend some time at his or her home, what ought they to have on hand? (honey pots). If we believe Gods presence is the essential factor in transforming revival, how should we go about attracting his company? Ask any collection of warm-hearted Christians this question, and theyll offer the right answer every time. He is drawn to faith, holiness, humility, prayer, worship, unity, obedience, compassion... and the list goes on. So if we know what attracts Gods presence, then why dont we see revival? The issue is not ignorance but appetite. It is not that we have no appetite, its that our appetite is bird-like. In the words of the Prophet Isaiah: No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you... (Isa 64:7) Inviting God into our community is more than simply wishing Him to be there. The question is where on our list of life hungers do we rank our hunger for the presence of God. The process of transformation and revival is triggered when our appetite for Gods presence trumps all other hungers in our life. (excerpt taken from the Journey to Transformation Discovery weekend session 11) Fasting is a spiritual and biblical discipline in the Christian faith. Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life. Although fasting is always voluntary, scripture is clear that as the people of God we will participate in fasting, but it must come from the place of revelation and personal discipline. Fasting and prayer can also work on a much grander scale. According to Scripture, personal experience and observation, when Gods people fast with a proper Biblical motive-seeking Gods face not His hand - with a broken, repentant, and contrite spirit, God will hear from heaven and heal our lives, our churches, our communities, our nation and world. Fasting and prayer can bring about revival - a change in the direction of our nation, the nations of earth and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. WHY FAST? Because Jesus is no longer with us and we were commanded to fast for His return (Matthew 9). When we fast we subdue our flesh and choose voluntary weakness, which is attractive to God. There are so many distractions both positive and negative in our lives that hinder our ability to hear from the Lord clearly. We have set up many idols within the Church that limit our relationship with the Lord and therefore hinder our ability to hear clearly and obey. When we starve the flesh we increase our ability to feed our spirit! When our flesh is satisfied our spirit often goes hungry. Will you join 100s around the nation who are fasting for not only the Response on Saturday the 24th, but even more, for the next great awakening to come to the church across the nation. If you are new to fasting we have provided you with documents on how to get started. The fast we are calling is a Matthew 9 fast with the focus solely on Jesus returning to rule and to reign again on the earth. PRAYER TARGET JANUARY 22 We currently have over 8000 people registered to come to Baton Rouge to join in this historic call. We have room for just over 10,000 and believe we will far exceed this number. PRAY for a easy solution and overflow. PRAY that if people come and can not get in that they would be excited to pray right where they are outside of the stadium. JOIN THE PRAYER CALL January 22, 23 We will be praying in preparation for the Response LA from 12:00 - 12:30pm central time each day leading up to Saturday. The prayer call will be a time of sharing immediate prayer targets and inviting people to pray. You will be informed on how to continue to pray as we prepare ourselves and the community to host the Lord on the 24th. Please join us as you are able Call in number 712-432-0900 access code 648573#
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