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PRAYER IS NOT OUR LAST RESORT, IT'S OUR FIRST RESPONSE.

21 Days of Prayer & Fasting is designed to prioritize our relationship with God and focus our attention on what matters most.


If you're feeling that God has more in store for your life, 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting is the perfect opportunity to take the next step. By dedicating this time to seek Him first, you open the door for His incredible work in your life. Experience the transformative power of prayer as it strengthens your relationships, impacts your work, blesses your family, and touches every aspect of your journey. Join us for 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting, and start believing God for the extraordinary plans He has for you.

 

January 06th - January 26th

 

Join us for Prayer Morning during our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting at Celebration

on Saturdays, January 11th, 18th, and 25th, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

  • TYPES OF FASTS

Your personal fast should present a level of challenge, but it is very important to know your body, your options, and most importantly, to seek God in prayer and follow what the Holy Spirit leads you to do.

 

COMPLETE FAST

In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.

 

SELECTIVE FAST

This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.

 

PARTIAL FAST

 This fast is sometimes called the “Jewish Fast” and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.

 

SOUL FAST

This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.

WHY PRAY?

 

Celebration Church is thrilled to take you on a 14-day journey of prayer and fasting. Understanding the necessity of prayer is not enough. For prayer to become a part of our life, it needs to become something you look forward to. It is possible that some people do not enjoy prayer because they have never been taught how to pray. When you make prayer and fasting a priority, it declares the sovereignty of God. When you discover the beauty of daily conversation with Him, you will experience the presence of God that will change your life.

Once you learn how to pray, prayer can become a part of everyday life. And then…

 

Before the day begins – pray

Before you go to bed – pray

Before you go to work or school – pray

Before you send that text – pray

Before you react – pray

Before bad things happen – pray

Before you eat, drive, or travel – pray

In every situation – PRAY FIRST!

 

Prayer changes everything!

 

SCRIPTURE: Romans 12:11-12

“Never be lacking in Zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

 

WHY FAST?

 

Matthew 6:16 (NIV)

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.”

 

It is time to get a new outlook on fasting. When practiced the right way, fasting is something that everyone should enjoy. That’s right…enjoy! Fasting is for every follower of Jesus. Too many people fast with a strict mindset that focuses on abstaining. The fasting I am talking about is different. Of course, it involves abstaining from food, but the mindset is completely different. It is possible to have minimal physical emptiness with maximum spiritual fullness.

 

Fasting is one of the most powerful spiritual weapons believers can use. Maybe you’ve never done it before. There is a serious misconception that fasting is for serious, super Christians, or only for times of crisis. Some even think fasting is only an Old Testament thing. Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

Jesus said in Matthew 6:16, “When you fast.” He did not say if you fast!

 

There is a closeness to God that you simply will not experience from prayer or personal devotions alone. You must fast. You get a revelation of God’s Word when you fast that you simply cannot get any other way. Disconnecting from the distractions of the world through fasting and connecting into the power and presence of God through prayer, brings a supernatural freshness and newness to our souls.