SEEK WEEK
Monday, January 22 – Saturday, January 27
Join us as we intentionally seek God in prayer and believe for Him to move in powerful ways.
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8
“My heart says of you, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, LORD, I will seek.” Psalm 27:8
“I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.” Proverbs 8:17
“But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 4:29
PRAYER FOCUS
Pray for Holy Spirit Fire
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
Acts 2: 3
Pray for Financial Freedom
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Malachi 3:10
Pray for Our Family
“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws. They will be My people, and I will be their God.”
Ezekiel 11:19-20
WHY WE PRAY
Prayer is our first response.
- Prayer Sharpens Our Faith
- Prayer Creates Deeper Intimacy with God
- Prayer is Powerful and Can Bring About Change
From the moment we give our lives to Jesus, we are invited into the beauty of communicating with God, the very creator of all things in heaven and on earth. We can come to him in boldness, lifting up our every word, need, and desire. Whether we find ourselves in the valley or rejoicing on the mountain top, God sees it all. Prayer is not our last resort, but our first response. There is nothing too big or too insignificant to God. If you’re worried, pray. If you’re weary, pray. If you’re wondering, pray. If you’re waiting, pray. Seasons of life may change, but God always remains the same.
WHY WE FAST
The goal of fasting is to draw near to God.
It hits the reset button of our soul and renews us from the inside out.
Fasting is the act of choosing to abstain from food for a period of time. When we fast, we are practicing spiritual discipline by sacrificing one of our most essential daily routines. There is power in the absence of food as we hunger after the word and seek God with our mind, heart, body and spirit. There are several different ways that we can partner both prayer and fasting together.
Fasting enables us to celebrate the goodness and mercy of God. It prepares our hearts for all the good things God desires to bring into our lives.
HOW TO FAST
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.
COMPLETE FAST: In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
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.
PRAY MORE in 24 CHALLENGE
Pray three times a day for six days!
Morning | Seek Him before your day.
Midday | Pause and invite Him into your day again.
Evening | Thank Him for the day and ask to hear His voice.
Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
DANIEL 6:10 NIV