Purpose: Encourage the emerging generation to Return to Christ as the Fountain of Life. Highlighted in each of the 21 days will be the core elements of repentance, personal holiness, finding joy, healing, and satisfaction in Christ, and being channels of that Fountain to the nations. Our conviction is that empowerment to proclaim the gospel to the nations comes from personal holiness. And personal holiness comes from diligently seeking the face of God, abandoned devotion to Jesus Christ.
Who's Involved? This season of fasting and increased intensity in prayer is for all who love Jesus and want to see more taking place among the emerging generation in relation to small groups of prayer for all nations and those who will respond to God's call to GO.
Targeted Outcomes: We will together be asking God to do the following:
- Raise up thousands of new global prayer teams who will saturate the nations with prayer on a regular basis.
- Raise up thousands of new Message Bearers who will resond to the call of God to reach the nations in our lifetime.
- Increase the giving of the church to those working among the most unreached areas of the world.
- Stimulate momentum and practical activity on campuses among Christian students toward a student mission movement being raised up to touch the nations.
- Soften unreached areas of the world to be able to receive the truth of Jesus' love and message.
What Kind of Fast? The kind of fast you choose should be based on the leading of the Holy Spirit and your particuluar circumstances. Generally, we encouarge that you embark on a food fast of some form. When the Bible speaks of fasting (as it does consistently) it is almost always referring to a fast regarding food. There is a powerful spiritual release when we deny ourselves in this fundamental way.
You are heavily encouraged to participate in what is commonly known as a "Daniel" or partial fast. The focus here is not on a complete abstaining from all food, but on the restriction of one's diet. Generally, this highlights a fast from meat and seeks instead to focus on fruits and vegetables. Another form of the partial fast might include omitting a particular meal each day, thus limiting the quantity of food consumed.
Dates of Fast: The 21 days will commence on February 15 - March 6, 2008.
21 Day Prayer & Fasting Guide: This guide will give more foundation on the discipline of fasting as well as daily Scriptures and prayer points to use during the 21 days. (Please check back in early February for the guide.)
