Week 7
For thine is the power, the glory, and the honor forever and ever!
Congratulations!!! You made it.
Seven weeks of giving up parts of your life in the great hope that in
their place you have found Christ in new ways.
My hope and prayer is that even as this season of fasting ends, the
season of finding Christ in your life, the season of you learning to die to
yourself in the hopes of gaining Christ, will never end!
As we conclude our
weeks of fasting, we now turn our attention to praising the very one who has
called us into this life of grace and hope.
This is how Christ concluded the prayer he taught his disciples. He told them to always find time to give God
the glory he deserves. So that’s exactly
what we are going to do this week!
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Week 7 Fast: This week is going to be different than
all the previous weeks. We don’t have
anything specific for you to fast from.
Maybe there was a week along the way that was particularly challenging
for you or particularly meaningful for you.
Maybe this week, what you need is to go back and spend more time fasting
from one of those weeks (TV/Social media, hurriedness, isolation, division,
food, gossip). It’s up to you. Maybe it’s something we’ve not fasted from
but something you have heard God asking you to give up for some time. Choose that.
This week it’s up to you to challenge yourself and to listen to God. Good luck!!!
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Fast Challenge: The challenge
this week is simple. Praise God for
something every day. Have you ever
noticed how it’s very difficult to stay mad or frustrated or stressed for very
long when you are trying to praise God?
That’s the whole point to this last part of the Lord’s Prayer. Praise and adoration of God help us to keep
things in perspective in our lives.
Challenge yourself this week to find reason to praise your Father who is
in heaven.
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Prayer Focus: Each day of our
fast you will be challenged to pray the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13). Each week there will be a different emphasis
of prayer. This week as you go to God
with your needs and your requests, make sure you also take time to thank God
for something as well. Maybe praying the
Lord’s Prayer often throughout your day will be a helpful reminder of this.
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