We are using the traditional period of Lent to seek after God through prayer & fasting, bringing our ‘holy dissatisfaction’ to Him collectively as a church family. For these seven weeks, wherever you are in your faith, we are encouraging people to fast, from food, for a time.
This will look different for everyone, it may be skipping a meal once a week and using that time to pray, it might be as a group you fast all day and break your fast together with a meal in the evening, it might be fasting completely for a day or two.
The 7 topics are:
12th Feb: Week 1 — All that is within me
Looking at how we praise the Lord with our whole selves.
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19th Feb: Week 2 — Information overload
Exploring what dials we need to turn down in our lives in order to turn up our spiritual dial.
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26th Feb: Week 3 — Repenting well
Discussing how we repent and how we can use fasting as a way to repent well.
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4th March: Week 4 — Lamenting with God
Considering where we seek comfort in times of grief and lament.
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11th March: Week 5 — Calling on God in a time of crisis
Assessing our gut reactions when crisis comes our way.
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18th March: Week 6
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25th March: Week 7 — Knowing God’s Mind
Examine how you’ve found the practice of fasting and sharing what God has been speaking to you about and stirring your heart towards.
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FASTING GUIDELINES
For some there may be medical reasons meaning you are unable to safely fast from food completely, or there may be people who struggle with eating disorders.
If this is you or people you know, walk through this together asking the Holy Spirit to reveal if there is a particular type of food to fast from, or something that would be helpful to fast instead of food.
We want to reiterate that we live under grace and it’s important to be safe and sensible about this. There’s room for everyone to grow in this practice in some way.