21 Days of Fasting & Prayer

January 5 – 26
At the beginning of each year, we encourage our church family to take part in 21 Days of Fasting & Prayer. We all dedicate our year to God and join our faith to believe Him for significant things for our lives, our church, and our city. We hope you will be part of our prayer services throughout the 21 days to press in spiritually.

Saturday Prayer Rallies
January 11 | 9am–10am at The Life Church
January 18 | 9am–10am at The Life Church
January 25 | 9am–10am at The Life Church

Fasting and prayer invite God to speak to us and move in powerful ways as we intentionally seek Him! We see spiritual results when we replace the time we spend in a certain area of life with time with God.

As you prepare for focused prayer time, here are some tips to help keep your prayers active during the 21 days:

In the Bible, fasting always has to do with eliminating distractions for a spiritual purpose. If we don’t fast alongside prayer and Bible study, fasting is just a diet.

TYPES OF FASTS

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

Partial Fast
This fast was common for the Hebrew people and involves abstaining from eating any type of food during a certain time of day, from sunup to sundown or choosing to eat only once a day. One type of partial fasting is intermittent fasting where you choose an eating window every day and fast for 14-16 hours.

Selective Fast
This type of fast involves removing certain foods or drinks from your diet. An example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, dairy, eggs, sweets and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains for food.

Soul Fast
This fast removes indulgences and luxuries from your life outside of food, such as social media or television. It’s a good option if you 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.