Lent | Fasting

Going No Where Fast  PRO

Contributed by Philip Cairns on Feb 1, 2002

GOING NO WHERE FAST In his book "Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life", the author Charles Swindoll tells a story about the 19th Century agnostic Thomas Huxley (some of you might know that it was Huxley who promoted Darwinism and Humanism in his attacks on Christianity). Huxley was in Dublin ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:11-23

Tags: Gospel, Busy, Hurry, Assurance Of Salvation, Holy Spirit In Believers, Knowing God's Will  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Holiness

This Is The Beginning Of Lent. Most People Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004

This is the beginning of Lent. Most people are looking for things to give up for Lent. It you haven’t made up your mind maybe these will help. GIVE UP grumbling! Instead, "In everything give thanks." Constructive criticism is OK, but "moaning, groaning, and complaining" are not ...read more

Tags: Criticism

Church Bulletin - National Prayer And Fasting ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 13, 2006

Church bulletin - National Prayer and Fasting Conference announcement: “The cost to attend the Fasting ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Denomination: Church Of God

The Season Of Lent Is Like A Roller Coaster ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 17, 2007

‘the season of Lent is like a roller coaster ride with emotions that are down and up again and again as the story of our salvation makes plain our sinful ways and the cost of redemption.’from A ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Lent Is Not A Six-Week Inconvenience In An ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 17, 2007

‘Lent is not a six-week inconvenience in an otherwise abundant year, during which we have to somehow please God with ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Lincoln Proclaims National Fast Day

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Lincoln Proclaims National Fast Day Abraham Lincoln wrote an address to the nation during the Civil War that was at least as important as the Gettysburg Address. It was his proclamation for a national fast-day, by which he did designate and set apart Thursday the 30th day of April 1863, as a day of ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Prayer: It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

PRAYER: IT IS TAKEN John Oxtoby, who was affectionately known as "Praying Johnny" was sent to hold a revival in Filey. He stopped under a hedge and he wrestled in prayer for the success of his mission. A passer-by heard Johnny Oxtoby’s prayer: "Will thou make a fool of me, God? I told them at ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

Reluctant Fasting  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

RELUCTANT FASTING I ran across an article a few months back in Discipleship Journal called "Confessions of a Reluctant Faster." The author mentioned how God impressed upon her the need to pray and fast for a woman in her small group deeply involved in New Age. She didn't like the idea of ...read more

Tags: Fast

Fasting Together: The Minnesota Grasshopper ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010

FASTING TOGETHER: THE MINNESOTA GRASSHOPPER SWARM In Minnesota, during the summer of 1876, there was a swarm of grasshoppers destroying the crops. There was a fear that the grasshoppers would return, so Governor John S. Pillsbury proclaimed a day of prayer and fasting on April 26, 1877, urging ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-14

Tags: Fast

On Fasting  PRO

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013

ON FASTING The Didache, is a first or second century document that relates to us outside the New Testament the teaching of the early church. This document "prescribed two fast days a week: Wednesday and Friday." For early Christians; this was seen as a regular part of daily discipleship. John ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:16, Matthew 9:14-15

Tags: Fast

Denomination: Brethren