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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
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Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Fasting is a rewarding discipline in that it brings us closer to the "face" of God.
1. 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: Matthew 6:16-18
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
This is a warning to hold on to your salvation, to value it and to not turn away
“Hold Fast” Hebrews 10:26-31 In the Spring of 1924: Jack Sundine was a four-year-old kid, standing in a line with his father inside the White House, waiting to meet President Calvin Coolidge. As they neared him: Jack noticed that he said something to each visitor as they shook hands. ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-31
Explores fasting as a spiritual discipline for deepening our relationship with God, aligning our desires with His, and experiencing His presence profoundly.
Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. What a blessing it is to gather together in the house of the Lord on this beautiful day, united in our shared love for our Savior, Jesus Christ. As we come together today, we find ourselves on the cusp of a spiritual adventure, a voyage of ...read more
Topics: Spiritual Disciplines
#3 of 4 sermons on biblical fasting.
A Practical Guide to Fasting (Part 1) (Topical) I. General Observations II. What Is Fasting? A. Definitions III. Who Fasts? A. OT Examples B. NT Examples C. Contemporary Examples Introduction This is our third message on the subject of fasting. We be-gan by looking at an OT perspective on this ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 34:28
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
#4 of 4 sermons on biblical fasting.
A Practical Guide to Fasting (Part 2) (Topical) I. Where Does It Say, “Fast?” A. Explicit commands B. Expected conviction II. Why Should I Fast? III. When Should I Fast? IV. How Do I Fast? A. Types of fasts B. Accompanying attitudes and actions C. A strategy for successful fasting V. Common ...read more
Scripture: Leviticus 16:29-31
Through prayer and fasting, we demonstrate that our relationship with Jesus is the most important thing in our lives.
Preparing For Spiritual Success Text: Isaiah 58:1-8 Introduction 1. As we begin a new year, we set goals for ourselves; things we wish to accomplish in the coming year. As a church, our goal for every coming year is to grow into a deeper relationship with our Lord. 2. One of the chief ways that ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-9
Denomination: Methodist
If we want to see an awakening take place in the church today, one of the best things we can do is to stir up our hunger for God by fasting.
AWAKENING: STIRRING UP OUR HUNGER FOR GOD WITH FASTING OPENING TEXT: “Therefore He says, Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” (Eph. 5:14, NKJV). • We need an awakening! I want a church that’s hungry for God. • I want a revival ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 58:6-12
Denomination: *other
Choose if you believe. Live with the consequences of your choice.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. I Kings ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:21
Denomination: Church Of God
A message on fasting. The problem with fasting, the purpose of fasting, the pitfalls of fasting, the promises to fasters.
Buffet (Buffay) or Buffet? PPT 1 Pic of a buffet (buffay) PPT 2 Pic of a boxer buffeting another boxers body What are you doing with your body? Are you buffaying it or buffeting it? PPT 3 Text 1Co 9:27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:27
Denomination: Pentecostal
Making sure our actual fasting is backed up by the things that need to lie behind it
...... You have a colleague at work. You are always very friendly towards him. You greet him with a smile. You ask after his family. You ask what he did over the weekend. You make him a cup of tea. But behind his back, you take the credit for all his work so that you end up getting a promotion ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12
Denomination: Anglican
In times of anti-Christian sentiment in our society, let us ask God to grant us the strength to exercise Christian disciplines to do the right things for the right reasons.
DISCIPLINED LIVING COMES NATURALLY TO MATURE BELIEVERS Long ago the psalmist said poetically what you and I have learned as the years have gone by: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18
Christian Maturity is demonstrated by application of The Word
Message/Devotion February 2, 2020 1 Thessalonians 5 [ with emphasis on verses 16-18 ] The True Life of A True Christian The Reading 5 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Encouragement to get involved in the spiritual discipline of fasting.
TEXT: Mark 9:17-29 INTRO: Jesus’ disciples were able to do many miraculous things by the authority they had in His Name but when they came to this demon-possessed man they couldn’t set him free. Jesus told them the reason they couldn’t set him free was because some spiritual breakthroughs only ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:17-29
Some spiritual breakthroughs only come through prayer and fasting.
Fasting For Spiritual Breakthroughs Mark 9:17-29 1/5/03 am Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever he seizes him, he throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to your disciples, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-6, Mark 9:17-29
Denomination: Assembly Of God
A message about how prayer and fasting helps increase our faith.
Title: Only By Prayer and Fasting Theme: Show the importance of Prayer and Fasting Text: Mark 9:9 -29 Introduction Mark 9:9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead. (10) So they ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:9-29
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