02/01/2024
GOSPEL OF TRUTH TO ALL NATIONS MINISTRIES NAMWONGO KAMPALA CHURCH
2024 40 DAYS OF PRAYERS AND FASTING
THEME; THE YEAR OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL,GROWTH AND REBUILD.
Nehemiah 1:3
Isaiah 40:31
Why Fast?
Jesus Christ emphasized throughout scripture that fasting is a personal exercise of commitment, conviction, and love. Jesus didn’t say if you fast, but when you fast. In Matthew 6:16-18, Jesus said, 16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Fasting has the potential for a significant impact on our lives. Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life personally and God can speak to you in new and dynamic ways.
Fasting and prayer can also work on a much grander scale. According to Scripture, personal experience, and observation, we are convinced that when God’s people fast with a proper Biblical motive – seeking God’s face not His hand – with a broken, repentant, and contrite spirit, God will hear from heaven and heal our lives, our churches, our communities, our nation, and the world. Fasting and prayer can bring about revival – a change in the direction of our nation, the nations of the earth, the fulfillment of the Great Commission, and to The Church Without Walls.
Biblical fasting is, very simply, denying oneself something for the sake of seeking and honoring God. Prayer is connecting with God; fasting is disconnecting ourselves from the world. That’s a great way to describe the feeling.
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a united effort to draw near to God together as we ask him to bring about a spiritual renewal in our lives, our family, our church, our community, and our wo